Useful Sites
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Name of site - link
Description
National Center for Women & Information Techonolgy
Organization for women in tech. They have awards and scholarships for girls in computer science. Check it out!
An organization that encourages girls to explore Computer Science. They offer many classes in coding. We highly recommend them!
Check out their documentary about women in computer science!
A website with many online courses teaching you how to code. They also have fun projects you can do! And the best thing about their courses, is that they are completely free :D
Another useful resource for learning languages.
This website offers free online courses from top universities. While the courses are somewhat time consiming, they are high quality. Check them out!
Website with all sorts of information related to learning how to code. They are promoting computer science education across the country!
Resources for Class
If you are joining the club, then you MUST fill out these forms!
Form 2 (this one you will have to fill out with your parents)
Useful Articles
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Name of article - link
Description
It's shocking to see the disparities in employment in such a big company.
Article about a woman who changed careers to a software engineer with no formal training in computer science. She learned it all on her own!
High School Girls Gaining Free Coding Skills
Another girl who decided to start a Girls Who Code club in her school district. She began it last year, when the curriculum hadn't even been set yet!
Computer Science by the Numbers
Fuurther proof that there need to be more girls in computer science,
In Google's Inner Circle, a Falling Number of Women
Shows the possible causes of gender disparity in Google.