Scranton Girls Who Code

Working together to inspire, educate, and equip girls from Northeastern Pennsylvania with the computing skills to pursue 21st century opportunities.

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