TechGirlz is a Philadelphia-based nonprofit that aims to bridge the gender gap in the STEM fields by introducing adolescent girls to technology.
TechGirlz is dedicated to reducing — and, they hope, ultimately eliminating — the gender gap in technology occupations. They hold workshops and an annual entrepreneurial summer camp aimed at giving middle-school girls (girls in grades 6-8) hands-on experience with different kinds of technology and enable them to interact with women who have carved out successful careers in technology fields.
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Scranton Girls Who Code will be offering Techgirlz workshops on select Saturday mornings throughout the school year. These workshops will focus on a variety of topics and will often be integrative across topics. Examples are: Scratch, Makey Makey, Kodu, Python, Ruby on Rails.
Interested girls should contact us through the application form listed in the Scranton Girls Who Code Section.
Scranton Techgirlz Curriculum:
- Participants are middle school girls grades 6-8
- Project-based workshops in Computer Programming, Robotics & Web Concepts
- Hands on experience with hardware and software technology
- 2-3 hour workshops on select Saturday mornings throughout school year
- Each Workshop is independent of the others
- Interaction with women who have carved out successful careers in technology fields