Practical AI GirlsCoding.org empowers young women to embrace computer science
Feb 13, 2019
40:37
Chris sat down with Marta Martinez-Cámara and Miranda Kreković to learn how GirlsCoding.org is inspiring 9–16-year-old girls to learn about computer science. The site is successfully empowering young women to recognize computer science as a valid career choice through hands-on workshops, role models, and by smashing prevalent gender stereotypes. This is an episode that you’ll want to listen to with your daughter!
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Featuring:
- Marta Martinez-Cámara – Website
- Miranda Kreković – Website
- Chris Benson – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, X
Show Notes:
- GirlsCoding.org
- GirlsCoding.org on Twitter
- GirlsCoding.org on LinkedIn
- GirlsCoding on Facebook
- GirlsCoding.org at Applied Machine Learning Days
- Applied Machine Learning Days
- École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
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