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Tech Girl Monthly | January 15, 2013
Welcome to the Tech Girl Monthly!
Don't have a New Year's Resolution yet, why not learn something new? There are many opportunities in 2013 for women and girls to learn tech together whether online or in person. Here are just a few organizations providing awesome low or no-cost resources to help you gain some wicked tech skills:
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Black Girls Code - San Francisco, New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Las Vegas, Atlanta, Detroit, Memphis, Johannesburg & probably coming to a city near you soon!
Offers one day workshops targeting pre-teen girls
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Byron Academy - online
Code4Charity: Spring HTML Seminar (begins 2/25 & runs for 10 weeks)
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CoderDojo - in 22 countries worldwide
Offers free and open tech learning to young people
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Girl Develop It - Austin, Columbus, Cincinnati, Detroit, New York, Ottawa, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Raleigh/Durham, San Francisco, Sydney
Offers a variety of tech classes
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girls learning code - Toronto
Offers multi-day workshops targeting girls age 9-13
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girlstart - Austin, TX
Offers afterschool activities & summer camps for 1st thru 8th grade
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Skillcrush - online
create your own website
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techgirlz - Delaware Valley PA, NJ & DE
Offers workshops & summer camps targeting girls age 11-14
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Teen Tech Girls - Charlottesville, VA
Women Learning Tech: Create a Website (local community ed class begins 2/26 & runs for 4 weeks)
Create a Website (online)
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ThinkerSmith - Eugene, OR
Offers tech classes for all age ranges
In the News
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#WhereisGirlRising, a film inspired by the International Day of the Girl? You can find out at the 10x10 website. Screenings are being crowd-sourced, so start your own if Girl Rising is not playing in your area. Teen Tech Girls is crowd-sourcing a screening in Charlottesville on March 11 - reserve your seat now!
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Predicting technology in 2013, Belinda Palmer, Lady Geek founder declares 2013 the Year of the Digital Creator.
Keep up to date with the latest Teen Tech Girl news on Scoop.it!
Creations
Tracey Welson-Rossman, shares about TechGirlz, a non-profit she created that "is dedicated to helping adolescent girls understand that a future in technology does not necessarily equate to ‘a boring computer job,’ but instead transcends the cubicle into nearly every field imaginable." Here are some of the things they offer:
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Technology events
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Classes, programs, and projects
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Peers, mentors, and role models
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Online and offline resources
"We have been in business for over 2 years and have had over 200 girls attend our close to 30 workshops and summer camp. Our workshops take place on Saturdays throughout the school year. Our workshops are mostly taught by women and men who work in the information technology field. TechGirlz believes hands on, interactive teaching which are being used in the real world allows our girls to experience how technology can be creative and powerful. We also have other workshops which show how technology and art are combined. Some examples of our workshops include Podcasting, Creating a Mobile Application, eTextiles, Programming with Scratch, Learning HTML, Crafting with Technology. Our website, www.techgirlz.org, has our events listed and also lists events from other organizations. We also list any resources the girls can use to keep learning and playing with technology."
As always, we want to hear about your creations!
Events
Submit an Article, Event or Creation
We'd love to hear from you! What are you doing to engage girls in technology? Who inspires you? What cool tech creations do we need to know about? You can submit your ideas through the website or contact Kim Wilkens, techkim@kimxtom.com. |
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