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Be a Communities Volunteer! 24 Aug 2013 | 04:45 am
If you've been to GHC before, then you've probably heard of communities volunteers (or even been one). If not, this post is for you! What do Communities Volunteers Do? Communities Volunteers help bu...
Biology & Women in CS 17 Aug 2013 | 03:38 am
Terri Oda made this slide show, I think it's great and although I've seen it several times, thought I'd share it here too. How does biology explain the low numbers of women in computer science? Hint:...
Job Shadowing 11 Aug 2013 | 11:21 pm
Recently, I had a high school senior job shadow me for a day. It was a neat experience and I thought I'd share it here, along with some advice/tips for how you can give someone this invaluable experi...
Preparing for Grace Hopper Celebration 2013 26 Jul 2013 | 08:40 pm
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE In the past few months we’ve all been gearing up for GHC 13 with session proposals, papers and posters. Then scholarship applications and early b...
Encouraging Students to Make Mistakes and Learn How to Debug 25 Jul 2013 | 11:02 pm
I've been slowly reading Papert's Mindstorms as I've had time (finally!). This paragraph (pg 114) really jumped out at me: It is easy to empathize. The ethic of school has rubbed off too well. Wha...
When You Picture an Engineer, You Probably Don’t Picture Me 22 Jul 2013 | 07:43 pm
Debbie Sterling has experienced life as someone who doesn't fit in. In her inspiring TEDx talk, she shares her story of how she discovered engineering, and makes a bold claim: "I don't fit in, but I ...
Why You Can’t Miss Open Source Day 18 Jul 2013 | 10:29 am
Open Source Day has quickly become an anticipated highlight of the Grace Hopper Celebration. To convey the excitement directly, we’ve asked Aakriti Agarwal to share why GHC Open Source Day is an esse...
Active Learning in Large Lectures 16 Jul 2013 | 07:13 pm
One of my (self-assigned) tasks lately has been to go through my teaching notes before I start planning my fall courses. The latest topic I dug into was teaching interactively in large lectures. Thi...
How to Get Funding to Attend GHC: Don’t Be Afrad to Ask! 14 Jul 2013 | 03:49 am
Each year, I hear again and again from people who struggle to get funding to attend the Grace Hopper Conference. It can be hard for students if their university doesn't support them to attend, or if ...
Improving Computer Science and Programming Education for Women Improves It for Everyone 9 Jul 2013 | 11:08 pm
We know that computing fields are gender imbalanced. While 57% of all undergraduate degrees in the United States were earned by women in 2009, women made up only 18% of all computer and information sc...
