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Newton Girls Who Code

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Monday Session 21, 2019-04-22

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Welcome!

(Let us know if you would like advice about your project)

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Plan for Today

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  1. Spotlight: Women Who Code
  2. Project Time
  3. Stand Up meeting
  4. Coding Time

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Spotlight: Women Who Code

Katie Bouman

Watch Video

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  • Katie's TED talk:

What does a black hole look like

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  • Her "About me" page at MIT
  • Joining Caltech in June

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What message does Katie have about her contributions to the first black hole image?

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Big Science is the work of big teams

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Plan for Today

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  1. Spotlight: Women Who Code
  2. Project Time
  3. Stand Up meeting
  4. Coding Time

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End-of-year planning

Graduation May 6th

Practice

Presentations

Today!

What do you need for your presentation?

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Do you need a "back up plan" if you're doing a live demo?

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Continue working on your projects!

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Plan for Today

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  • Spotlight: Women Who Code
  • Project Time
  • Stand Up meeting
  • Coding Time

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… Stand Up Meeting

Stand Up Routine

  1. Get together in your project groups.
  2. Take turns sharing your answers to today’s questions to the rest of the class.

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Possible Questions to Answer

  • What kinds of Women Who Code would you like to hear more about?
  • What question(s) would you like to add to the bag of questions?
  • What would you like to see more of / less of at our sessions?
  • Is there something new you'd like to do at GWC in 2019?

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Plan for Today

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  • Spotlight: Women Who Code
  • Project Time
  • Stand Up meeting
  • Coding Time

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Coding Time

  • Go to the Learn section of hq.girlswhocode.com.

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  • Sit with someone from your project group if you're focusing on project work

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Instructors take attendance

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See you next week!

Don’t forget to be awesome!

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