by Steve Yablonski | January 28, 2018 11:51 pm
OSWEGO – Girls in Oswego and the surrounding areas are invited to join a local chapter of an organization that’s building the largest pipeline of future female engineers in the United States.
“Girls Who Code” is a national non-profit organization aimed at closing the gender gap in technology by offering girls in grades six to 12 the opportunity to explore coding in a fun environment, according to Annie Reynolds and Tara O’Grady, Girls Who Code facilitators.
Computing is where the tech jobs are and will be, yet girls are getting left behind, with only one in five computer science graduates being women, O’Grady said.
Girls Who Code was founded five years ago with the belief that computing skills are a critical path to security and prosperity in today’s job market. What began with 20 girls in the heart of New York City, will reach 40,000 girls in all 50 US states by the end of this year.
This free club involves a project based activity that will help develop computer science skills and confidence.
Girls currently in grades 10 or 11 also have the opportunity to participate in a seven-week summer immersion program at a top tech company such as Amazon, Facebook, IBM, Pixar, Sephora, The Walt Disney Company and many more.
The Oswego club will meet Sundays for 12 weeks beginning February 18.
Meetings will be from 2-4 p.m. in the Shineman Science Center, on the SUNY Oswego campus, in room 448.
The curriculum is designed for students with a wide range of computer science experience. GWC offers activities for girls with zero computer science experience all the way up to activities that introduce college-level concepts.
Club members will learn about coding and get exposure to tech jobs.
The organization also has after-school clubs for girls in grades six to 12 to explore coding in a fun and friendly environment. And, there are two-week summer courses for sixth through 12 graders on a range of topics.
For more information contact Reynolds at [email protected] or O’Grady at [email protected].
You can also view find more information on the Girls Who Code Website https://girlswhocode.com/
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