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Newton Girls Who Code

Monday Session 18, 2019-03-18

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Welcome!

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

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Plan for Today

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

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Spotlight: Women Who Code

Tamara Manik-Perlman

Watch Video

  • Tamara showed that a common government process (public records requests) is costly and difficult - what did she decide to do?

  • What do NextRequest, CityVoice and Promptly have in common?

  • NextRequests makes the process more efficient and adds value by enabling data analysis - what became possible by collecting machine readable data?�

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Plan for Today

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

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Continue working on your projects!

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Plan for Today

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

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

Instructors take attendance

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See you next week!

Don’t forget to be awesome!