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DESCRIPTION:This month's topic:  Teaching Girls and Boys to Program Compu
 ters\n\nWhy is it that the percentage of women graduating with computer 
 science degrees around 50% in countries like Sweden\, China and India\, 
 but less than 20% in America? As a &quot\;Geekdad&quot\; with a daughter
 \, I found this unacceptable\, and decided to do something about it... I
  went back to school... elementary school that is\, to teach programming
  to the kids. My goal was to find an environment and a style that would 
 encourage girls with curiosity to enjoy being controlling computers in c
 reative ways\, and in the process\, encourage and involve every kid.\n\n
 My talk discusses the journey of coming up with a girl-friendly curricul
 um for teaching programming that boys wouldn't notice anything different
 . I then show off some of the new crop of &quot\;Integrated Learning Env
 ironments&quot\;\, i.e. Alice\, E-Toys and Scratch. I finally give an ov
 erview of my &quot\;Computer Club&quot\; and how others can use what I'v
 e done to teach others.\n\n----------\n\nSpeaker: Howard Abrams\n\nMy fi
 rst job in high school was teaching Basic and Logo programming to 8 year
  old kids\; however\, I haven't taught since graduating from college. Af
 ter programming for 25 years (and Java for 12)\, I'm now intrigue about 
 returning to my roots and working with the next generation.\n\n---------
 -\n\nPJUG meetings start with some time to eat and socialize (pizza and 
 beverages are provided)\, followed by the featured speaker\, then Q&amp\
 ;A\, discussion\, sometimes a drawing to give away swag. :)\n\nThough we
  like knowing how many people to expect\, you don't *have* to RSVP\, on 
 Upcoming or otherwise. Go ahead and just show up!\n\nMany people also go
  for a drink and further discussion following the meeting\, usually at M
 cMenamin's Market Street Pub at 10th and Market: http://www.mcmenamins.c
 om/328 (but sometimes this changes).\n\nhttp://twitter.com/pjug\nhttp://
 pjug.org/   (join our mailing list\, linked from the website!)\nhttp://b
 it.ly/pjuglive  (live streaming video\, plus archived videos from past m
 eetings)\n\nTags: java\, user group\, pjug\, oracle\, sun\, howard abram
 s\, howardism\, kids\, alice\, e-toys\, scratch\n\nImported from: http:/
 /calagator.org/events/1250458183
URL:http://pjug.org/
SUMMARY:Portland Java User Group: Teaching Girls and Boys to Program Comp
 uters
LOCATION:Oracle (Downtown Campus): 1211 SW 5th Avenue\, Suite 800\, Room 
 8005\, Portland Oregon 97204 US
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