Why our girls need to code
Hi all, Alessia D'Urso via Flickr - Used with permission Recently I had the opportunity to attend the Foundations of Educational Technology Conference (FETC) in Orlando Florida. The conference includes technology integrators, teachers and teacher leaders from all over North America and is one of the premiere technology integration conferences in North America. While at this conference I had the great pleasure of attending a keynote by Reshma Suanji, former Deputy Public Advocate for New York City, Candidate for the United States Congress and founder of the advocacy group “Girls who Code”. ( http://girlswhocode.com ) During this powerful presentation, Reshma shared some startling statistics regarding economic shifts that could have immediate impact on our students. In 2008 there were 8 million manufacturing jobs lost in the USA Higher wage work grew in that same span of time Today, Computer software engineers are the fastest growing industry for employment with Computer Science clo...