STAR : Social and Technology Action Research Group

Girls Inc. Project Blogged at NCWIT Site

Gillian posted a new blog entry on our summer camp from last year targeting teaching girls about computing and engineering through the use of PicoCrickets and the chance to “play engineer” through hands-on arts and crafts style computing activities. http://ncwit.org/news.blog.php?action=display&editorial_id=524 It’s also a good time to let everyone know that the women from WICS (Women […]

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New Girls Inc. Video

The Eureka! Summer Program with Girls Inc. is an intensive enrichment program for 7th, 8th or 9th grade girls.

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SIGCSE paper accepted

Our paper “Design and Evaluation of a Computer Science and Engineering Course for Middle School Girls” was accepted for publication at this year’s SIGCSE.

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NCWIT Seed Fund Award

Thanks to Microsoft and NCWIT for funding our project: Harnessing Hacking: Encouraging Inclusion through Creativity in IT Education for Latina Youth (in cooperation with Debra Richardson and Paul Dourish).

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