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Ames Girls Who Code

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Session 6, 2018-11-14

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Welcome!

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Plan for Today

  • Spotlight: Women Who Code (5 min)
  • CS Impact: Possibilities (30 min)
  • Mini-lesson: Number Guessers (20 min)
  • Coding: Work on Activity Sets (60 min)
  • Reflection Journals (5 min)

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Spotlight: Women Who Code

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Radia Perlman

Watch this video together

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Discussion:

  • What is Ethernet?

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  • What do you think about what she said on how Engineers should think?

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photo from http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/11158301/The-female-pioneers-of-the-technological-age.html

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Plan for Today

  • Spotlight: Women Who Code (5 min)
  • CS Impact: Possibilities (30 min)
  • Mini-lesson: Number Guessers (20 min)
  • Coding: Work on Activity Sets (60 min)
  • Reflection Journals (5 min)

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Things to think about

Selection criteria

  • High impact on the community
  • High chance of success
  • Something we’ll learn a lot building

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Questions

  • How can we identify problems for this community?
  • How can we see how others have solved this?
  • How can we solve these problems with code?

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How can we identify issues with the Art community?

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  • Research online and in books/library for issues affecting the community
  • Talk to your Art teachers / museums / art exhibits in town
  • Talk to other art professionals
  • Artists

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How can we identify issues with the sports community?

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  • Research online and in books/library for issues affecting the community
  • Talk to coaches / sport facilities
  • Talk to other sport professionals
  • Athletes

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Questions to Ask:

  • What major issues do you have?
  • What do you need help with?
  • What struggles do you have?
  • What should people be aware of?
  • What area do you serve?
  • How fast do we need to solve this problem?
  • What is the priority on solving this?

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How can we look at how others have solved this problem?

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  • Internet (websites, videos, infographics, apps)
  • Ask about what things they’ve used in the past

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How can we solve this problem with code?

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  • Website
  • Application (mobile/tablet)
  • Online Book

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Plan for Today

  • Spotlight: Women Who Code (5 min)
  • CS Impact: Possibilities (30 min)
  • Mini-lesson: Number Guessers (20 min)
  • Coding: Work on Activity Sets (60 min)
  • Reflection Journals (5 min)

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The Core4 in Action

  • Variables
  • Loops
  • Conditionals
  • Functions

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These concepts appear in all the Core4 Activity Sets.

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Group Code: Number Guesser

Go to Codesters: https://www.codesters.com/home/projects/#my_projects

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Plan for Today

  • Spotlight: Women Who Code (5 min)
  • CS Impact: Possibilities (30 min)
  • Mini-lesson: Number Guessers (20 min)
  • Coding: Work on Activity Sets (60 min)
  • Reflection Journals (5 min)

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  • Work on Core4 Sets
  • Track Progress in Journal

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Plan for Today

  • Spotlight: Women Who Code (5 min)
  • CS Impact: Possibilities (30 min)
  • Mini-lesson: Number Guessers (20 min)
  • Coding: Work on Activity Sets (60 min)
  • Reflection Journals (5 min)

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Closing Reflections

What did you like about the group coding activity?

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What did you find challenging about the group coding activity?

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  • Group discussion (if time)

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Nov 21 - club, yay or nay?

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Stand Up Time!

Keep each other posted on your thoughts, progress, needs, and accomplishments. It's a chance to show off, get feedback, or ask for help!�

Stand Up Prompts:

  • What did you accomplish this meeting?
  • Give an example of how you were brave, resilient, creative, or purposeful.
  • Do you need help with anything next meeting?
  • Shout out a Clubmate for something they accomplished.

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Have a great week!

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Don’t forget to be awesome!

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