Kathryn Barrett is one of two Chapter Leads for
Girls Learning Code and Kids Learning Code and has helped us introduce hundred of kids to code and other technical skills.
Girls Learning Code just wrapped up its fourth annual March Break camp in Toronto, and it was one fun - packed week!
National
Girls Learning Code Day (May 12) encourages girls ages 8 - 13 to experience Game Production in a fun and collaborative environment.
We had an awesome week hosting our 7th annual
Girls Learning Code March Break Camp at our Canada Learning Code HQ in Toronto!
Girls Learning Code alum Lauren Voisin is no ordinary girl — when she's not playing with her sister, she's running a robotics company!
FreshBooks has partnered with us to make this year's
Girls Learning Code March Break Camp in Toronto the best it's ever been.
Last month we were so excited to be running
our Girls Learning Code March Break Camp again — not only was it the 7th year we've been doing it, but we were also able to host it out of our beautiful new HQ in Toronto!
Our friends over at FreshBooks have partnered with us to make this year's
Girls Learning Code March Break Camp in Toronto the best it's ever been.
After running our popular
Girls Learning Code March Break and Summer Camps in Toronto for four years, we're excited to be finally expanding our reach and offering these week - long technology experiences for girls ages 8 - 13 in cities across Canada — in large Read more...
And so,
Girls Learning Code was born.
(And to watch a cute video featuring some of the «future web makers» who joined us for
Girls Learning Code in March, click here.)
Tiffany is excited to be a part of
the Girls Learning Code team and can't wait to create a memorable experience for the girls.
Learn more about these awesome people who have donated laptops to Planet Geek for
Girls Learning Code below:
With an educational and professional background in Human Resources, Laura made the shift to the world of consulting five years ago and has since pursued and entrepreneurial life - style with Ladies Learning Code,
Girls Learning Code, HackerYou and her own Independent Talent Management Consulting.
Name: Karen Whaley City: Toronto, ON Company: Artscape Role: Marketing & Communications Coordinator Website: torontoartscape.org Twitter handle: @whaletimes Why you're helping
Girls Learning Code:
I am the intern at
Girls Learning Code, and I'm excited to be part of such an exciting community!
I was inspired to become
a Girls Learning Code mentor after the amazing experience I had attending one of the Ladies Learning Code workshops.
Twitter: @drfatalic Why you're helping
Girls Learning Code:
Jon and Terry, who run Planet Geek, and a bunch of volunteers even made sure the computers we used for
Girls Learning Code had all the software we needed, and even set the machines up and took them down!
Name: Daniel Patricio City: Toronto, ON Company: Jet Cooper Role: Product Manager Website: jetcooper.com Twitter handle: @danielpatricio Why you're helping
Girls Learning Code:
Girls Learning Code Day coincides with International Scratch Day, which celebrates the free coding platform and online community for kids.
Our 2016
Girls Learning Code summer camps got off to a very special start thanks to some very cool visitors from Microsoft!
Name: Jaret Manuel City: Toronto, ON Company: PuckDrop.net Role: Founder Website: PuckDrop.net Twitter handle: @JaretManuel Why you're helping
Girls Learning Code:
I have volunteered for
Girls Learning Code in the past and I find it to be such a rewarding experience, not only for the girls, but for myself.
I'm a mentor because I like what
Girls Learning Code is doing.
I can't help but wish there were programs like
Girls Learning Code when I was younger to help further facilitate my current passion for website development, design and online marketing.
Do you have a laptop that you can donate to Planet Geek for use at
Girls Learning Code?
Our signature initiative, National
Girls Learning Code Day, strives to encourage (and normalize) these populations in the tech space starting at a young age.
I'm a mentor At
Girls Learning Code because I want to help encourage girls and teach them that they can be whatever they want to be.
Name: Andrew Munro City: Toronto, ON Company: Hubba & Artez Interactive Role: Product Architect Website: hubba.com, artez.com Why you're helping
Girls Learning Code:
Our Girls Learning Code program offer female - identified youth ages 3 - 12 hands - on experiences designed to inspire them to see technology in a whole new light — as a medium for self - expression, and as a means for changing the world.
Since then she's co-founded thriving youth programs, including
Girls Learning Code and Kids Learning Code.
Not exact matches
Girls Who
Code founder and CEO Reshma Saujani shares what she has
learned about disrupting power in politics and Silicon Valley.
This summer, we're launching 50
coding camps in 25 cities and helping 1,000
girls learn to
code, which is so exciting and surreal.
In 2011, Heather Payne started Ladies
Learning Code, a not - for - profit organization that now operates
coding workshops for women and
girls in 24 cities across Canada.
Saujani says last year,
Girls Who Code engaged with more than 700 girls through their learning prog
Girls Who
Code engaged with more than 700
girls through their learning prog
girls through their
learning programs.
The company also sponsors organizations such as CodeNow and GirlDevelopIt, programs focused on assisting
girls who want to
learn to
code.
So it's really important that more women and
girls have the opportunity to participate in technology, to
learn how to
code, create, and innovate.»
CareCloud & CodeLLa Partner to Inspire Young Hispanic
Girls to
Learn Code and Entrepreneurship
She is my «shero» because not only did she see that
girls need to
learn coding but also women.
Through Project Shift, a 30 - month project funded by Status of Women Canada, YWCA Canada and partners, like us at Ladies
Learning Code, are working to create a safer digital world for
girls and young women.
Here at the
Girls and Kids
Learning Code Camps, we're deeply passionate about empowering the next generation of technological builders.
Founded in 2015 when Karlie Kloss began
learning to
code, Kode With Klossy hosts
coding summer camps for
girls aged 13 - 18 and fosters a national community furthering opportunities for
girls in tech.
In addition to
learning computer -
coding skills, the
girls found out how to storyboard their ideas and create custom computer graphics.
Girls Who
Code:
Learn to
Code and Change the World.
I realized later that was
code for, «
girl... go
learn how to write!»
Canada
Learning Code sees teaching digital skills to women,
girls, people with disabilities, indigenous youth, and newcomers as a key to improving society through empowerment, development and success.
Explore the
Girls Who
Code 2015 Annual Report below, and
learn more about the organization here.
Today, more and more
girls are
learning how to
code and I want to believe they will change the face of this industry.»
She co-organizes Dorkbot Chicago and helps women
learn code at
Girl Develop It.