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About Technovation Challenge « Iridescent
Technovation Challenge is the largest and longest-running global technology competition exclusively for girls to inspire the pursuit of STEM (science, technology, engineering and math). In Technovation, girls work in teams to develop innovative mobile apps that solve problems in their … Continue reading
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Code-to-Learn Foundation
THE CODE-TO-LEARN FOUNDATION PROMOTES computational fluency for everyone. The Foundation supports projects that engage young people in learning through coding, enabling them to develop as creative thinkers, designers, and innovators. The Foundation believes that young people, as they learn to … Continue reading
Code to Joy: The School for Poetic Computation Opens – NYTimes.com
AUGUST 12, 2013, 11:05 AM By AMY O’LEARY New computer science graduates jumped by nearly 30 percent last year, and a bevy of professionally oriented programming courses have erupted to teach start-up ready skills like, “How to Build a Mobile App.” … Continue reading
CS4HS (Computer Science for High School)
CS4HS (Computer Science for High School) is an initiative sponsored by Google to promote Computer Science and Computational Thinking in high school and middle school curriculum. With a gift from Google’s Education Group, universities develop 2-3 day workshops for local … Continue reading
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Teaching Kids to Code | EdSurge
Every era demands–and rewards–different skills. In different times and different places, we have taught our children to grow vegetables, build a house, forge a sword or blow a delicate glass, bake bread, create a soufflé, write a story or shoot … Continue reading
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Cornell NYC Tech, Planned for Roosevelt Island, Starts Up in Chelsea – NYTimes.com
By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA Published: April 12, 2013 IF all the hopes and hype are warranted, a nondescript third-floor loft in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan offers a glimpse of the future, for New York City and for Cornell University. In truth, … Continue reading
Opening a Gateway for Girls to Enter the Computer Field – NYTimes.com
BY CLAIRE CAIN MILLER WHEN Julia Geist was asked to draw a picture of a computer scientist last year, the 16-year-old sketched a businessman wearing glasses and a tie. Looking around at her classmates’ drawings, she saw similar depictions of … Continue reading
Google Summer of Code – Open Source Programs Office — Google Developers
Google Summer of Code is a global program that offers post-secondary student developers ages 18 and older stipends to write code for various open source software projects. We have worked with open source, free software, and technology-related groups to identify … Continue reading
CoderDojo – CoderDojo
CoderDojo is a movement orientated around running free not-for-profit coding clubs and regular sessions for young people. At a CoderDojo, young people learn how to code, develop websites, apps, programs, games and more. Dojos are set up, run by and … Continue reading
Computing In The Core
Computing in the Core (CinC) is a non-partisan advocacy coalition of associations, corporations, scientific societies, and other non-profits that strive to elevate computer science education to a core academic subject in K-12 education, giving young people the college- and career-readiness … Continue reading