In May, I posted about the awesome Smart Girls at the Party website, which has entertainer Amy Poehler as part of its creative team. They offered a summer camp in Austin for girls, and it apparently went well. I noticed that they have decided to expand the camp so more girls can participate. They plan to … Read more
UPDATE 11/6/14: This set has been sold out since this summer. You can find pieces of it for sale, and even the whole set for an exorbitant price. Lego states on its site that they are looking into producing more. I am really pumped about the new Lego set to be released this August, 2014! It … Read more
GoldieBlox, the company devoted to encourage more females to develop interest in STEM, has had its controversies. But I think they’ve done an excellent job with their latest PSA, a video that parodies the “This is Your Brain on Drugs” campaign. The ad creatively shows the use of its toys to highlight the entertainment value … Read more
In the fortuitous way that things seem to often happen in my life, I spent a fabulous Saturday morning with my daughter at a free event designed to spark girls’ interest in all things STEM related, then 24 hours later stumbled across a “Women Role Models” video on We the Geeks that reinforced all of … Read more
One of my passions, lately, has been to find ways to encourage more girls to explore the S.T.E.M. fields. Toward that end, I recently posted some Engineering Resources for Girls. I almost included another link in that post, but decided it would fit better into a post on Technology rather than Engineering – though the … Read more
I’ve spent my time on more than a few posts bemoaning the low numbers of females in the math, science, and engineering sectors – including programming. But I’ve been heartened, recently, by a few things that I’ve seen during my internet browsing. These are some great products and websites that are designed to encourage girls … Read more