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Young Rewired State presents: An introduction to coding @ Longsight libraryManchester Girl GeeksSaturday, July 7, 2012 from 2:00 PM to 4:30 PM (BST)Manchester, United Kingdom |
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Manchester Girl Geeks celebrate the Code Year 2012 - with an intro to coding.
For girls aged 12-18
About the coding workshop
With the help of www.codecademy.com, we will walk and talk you through the first steps to writing your own code (in JavaScript, to be precise). This short intro class is aimed at beginners who have little knowledge of programming, as well as people who would like to refresh their coding skills. We particularly welcome young people who would be interested in participating in Young Rewired State in August.
The coding workshops at the Manchester library will be around 2.5 hours with plenty of explanations of what and why you are coding. And as always at Manchester Girl Geeks events, there will breaks for tea, biscuits and chats with other girl geeks and soon-to-be geeks!
What you need to bring:
- If you have a laptop, please bring it along! If you don't have one, that's okay - there are PCs at the library.
- That's it :)
About Young Rewired State
Young Rewired State is a national event for young people aged 12 to 18 who are interested in coding. It runs from 6th to 10th August 2012, and the Manchester centre will be held at MadLab (Northern Quarter).
During this week, people work on ideas using code, build fun or useful applications for PCs and smartphones with real data (e.g. data from the government, public transport, and art galleries in Manchester) and make friends. At the end of the week there is a national Show & Tell, where YRS groups from all over the country meet to showcase their work. The event is entirely free, food and drinks will be provided, and there will be adult mentors (from Manchester Girl Geeks and others!) around to help out with code and to answer any questions you might have. For more information about Young Rewired State, visit: http://youngrewiredstate.org
We really hope that some of you are interested in joining YRS, as this is a fantastic event for meeting other people who like to code, and to apply your skills in the real world to build some exciting applications!
Why learn to code?
There are many reasons why having an understanding of program code is helpful. First, having even a basic understanding of code helps to, as Gina Trapani put it, demystify technology. You'll find out how everything, yes, everything, that you see on your computer started out as a few lines of text in a simple editor. Realising this takes away some of the barriers we have to cross in order to become confident and comfortable users of technology.
Second: good programmers are hard to find; the industry (and by that we mean basically every single business you could think of) is faced with a huge lack of skilled IT professionals. Ask any developer whether they know of some company looking for developers, and the response is guaranteed to be an endless list of job offers of all facets of IT work. To quote Steve Graham (@stevegraham): "on the off chance anyone is looking for dev[elopment] work, i know like a bajillion companies that are hiring."
Third: It's fun. And rewarding. Learning to create your own programs, mini-games, websites or experimental software is incredibly satisfying. Spending a few hours twisting your brains to fix a bug may seem daunting, but so is running for hours to complete a marathon: The experience and the knowledge that you have succeeded makes up for all the pain on the way.
And finally: Even if you only come along to this one session and realise it's just not for you, we're going to have a splendid afternoon with tea, biscuits, and chats. What's not to like?
For a great video on "Why Girls Should Code", check out Maya Bisineer's blog post: http://www.thinkmaya.com/2011/07/14/why-girls-should-code/
Manchester Girl Geeks is a not-for-profit group which organises networking events, talks and hands-on workshops for women and girls with an interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).
While our events are aimed at girls and women of all ages, we are happy to welcome boys and men if they come with a girl geek. Please note that children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult at all times.
For more info check out our website www.manchestergirlgeeks.com or follow us @mcrgirlgeeks on Twitter.
Questions about the event? Please get in touch: manchestergirlgeeks@gmail.com
When & Where
Longsight library
M12 4NE Manchester
United Kingdom
Saturday, July 7, 2012 from 2:00 PM to 4:30 PM (BST)
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Manchester Girl Geeks
Manchester Girl Geeks is a not-for-profit group which organises networking events, talks and hands-on workshops for women and girls with an interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).
While our events are aimed at girls and women of all ages, we are happy to welcome boys and men, especially if they come with a girl geek. Please note that children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult at all times.