{"id":3618,"date":"2013-07-08T09:37:42","date_gmt":"2013-07-08T15:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=3618"},"modified":"2015-11-14T16:09:48","modified_gmt":"2015-11-14T23:09:48","slug":"games-the-key-to-girls-stem-education-news-northeastern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2013\/07\/08\/games-the-key-to-girls-stem-education-news-northeastern\/","title":{"rendered":"Games the key to girls\u2019 STEM education | news @ Northeastern"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.northeastern.edu\/news\/2013\/06\/girls-games\/#sthash.U18k1zEV.dpuf\">Games the key to girls\u2019 STEM education | news @ Northeastern<\/a>.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.northeastern.edu\/news\/2013\/06\/girls-games\/#sthash.U18k1zEV.dpuf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"p.s. I Love that theiy're holding DS's!\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/600girlsgames1-590x393.jpg\" width=\"463\" height=\"308\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.northeastern.edu\/seattle\/g-a-m-e-s-girls-advancing-in-math-engineering-and-science-2\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Girls <span class=\"caps\">GAMES<\/span><\/strong><\/a>, short for Girls Advancing in Math, Engi\u00adneering, and Sci\u00adence, is a new col\u00adlab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adtion between uni\u00adver\u00adsity part\u00adners and gaming com\u00adpa\u00adnies in Seattle aimed at pro\u00admoting <span class=\"caps\">STEM<\/span> careers for women through the devel\u00adop\u00adment of edu\u00adca\u00adtional games.\u00a0Though the main event is being held in Seattle,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/calendar.northeastern.edu\/event\/the_gender_gap_in_stem_is_no_game#.UcylUz5Nbna\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>a two-??hour event is sched\u00aduled for 3 p.m. today in 250 West Vil\u00adlage F<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>We know games can engage kids to learn, so let\u2019s use games for real learning, and let\u2019s use games to advance girls\u2019 learning, interest, and aspi\u00adra\u00adtions in <span class=\"caps\">STEM<\/span>,\u201d said Tayloe Wash\u00adburn, dean and <span class=\"caps\">CEO<\/span> of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.northeastern.edu\/seattle\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Northeastern\u2019s grad\u00aduate campus in Seattle<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-3618'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(3618);\" title='' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>Be the first to like.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(3618);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(3618);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Games the key to girls\u2019 STEM education | news @ Northeastern. Girls GAMES, short for Girls Advancing in Math, Engi\u00adneering, and Sci\u00adence, is a new col\u00adlab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adtion between uni\u00adver\u00adsity part\u00adners and gaming com\u00adpa\u00adnies in Seattle aimed at pro\u00admoting STEM careers for &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2013\/07\/08\/games-the-key-to-girls-stem-education-news-northeastern\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9,12,14,24,363],"tags":[151,76,122],"class_list":["post-3618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-educational-technology","category-games","category-general","category-teaching-learning","category-women","tag-gender","tag-serious-games","tag-stem"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Hsb6-Wm","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3859,"url":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2014\/05\/03\/where-ive-been-online-may-3-2013\/","url_meta":{"origin":3618,"position":0},"title":"Where I&#8217;ve Been Online (May 3, 2013)","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"May 3, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Consumer and Education: 4 Robots That Engage Students in STEM | Robotics Trends \"Robots can capture a child\u2019s imagination like no other tool by creating a fun, physical learning process. 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