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Category Archives: Technology
Sheryl Sandberg: Take The Lead Challenge
Lean In author and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg shares her thoughts on leadership at the Take The Lead Challenge at Arizona State University. March 2014.
The Untold Story of American Scientists
Listen to women from across the Administration tell the stories of their personal heroes across the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Presented by The White House’s STEM program.
Made with Code Makers
Listen to girls and women working with code at Google’s Made With Code site. If girls are inspired to see that Computer Science can make the world more beautiful, more usable, more safe, more kind, more innovative, more healthy, and more funny then hopefully they will begin to contribute their essential voices. As parents, teachers, organizations, and companies we’re making it our mission to creatively engage girls with code.
Jean Jennings Bartik, ENIAC Programmer
Bartik was hired as one of the original six programmers of ENIAC, the first all-electronic, programmable computer. She joined Frances “Betty” Snyder Holberton, Kathleen McNulty Mauchly Antonelli, Marlyn Wescoff Meltzer, Ruth Lichterman Teitelbaum and Frances Bilas Spence on this unknown journey. © 2011 Computer History Museum. Girl Power Night. Read more from Walter Isaacson on The Women of ENIAC.
OSU’s Margaret Burnett mentors women
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Oregon State University’s Margaret Burnett, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science has been a pioneer of women in Computer Science since she started her career in 1971. © Daily Edventures 2013.
Read more about her expertise on her OSU Profile page.
Carla Diana, American interaction designer
Carla Diana is a designer-artist whose work bridges the gap between the physical and the digital. As Associate Director of Interaction Design at Smart Design, her projects include domestic robots, mobile devices and sentient kitchen appliances. © 2012 TED.
Hackbright’s 21 Rising Technical Superstars in Computer Science
Meet The Female Engineers Who Just May Become The Next Fortune 500 CTO! By Angie Chang, Director of Growth, Hackbright Academy.
Ana Roca Castro of LATISM
Ana Roca Castro knows that language is power. She also knows that certain languages are universal, such as coding and math. In this inspiring personal talk Ana, one of the few Latina techies and the founder of LATISM (Latinos in Tech Innovation and Social Media), looks at the achievement gap facing English language learners, the language gap at the root of it, and the solutions that technology can offer. Learn more at Platform. © 2013.
Kimberly Bryant speaks about Black Girls Code
Technologist turned social entrepreneur and founder of Black Girls Code, Kimberly Bryant, speaks about “Learning the Fearlessness of Invention ” at the Platform Summit 2013.