[Chapter-delegates] VIDEO: CSNYC Women in Computer Science - How to get girls interested and involved

[Joly MacFie]

Yet.


Please feel free to go to AMARA and contribute some,
http://www.amara.org/en/videos/p3jjLM4wyL0m/




On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 9:19 AM, Michael Burks <mburks952 at gmail.com> wrote:

> All,
>
> unless I missed it, and I well could have, there are no captions on the
> video...
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> Michael Burks
> 919 349 6661
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> On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 8:36 AM, Glenn McKnight <mcknight.glenn at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Thanks  Joly for the posting
>>
>> In the same vein  we are hosting  a  DIY day in Oshawa on Feb 17th open
>> to the public but focused on inspiring children to be creative with an
>> innovation zone with Linux, Audrino and Rasperry Pi demonstrations.  We wil
>> have 20 exhibitors providing their insights to their passion including
>>  science and engineering
>>
>> We have partnered with the IEEE Foundation to promote engineering to
>> students, especialy girls who lack many of the positive role models.  Our
>> approach is having the  local university branch of IEEE interact with the
>> children and run workshops at the event.
>>
>> Our key approach is that the event is free for the vendors and the
>>  public.     Originally we were going to strictly focus on computers and
>> technology but we  dropped this idea for a host of reasons including the
>> cost issue to use a particular technology name  The approach we are doing
>> is Open Education and the creativity and inspiration comes from a broad
>> spectrum.
>>
>> Here is the facebook site
>> https://www.facebook.com/DurhamDIYshowcase
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Glenn McKnight
>> mcknight.glenn at gmail.com
>> skype  gmcknight
>> twitter gmcknight
>> .
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 6:17 AM, Joly MacFie <joly at punkcast.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> ISOC-NY VP Evan Korth is a co-founder, and Executive Director, of CSNYC,
>>> which aims to promote Computer Science education in the City's Schools.
>>> This was the 6th meetup, since kicking off in November 2013, with the topic
>>> of involving more girls in computer science studies. As you will see from
>>> the video, this is an actively developing area. There is plenty of
>>> opportunity, Representatives of  a local initiative - Girls Who Code - and,
>>> national - NCWIT,  spoke, after which some girl students themselves related
>>> their exoeriences in an informal Q&A session.
>>>
>>> Just a couple days after this event, Crain's Business News ran a feature
>>> on CSNYC..
>>>
>>> http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20140205/TECHNOLOGY/140209942/there-are-no-computer-science-teachers-in-ny
>>>
>>>
>>>  Pay attention to the resources link below- there's plenty of good stuff
>>> there, including a tutorial on how to teach CS to people who don't even
>>> have computers! And good tips on how to bring girls into the field
>>>
>>>    joly posted: "On February 3 2014 New York City Foundation for
>>> Computer Science Education CSNYC Education Meetup hosted Women in CS - How
>>> to get girls interested and involved at Union Square Ventures NYC. After
>>> brief pitches for programs Dream it Code It Win It and Tech"
>>>
>>>    On February 3 2014 New York City Foundation for Computer Science
>>> Education <http://csnyc.org/> CSNYC Education Meetup hosted Women in CS
>>> - How to get girls interested and involved<http://www.youtube.com/redirect?q=http://www.meetup.com/CSNYC-Education-Meetup/events/159223652/>at Union Square Ventures NYC. After brief pitches for programs Dream
>>> it Code It Win It <http://www.dreamitcodeitwinit.com/> and Technovation<http://www.technovationchallenge.org/>,
>>> there were presentations from *Ashley Gavin*, a Curriculum Consultant
>>> for Girls Who Code <http://girlswhocode.com/>, and *Ruthe Farmer*,
>>> Director of Strategic Initiatives, National Center for Women &
>>> Information Technology <http://www.ncwit.org/>. Finally there was a Q&A
>>> with a panel of NYC girl computer science students. Video is below.
>>>
>>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjCLAdePPWQ?rel=0>
>>>
>>> *View on YouTube*: http://youtu.be/WjCLAdePPWQ
>>> *Transcribe on AMARA*: http://www.amara.org/en/videos/p3jjLM4wyL0m/
>>> *NCWIT Resource page*: http://www.ncwit.org/resources
>>> *Twitter*: @csnyc <https://twitter.com/search?q=csnyc&f=realtime>
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