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Anchorage Programming Workshop

Anchorage Programming Workshop. Anchorage Maker Faire 7/27/13. Who is APW?. Founded in March “To empower women (and friends) to learn programming. ” “Woman” == female-identified Men are welcome if they are the guest of female participants. Why programming?. Computers are everywhere.

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Anchorage Programming Workshop

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  1. Anchorage Programming Workshop Anchorage Maker Faire 7/27/13

  2. Who is APW? • Founded in March • “To empower women (and friends) to learn programming.” • “Woman” == female-identified • Men are welcome if they are the guest of female participants.

  3. Why programming? • Computers are everywhere. • Programming can make our jobs (and lives) easier. • > 1.1 million new computing-related jobs by 20181

  4. But why else programming?

  5. And….

  6. Why focus on women?2 • US workforce is 51% female; IT is less than 25% • Software written only by men works primarily for men. • More diverse teams build better software.

  7. We borrowed the idea…

  8. Mostly-female environment • Positive female role models. • Fixing the confidence differential. • Allowing male guests keeps the environment predominantly female, without being exclusionary.

  9. Past Workshops • Introduction to GitHub • Web Fundamentals • HTML, Part 1 • Open Work Session

  10. Upcoming Workshops • GitHub – this Wednesday! • Sign up at our booth! • More HTML & CSS • Python & Ruby • Come tell us what you want to learn!

  11. Find us! • We have a booth here! • anchorageprogramming.org • On Facebook: • facebook.com/anchorageprogramming • Email: hosts@anchorageprogramming.org

  12. References 1 – US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2009/11/art5full.pdf 2 – National Center for Women in Information Technology, http://www.ncwit.org/resources/women-it-facts • ColorWall Video – Eric Phetteplace, https://vine.co/v/haaMzwHrwFr • Various anecdotes: • Unlocking the Clubhouse: Women in Computing, Margolis & Fischer • http://geekfeminism.org/

  13. Questions? • This slide deck: • Coral Sheldon-Hess & Becky Boone • hosts@anchorageprogramming.org

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