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The Creative Computing Program is an enrichment program designed to provide students, in grades 4-8 who identify as female or as Black, Latinx, or Native American, experiences with computer science concepts. All students are welcomed!
- Grades 4-6: creating your own animation, story, and game development projects with Scratch
- Grades 5-7: design dynamic web pages with HTML, CSS, & JavaScript
- Grades 6-8: create geometric art designs and more advanced projects using Python
Program begins September 22nd. Register by September 10th at: https://go.umd.edu/I4C_CreativeComputingRegistration.
Rise Up 4 CS is an AP Computer Science A (Java) tutoring program for high school students who identify as Black, Latinx, or Native American women enrolled in the AP CSA course this year. All high school female students are welcomed!
This FREE program provides all participants access to our e-book, practice tests, weekly 1:1 tutoring, weekly live interactive webinars all taught by our University of Maryland Computer Science Teaching Ambassadors. We plan to have social activities and workshops on topics related to women in computing to help build a community of young women in computing. Participants who complete this program have a chance to receive a monetary gift. Program begins Saturday, October 3rd. Register by September 18th at: https://go.umd.edu/I4C_RiseUp4CS_Registration
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Ladies Navigate CS is a workshop for ALL high school students, who identify as female, to learn about the University of Maryland's application process, Honors program, computer science student organizations and many other opportunities for women in computing. By attending this event you will have a chance to meet Computer Science undergraduate students and ask questions during the student panel. This event is on Saturday, October 10th 2PM-4PM. Register by October 7th at: https://go.umd.edu/UMD_LadiesNavCSRegister
Technica is the world’s largest all-women and nonbinary hackathon, hosted annually at the University of Maryland.
Over the duration of 24 hours, women and non-binary people are immersed in tech culture and encouraged to exercise their imagination to create interesting and innovative hacks.
This year’s theme is “Expand Your Horizons”. At Technica, we want to see women and non-binary folks thrive and go beyond society’s expectations for them. We encourage all attendees to take your tech journey beyond Technica.
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Calling all high school students who identify as female, non-binary, genderqueer can apply for this national award. Selection will be based on aptitude and aspirations in technology and computing as demonstrated by their computing experience, computing-related activities, leadership experience, tenacity in the face of barriers to access, and plans for post-secondary education. Apply by November 5th: Apply Here
Applicants can attend a meeting below to ask questions about the application process:
Wednesday, September 8 at 8:30PM Register here
Tuesday, September 22 at 7:00PM Register here
Thursday, October 8th at 7:00PM Register here
Calling all educators (teachers, counselors, coaches, mentors, and others) who support students’ interest in tech: apply for the AiC Educator Award! Be recognized for all that you do for young womxn! Also, find out how you can encourage your students to apply. Applications for 9-12 grade students close November 5, 2020 and educators who endorse students' applications are due December 7, 2020. Get all the details here: www.aspirations.org/AiCEduAward
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Girl Scouts Workshops
We are proud to present our new workshops series for Girl Scouts and troops to earn badges in Coding for Good and Cybersecurity. Join us as we explore computing concepts in programming languages, web design, app development, cybersecurity, password safety, and careers in cyber defense and all areas of computing. We will provide a dynamic virtual experience for girl scouts to “build their courage, confidence, and character” while engaging in discussions, exercises, and individual projects in real world situations.
Our Next Workshop:
Coding for Good: Coding Basics for Cadette & Seniors
Saturday, September 26th 1PM-4:30PM
Register at: https://go.umd.edu/I4C_GSWorkshops
If you would like to have a private workshop for your troop please complete an Outreach Request: https://go.umd.edu/I4C_K12OutreachRequest
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Are you a prospective student interested in learning more about Computer Science at the University of Maryland?
There will be "Drop-in" hours for prospective students & families each month this fall. The September dates and Zoom links are posted on this site:
https://cmns.umd.edu/undergraduate/admissions/visiting-campus
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Video Games & Learning
We are currently looking for youth between the ages of 13 and 15 to participate in a research study about learning in video games. Due to the ongoing pandemic we are unable to do in-person data collection at this time, but we would still love to have your child participate. We are inviting you to participate in online data collection. If you are interested we will send you a version of our game that can be played on your home computer. We will send you a secure link to a call over Zoom, help you to launch the game, and then record your child while they play the game and answer some questions. As a way of saying ‘thank you’ we will provide a $15 Amazon gift card. If you are interested in participating, please let us know and we will send documents that further describe the data collection procedures, and a researcher with our team will work with you to schedule a date that works for both you and your child.
If you are interested please contact Anthony Pellicone at apellico@umd.edu, who will work with you to arrange a time for data collection, provide technical details for participation, and answer any questions you might have. We have included more detail about the study below.
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We are Taking Requests!
We are happy to provide our K-12 Educators and Students with engaging events and programs in computer science concepts!
Choose from:
Enrichment Workshops
Interactive Curriculum Support
Guest Speakers and/or Student Panel
If you have an idea for a CS related event let us know!
https://go.umd.edu/I4C_K12OutreachRequest
National Cybersecurity Awareness Month is October 1-31
Computer Science Education Week is December 7-13
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