Encouraging Girls' Interest in STEAM Through Programming with Scratch

[Victoria Constant]

Your Name:

Victoria Constant

Grade Level:

XII

School or Organization Name:

Marymount School of New York

Co-Presenter Name(s):

Brigitte Harbers

Area of the World from Which You Will Present:

NY, USA

Language in Which You Will Present:

English

Target Audience(s):

Students interested in participating in the effort to decrease the gender gap in STEAM fields.

Short Session Description (one line):

My experience introducing fourth and fifth grade girls to computer science, and why this effort is so important.

Full Session Description (as long as you would like):

This past fall, I taught a club in my old middle school for fourth and fifth grade girls called "Introduction to Scratch." My keynote covers what the club accomplished and why the effort to introduce more young girls to computer science is so important.

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