Across our great nation, we've begun to see an acceleration of the power of data to deliver value.
The mandate for the CTO's office is to unleash the power of technology, data, and innovation on behalf of the nation. The CTO's office is really trying to bring best practices, possibilities, pilots, and policy advising.
The American government will be whatever we all make of it.
I went to an inner-city school in Buffalo. We had no money. But our teachers believed in hands-on active learning - there was a mandatory science fair, which was critical.
I was lucky that science fair was mandatory at my high school in inner-city Buffalo.
We have two boys, and one of our kids is much more interested in history and stories, so if you want him to do some calculations about lenses, you would start talking to him about Galileo... Then he would be into the lenses, but if you just start talking to him about lenses, he might not stay with you.
Each kid is unique in what captures their attention and their passion.
Flipping our classrooms into active learning spaces really is important and having these convenient spaces where people feel comfortable.
I have been able to attend many technology conferences around the world over the years, including some of the largest, like Google I/O, Microsoft's Developer Conference, Apple's WorldWide Developers Conference, Oracle World, Le Web, and more.
Code is just a list of instructions. There are countries that are teaching it as part of the core curriculum. Having some experience in those early years is very important.
The more people we can attract to science and technology - men, women, everybody - the more economic opportunity we have as a nation.
If we're the country that makes Amazon and Facebook and Twitter, why can't the federal government have websites and digital services that are awesome?
You've got Americans who are making Amazon and Facebook and Twitter. That level of American needs to run future government.
To me, there's so much talent in the world that's locked out for the wrong reasons, whether it's innovators at the highest end where we need to change the regulation systems, or whether it's the talented people who work here who the bureaucracy's holding back, or the amazing American people.
What was so special about the Mac, we all know, was the graphical computer interface.
I'm on the MIT board, and a lot of our buildings now have daycare centers; it's becoming a standard.
There's this fabulous innovation ship called Unreasonable at Sea, where I'm a mentor. One of the companies there was called Protei, and they're an open hardware ocean exploration and monitoring idea.
We are the only country with an operating rover on Mars. We are an amazing country on tech.
We need to have making, including computer science, shop, etc. as part of the core curriculum from the beginning, not just an optional afterschool thing. Things like First Robotics and all of those great programs need to become mainstream.
I think it's so important in preschool and in kindergarten and elementary school that we're not biasing ourselves.
