What is 'Girls who code'?
Girls Who Code Clubs are free after-school programs for girls to join our sisterhood of
supportive peers and role models, and use computer science to change the world. Through fun
and interactive curricula, Club girls not only learn about how to positively impact their
community through code, but they are also taught to be brave and resilient -- which has an
enormous impact on how they approach challenges and whether they stick with coding in the
years to come.
supportive peers and role models, and use computer science to change the world. Through fun
and interactive curricula, Club girls not only learn about how to positively impact their
community through code, but they are also taught to be brave and resilient -- which has an
enormous impact on how they approach challenges and whether they stick with coding in the
years to come.
What is coding?
Coding is, very simply, writing commands to instruct a computer to do something in a
programming language it can understand. When your child learns to code, they learn to “speak”
one of these different programming languages so that they can communicate directly to the
computer and create animations, games, apps and other things that they dream up!
programming language it can understand. When your child learns to code, they learn to “speak”
one of these different programming languages so that they can communicate directly to the
computer and create animations, games, apps and other things that they dream up!
what happens during a club meeting?
In a Girls Who Code Club, girls are able to learn from fun and simple online coding tutorials,
build community through interactive activities, and learn about inspiring role models. They then
work in teams to design and build a Girls Who Code Project that solves real world problems they
care about through code.
build community through interactive activities, and learn about inspiring role models. They then
work in teams to design and build a Girls Who Code Project that solves real world problems they
care about through code.
meet Your club facilitator
Katharyn Duffy has a Ph.D in Earth Science and works as a scientist in EcoInformatics at Northern Arizona University. She has worked and collaborated all over the globe to try to understand and address the challenges of global environmental change. You can check out some of her work in progress here. She is currently building a web interface where curious citizens of all stripes can evaluate and download estimates of greenness from plants all over the globe.
She loves hoarding data, solving problems, collaborating, and supporting other girls who code! |
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Who can join?
This Fall we will be offerings 2 clubs:
3-5th grade girls
6-12th grade girls
3-5th grade girls
6-12th grade girls
The details
Meeting Time
TBD, if you'd like to help us pick a time for our Fall clubs take our survey to below
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Location
We'll meet in Cline Library (NAU building #28) room 298
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What you'll need
No computer or experience coding is necessary! We'll have all the tools you need and lots of support to learn to code together.
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