This week has been a little busy personally as I am in the middle of my move right now and have been on the road the past few days. I have been keeping in contact with my teammates as we have started working on our service project together. One of us is in the area of our Service Learning Partner and will be taking pictures and walking around the community for the Community Scan and we will work together on the final submission. I have been learning Django for the project page and find it quite interesting and fun. I’m hoping to finish my tutorial series and test projects within the next week or so and begin work on the final product website.
The Black Girls Code program seems like an interesting way to introduce an underrepresented demographic to the field of Computer Science. It often seems that the barrier to computer science comes from a mythologizing of the abilities necessary to be successful or even competent in the field. By introducing kids to the field early on, and equipping them with useful and applicable skills, the myth that only “geniuses” can study computer science will be shattered and historically underrepresented groups will join in greater numbers.
I have completed 10 hours of service on my project to date.
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