1. Rails Girls
First experience in software craftsmanship.
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2. Finland - the backbone of Internet
MySQL, SSH, IRC, Linux, Nokia, Assembly - the global
backbones of ICT - all come from Finland. Mainly from Finnish
men.
At the same time have a strong open source culture, a legacy
of stellar education and some of the most awesome women in
the world.
What if we decided that code is the modern day literacy and
built a whole new software culture based on our Finnish
values - equality, education and open-source?
http://railsgirls.com/
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3. Rails Girls workshops
Rails Girls aims to give girls the first experience in
software craftsmanship. It’s a finnish concept being
organized by volunteers worldwide.
It connects non-technical women to the world of
technology in an approachable, fun and
international way through a daylong workshop with
local developers.
During 2011 - 2012 we organized seven workshops
in Finland, around Europe and Asia with 30 - 70
attendees in each. Alltogether we’ve received almost a
thousand applications and interest from tens of
cities.
More: railsgirls.com/press
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4. “Learning to program teaches you how to think.
Computer science is a liberal art.” – Steve Jobs
Coding is not lonely or mathematical. More like learning a new
language and writing something that affects millions. Much
like literacy.
Hands-on, minds on.
7 events - hundreds of girls, hundreds of volunteers. Ramping up for a
full open-source teaching stack.
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5. Hands on, minds on.
We’re building an international network of volunteers with an
open source stack of coding curriculum to teach technology.
We want to give girls confidence and a global network.
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6. Open source model
7 events, 600 applicants, 70 coaches and 40 000 visitors later we we’re
ready to open source the building blocks. In a matter of days developers
all around the world started building exercises, translating guides and
organising events. .
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