/news-archive/tag/st-joseph-school/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Mon, 29 Jul 2019 18:30:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /news-archive/2019/07/29/girls-coding/ Mon, 29 Jul 2019 18:30:58 +0000 /news/?p=74807 ... Girls learn tech skills at Windstream Girl: CODE Camp]]> Sixteen rising eighth- and ninth-grade girls just spent a week at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock learning coding skills that will come in handy for future STEM careers. The girls coding camp, made possible with a $10,000 sponsorship from , is a one-week annual residential camp that aims to motivate academically prepared females to enter the fields of computer science, information science or web design. The program is free to participants. During the camp, which ended July 26, girls stayed in 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock鈥檚 on-campus housing so they also got a taste of what it鈥檚 like to be on a college campus. During the day, they worked with Thomas Wallace, senior instructor of information science and 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock鈥檚 coordinator of the Web Design and Development program and information technology minor. 鈥淥ur focus has been on the web stack of three core technologies: HTML, CSS, and JavaScript,鈥� Wallace said. 鈥淓ach day we focused on a different layer. The afternoons were for lab, and that鈥檚 where they applied the skills they learned.鈥� The girls also took a field trip to Windstream where they learned how to provision a phone system, participated in binary coding exercises, and toured a network lab. 鈥淲orking directly with these girls, watching them work together to learn how to provision phones on Windstream鈥檚 network is truly an inspirational experience,鈥� said Sara Lary, manager of the Law Enforcement Support Center. 鈥淪eeing their excitement when the equipment works and watching them call their parents to share their experience and enthusiasm is proof that we are doing good work and making a difference. Yesterday one of our campers said 鈥楾his is awesome, I want to do this! What do I need to do so I can do something like this with Windstream?鈥� We need to keep that enthusiasm going for generations and continue to work to provide more opportunities for young girls to succeed at an early age.鈥� Lary’s daughter is a former participant of the camp. 鈥淚 got to witness firsthand how her experience attending this camp sparked a level of confidence, interest and motivation in her education and career path that she didn鈥檛 have previously,鈥� Lary recalled. 鈥淥nce she was given the opportunity to learn cool, relevant things with technology in a healthy environment, she became excited about her future. We can do this for all young girls. By fostering an interest in STEM (now STEAM) topics at a young age and working on the negative connotations and barriers that girls face today, educators, parents, and mentors can work together to help girls maintain confidence and curiosity in STEAM.鈥� This year鈥檚 participants were selected from schools statewide based on essay, grades, test scores, and recommendations. Schools represented include Forest Heights Stem Academy, Lisa Academy West, Pinnacle View Middle School, Pulaski Academy, and Quest Academy, all in Little Rock; Fulbright Junior High School in Centerton; Ruth Doyle Middle School in Conway; and St. Joseph School in Russellville. Photo, top right: Girls gathered at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock to participate in a week-long coding camp, sponsored by Windstream. Photos left and above right: Girls participate in technology-based challenge activities at Windstream’s networking lab on July 25, 2019. Photos by Benjamin Krain]]>