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NCWIT's Latinas & Tecnolog?a de la Informaci?n Website This is a Spanish website designed to inspire young Latina women to pursue technology. The website provides fact sheets for creating awareness about the current state of girls' participation in technology, talking points about undergraduate courses and careers in computing, videos and profiles of Latina women for addressing the attractions to technology and possible barriers in the field, as well as links to computing activities and recruitment programs.
Applications for the Thinkery's EdExchange program are open This free program aims to empower educators to use technology across diverse learning experiences. Participants will be introduced to creative tools, engage in hands-on training, and collaborate with Thinkery staff to identify fun and effective ways to incorporate technology into classrooms and programs. Selected participants will work with like-minded educators from a variety of backgrounds while learning new skills and developing curriculum ideas. The professional development series will introduce the following topics: Best Practices for STEAM Education, Tinkering & Making, Design Thinking, Coding, Digital Fabrication. Space is limited, apply today!
New DIY Lake Science App
Just in time for summer, plunge into the fun science of lakes, rivers, creeks, and ponds with the new iPad/iPhone DIY Lake Science app. Get wet, or not, as you investigate freshwater ecosystems and their importance to all life on Earth. Using inexpensive, everyday materials, the app lets learners explore freshwater science outdoors or indoors, anywhere they live, go to school, or even travel on vacation.
New Worlds: Cities in Space Competition & Conference The Cities in Space Competition will be a Texas-wide competition. There are three divisions of the competition: 3D Modeling, Video and Combination of 3D Modeling with Video. Students are asked to create a sustainable colony model for human life on the Moon, Mars or in Free Space.
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| 7 Months of the SciGirls
Seven:
Proven Strategies for Engaging Girls in STEM
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K-12 STEM Outreach, SciGirls, Role Models Matter & Mother Daughter TEA Workshops
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Educators across Texas are invited to attend free professional development opportunities and discover how to engage young women through research-based, high quality activities and resources!
  To request or schedule a workshop or forum in your area, please contact stem@txgcp.org.
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| Interested in Summer Camps |
 To find great summer camps across the country or to list your own, please visit The Connectory website!
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Articles, Reports, Resources
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For the Poor, the Graduation Gap Is Even Wider Than the Enrollment Gap
Rich and poor students don't merely enroll in college at different rates; they also complete it at different rates. The graduation gap is even wider than the enrollment gap. In 2002, researchers with the National Center for Education Statistics started tracking a cohort of 15,000 high school sophomores. The project, called the Education Longitudinal Study, recorded information about the students' academic achievement, college entry, work history and college graduation. A recent publication examines the completed education of these young people, who are now in their late 20s.
Engineer the Revolution: Top Ten Strategies to Diversify Technology
Looking for talent to drive a new engineering design from prototype to product? She is a 5th grader in Oakland. Looking for expertise on clean tech to advise your venture capital firm? She is a junior in high school in Washington, DC. You may not have imagined these individuals as the solution to your workforce needs, but we do. Today's skilled technology workforce is insufficient to meet the demands of business, and critically lacking in women and people of color. In computer science, there are fewer females majoring in the field than there were 20 years ago. In Silicon Valley's backyard, less than 2 percent of students are enrolled in computer science.
Creating Craftier Engineers: Why students should learn to sew in STEM classes
When I moved to a new town after graduate school, one of the first things I did was head to the local makerspace-a place where people get together to work on all kinds of DIY projects, from the high-tech to the low-. I soon noticed two things: I was often the only woman in the room and usually the only person who expressed an interest in crafting over coding or 3-D printing. While my scientific street cred (Ph.D. in chemistry and nanotechnology) gained me acceptance, both my gender and my interests made me feel like an outsider in this group, especially when, inevitably, someone asked how much "technology" was going to be present in my projects or whether I was interested in a fashion show because I modeled.
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