The Little Girl Geek Wants to Play

The horrible state of computer science education in K-12 and why it's fun to work with youth.

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1. The Little Girl Geek Wants to Play Jennifer Argüello {SheCodes} Conference August 9, 2013
2. Your First Geek Moment
3. A Computer Scientist is Born
4. 20%$ 2%$ 4%$ 74%$ US#Public#Schools# High$Schools$that$don't$offer$CS$ HS$that$offer$AP$CS$ HS$that$offer$CS$ Middle$Schools$and$Elementary$Schools$ ~10 million HS Students State of US CS K12 Ed California K12 Enrollment vs. AP CS Exam Takers
5. Women in Computing
6. Deterrents from computing —  Irrelevant curriculum —  Lecture based instruction instead of project-based —  Teaching styles that discourage collaboration —  Failure proof environments —  Absence of role models and mentors —  Limited visibility or inaccurate perceptions of computing careers
7. Are we doomed?
8. The Future is NOW
9. CS in the classroom
10. CS 101
11. Benefits —  Just showing you exist goes a long way —  Engaging and teaching youth grows your facilitation skills and increases subject area mastery —  You become a better learner and problem solver —  They inspire you more than you think you inspire them —  YOU ARE CREATING THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE!
12. How to get involved? —  Volunteer for programs —  Ask your company for financial and in-kind support of CS schools and programs —  Be a mentor —  Advocate for CS Certification and adoption of CS curriculum standards
14. More Resources —  http://www.ncwit.org/sites/default/files/resources/ btn_02272013web.pdf —  http://www.exploringcs.org/resources/cs-statistics —  http://www.code.org/stats —  http://changetheequation.org/stemtistics-facts-figures —  NCWIT K-12 Alliance Members
15. Let the Little Girl (or Boy) Geek Play
16. Thank you! www.jenniferarguello.com jarguello@gmail.com @engijen