Wednesday, March 5, 2014

This week We interview the co-founder of Educreations!

This week we interviewed Chris Streeter. Chris is a computer scientist and the co-founder of Educreations. Chris went to the University of California, Berkeley. He is interested in Educreations because part of his family was teachers.  His idea for Educreations started while he worked at a computer company, and he and his friend wanted to do something more interesting.  Educreations is a place where anyone can easily create video lessons. He says computer programming is just another language and it helps you learn faster.  I plan on using another language when I become a graphic designer.  In addition, as a graphic designer I will probably have to work with computer programmers.  His community believes that work should be fun. If you were to walk inside his office you wouldn't believe your eyes!  Ping pong tables, basketball courts, fresh food and snacks, comfy furniture, and more!  If I worked there you better believe I'd be hitting 3's all day long.  His advice for the class of 2025 is to try to learn to program computers.  It does not have to be advanced programming, but computers are a part of our lives and  will only get more so. And eventually  every single thing you do will be able to benefit by being able to customize a computer through some sort of programming.