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Computer Science Field Guide: Introduction

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Beginner. No background in the topic needed.

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An introductory video showcasing the Computer Science Field Guide, an interactive online textbook for high school students.

This video introduces the "Computer Science Field Guide", an online interactive "textbook" about computer science, written for high school students. The guide is free, and is available from cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/csfieldguide/ . This video may be downloaded if you need to play it offline.

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What people say. Linked to help define what computer science actually is to beginners.

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On “Computer science is a college major with one of the highest drop out rates. Why do you think this is?”

Easily has to be the perception thing. 1) A lot of people don't know what Computer Science *actually is* 2) A lot of parents see their children gaming or spending a lot of time being a *user* and then think "oh, you're good with computers, go to Computer Science" 3) As /u/tyggerjai has pointed out... It's hard and math :P
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