Megan Smith
Megan Smith
Megan J. Smith is the Chief Technology Officer of the United States. She was previously a vice president of Google at Google, was vice president of business development at Google for nine years, and was general manager of Google.org and the former CEO of Planet Out. She serves on the boards of MIT and Vital Voices, is a member of the USAID Advisory Committee on Voluntary Aid and co-founded the Malala Fund. On September 4, 2014, she was named as...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPublic Servant
CountryUnited States of America
Megan Smith quotes about
history technical women
I've been working on the lost history of technical women.
boys bringing country girls incredible point sure toys
Thinking through how to make sure we're bringing incredible toys and experiences and that to our girls and our boys at some point is really important for this country for the world in general.
century deep demands encourage experience history interested passionate pursue science
The things you're passionate about and interested in, get experience with them by going deep on projects. I would encourage science projects, plays. Pursue science, math, writing, history - the 21st century demands a lot of cross-disciplinary thinking.
class facts history inspiring science taught
Science class is traditionally taught as science history class - you learn all these facts that someone else discovered, which you need to know, but that's not really an inspiring way to learn science.
bad people shutting
People can get into very bad habits of arguing ideas and shutting them down.
captures kid
Each kid is unique in what captures their attention and their passion.
ask class
Each class is going to ask him two questions. I think it's going to be fun.
pregnant seen
I've seen her, and she didn't look pregnant at all.
classrooms flipping learning people spaces
Flipping our classrooms into active learning spaces really is important and having these convenient spaces where people feel comfortable.
government
Americans really expect to interact with our government digitally.
people
The most important thing is, we really want to make sure the American people are able to get to any Web site they'd like to get to.
across begun deliver great power
Across our great nation, we've begun to see an acceleration of the power of data to deliver value.
code countries experience list teaching
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.
projects
We very much use a prototyping model, play with ideas, and then get stuff started that way, which is how the greatest projects get started.