025: Girls in STEM

Parent Driven Development Episode 025: Girls in STEM 00:34 Why Joulez? Getting girls and women engaged in technology Lending opportunity for girls in the 8-12 age bracket The Juelez Formula: Identity Vocabulary Skills Tribe 06:05 Designing Into Motivation Fixed vs Growth Mindset Tufts University Center for Engineering Education and Outreach Marrying fun and education Programming and Computer Programming 15:35 How can parents help? Context Vocabulary Building with them 22:38 Gender Expanding contexts in which we engage children in STEM Where are the toys that build empathy in boys? Providing opportunity for people of all sorts As a society we have a lot of unlearning to do 33:41 Genius / Fail Moments Chris: Snow day stress and frustration. (#Fail) Jess: Providing printed pictures for her son (due to his lack of having access electronically)! (#Genius) KWu: Buying a "Baby's First Chinese New Year" book....when it was his second. (#Fail) Stephanie: Extensive troubleshooting...when it was just a loose pin. (#Fail) Lesson learned? Troubleshooting is important! (#Genius) Follow & Support Please follow us @parentdrivendev on Twitter or email us at panel@parentdrivendevelopment.com. Our website is at ParentDrivenDevelopment.com. Support us via Patreon and get access to our our Slack Community. Panel KWu Jess Szmajda Chris SextonSpecial Guest: Stephanie Rowe.

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Turns out children arrive with no manual. There's no coherent online tutorial. Between staying up to date with emerging technologies and balancing work and home life in an industry that often requires un-timeable bug fixes, on call schedules, and more, working parents are balancing a lot. Parents are also exploring additional technical issues like "screen time" or internet privacy, coming at these issues from a different perspective as technologists ourselves. We cover all of these topics and more using a panel of parents coming from diverse perspectives and a variety of technological backgrounds. We'll shine light onto these issues and provide a valuable food for thought for these folks. Want to ask a question that the panelists can discuss in an episode? Email us at panel@parentdrivendevelopment.com. And if you're loving the podcast and want to support us, please visit our Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/parentdrivendev)!