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More Great Projects
I ran into several more projects / organizations promoting women in IT. Great stuff! Girl Develop It is a nonprofit organization that exists to provide affordable and accessible programs to… Read more
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Cool Company Called littleBits
I’m so excited to share this story from the BBC about a company called littleBits. It was created by a woman named Ayah Bdeir. What do they make? littleBits (spelled lower case… Read more
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Teaching Coding to Girls
When do we start forming ideas about what’s cool? The NY Times just did a short piece about coding for girls (5/12/2014) and when those gaps between girls and boys in… Read more
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Good Work by Good People
Most days, my news feeds bring me news about inspiring and empowering projects in education. Today was one of those days. There’s a journalist who has committed 7 years of… Read more
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Happy 2014!
I’m thinking of revitalizing this blog. It’s a new year and fresh starts are always a good thing, right? I could say it all started with the “Zero to Hero”… Read more
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Girls in Children’s Literature
There was a study conducted by Janice McCabe at Florida State University in 2011. She looked at over 6,000 children’s books from the past century and found that central characters… Read more
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When Women are Science Reporters
I don’t know whether to scream or sigh about this NPR story. Actually, I am very impressed with Emily Graslie, a science reporter who now works at the Chicago Field… Read more
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Grant Program Outreach for Middle School Girls
Now here’s a great idea! If your middle school is trying to support girls to learn and love technology, there’s a grant program that can help. It’s sponsored by the… Read more
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HootSuite CEO Writes about Women in Tech
I was glad to see the CEO of HootSuite writing about the women in technology issue. Here’s his article, posted on LinkedIn. Ryan Holmes writes about what his company has… Read more
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Where are the women?
This blog is about the search for significant representation of women in key roles in technology companies. The idea of creating a blog about this is recent, but the idea… Read more
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I’m Cathy,
Here you’ll find my notes about research and other related professional work interests, as well as some personal things, such as books I’ve found interesting, stories of family and friends, travel, and spiritual musings.
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