Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteYou know how chance or fleeting encounters with people who cross your path can sometimes leave a lasting impression? The man who drove the forklift at the local feed store has become a symbol in our household. He is a … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 4 minutesHer attempt at an apology just digs the hole deeper. Yes women do code. And I have found them all this week, for which I am grateful. Hardly (on both points I expect). I am on the board of a … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesTrying to justify the status quo? Written by a woman, but one who admits to basically being a bully. So, there’s that. Why Women Shouldnāt Code ā Medium. First here are the arguments, quoted from the post. First of all, … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteDisappointing, but not surprising that women continue to face this kind of crap. MIT Computer Scientists Demonstrate the Hard Way That Gender Still Matters | WIRED. āWeāre 3 female computer scientists at MIT, here to answer questions about programming and … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteInteraction between stereotypes, expectations of success, and learning from failure | Computing Education Blog. This is encouraging! The students who learned about scientistsā struggles developed less-stereotyped images of scientists, became more interested in science, remembered the material better, and did … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt’s Not Women Who Should Lean In; It’s Men Who Should Step Back – James Allworth – Harvard Business Review. Well worth the read. When I was still @ UofC I quickly found that the less I acted (and taught) … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteGames the key to girlsā STEM education | news @ Northeastern. Girls GAMES, short for Girls Advancing in Math, EngiĀneering, and SciĀence, is a new colĀlabĀoĀraĀtion between uniĀverĀsity partĀners and gaming comĀpaĀnies in Seattle aimed at proĀmoting STEM careers for … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteTHIS: They’re playing in the comment section of a website about video games: That’s three levels of virtual world created only to entertain them. 5 Gamer Comments That Give Straight White Guys a Bad Name | Cracked.com. This is brilliant. … Continue reading