S17E967 - How to Teach About Quantum Computing to Littles (Yes, Littles!)

Quantum computing is roughly where AI was nine years ago. Dr. Nneka McGee has already taught it to five-year-olds — with a penny.

Nneka is the founder of Muon Global, project lead and principal co-author of the Stanford Accelerator for Learning white paper "AI + Learning Differences," and the author of an ISTE Jump Start Guide on introducing AI to young learners. Her FETC session on quantum for educators is what convinced me this belonged on the show.

Her argument is simple and hard to dodge: the technologies that will shape our students' careers are being built ri...