If you've ever seen my TEDxTokyoTeachers talk, The Guitar and the Smarthphone, on the importance of teaching programming in schools, you'd know that I think teaching programming in schools is...well...important!

This one is from the "We don't need no stinking computers" file.

At long last, my TEDxTokyoTeachers presentation is available for your viewing pleasure. :)

I have to admit that I was pretty nervous - a true rarity as I almost never get nervous about anything.  I am glad that I was able to get my message out, make it through almost all of my lines, and even get a laugh or two. 

During my recent TEDxTokyoTeachers presentation, I spoke on the importance of teaching programming to students.  I closed with the quote you can see below.

"David Braben, a very well-known game developer who runs the UK development studio Frontier Developments, argues that education since we entered the 2000s has turned towards ICT which teaches useful skills such as writing documents in a word processor, how to