Month: February 2014

Voices celebrating International Women’s Day

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I want to encourage you to attend the upcoming Voices Conference online.

Registration is free! Recordings will be available to those who register so you won’t miss a thing. No travel, no time off work, no budget needed.

On International Women’s Day, March 7-9 2014 women in tech around the world will gather virtually over 39 hours across every time zone to network, talk about cool technology, participate in personal and professional development sessions such as overcoming the inner critic, negotiation and building your brand. Regional, national and international panels will discuss the state of women in technology now and in the future.

Be part of Voices 2014
International Women’s Day
March 7-9 2014

Women in tech around the world will gather virtually over 39 hours across every time zone to:

  • network with people in tech around the world
  • talk about cool technology
  • participate in personal and professional development sessions such as overcoming the inner critic, negotiation and building your brand
  • regional, national and international panels will discuss the state of women in technology now and in the future.
  • Be part of the global conversation.

Home page:
www.globaltechwomen.com

You must register to get access to the sessions here:
http://www.eventbrite.com/e/voices-2014-virtual-conference-for-women-in-tech-international-womens-day-tickets-9605126191

For the latest speakers:
http://www.globaltechwomen.com/speakers-2014.html

Please tell your friends and colleagues!

Gender-Friendly Classrooms

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To what extent are classrooms gender neutral?  You might be thinking they are totally neutral, but think again and think globally.  “Today 57 million children are out of school – and most of them are girls” the UN Secretary General recently stated.

A resource exists to help schools create gender-responsive learning environments that I wanted to share with you. Let me know if this is a useful resource.

 

 

Programming Tool – Past Scratch

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If you and your students have experienced Scratch (scratch.mit.edu) and you want to go deeper into programming on the web but don’t have programming software in your computer lab, try Pex for Fun!

Teaching with Pex For Fun

Pex For Fun can be used to build interesting, engaging, demanding classes and homework on mathematics, algorithms, programming languages or problem solving in general. PexForFun provides special features to help Teachers:

  • Students can use Pex For Fun in any browser, at home or at school.
  • Teachers can see the student attempts at each Coding Duels.

Anyone care to duel?