Coding

Female STEAM heroes inspiring the next generation of STEM students

Bridging the Gender Gap: Female STEAM Heroes Inspiring the Next Generation

You might think of Marie Curie and Amelia Earhart when listing off female STEAM heroes, or even Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson, popularized by the movie Hidden Figures. While these pioneers brought visibility to women in tech in decades past, many professionals are still fighting to break down the gender and racial gaps …

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Book report on girl code and how teenage programmers are inspiring girls in tech

Book Report: Teenage Programmers Tell Their Story in Girl Code

Andrea “Andy” Gonzales and Sophie Houser were just like any other teenage girls, until they created a unique video game that went viral. The pair met during the Summer Immersion Program at Girls Who Code and the rest is history. Sophie and Andy recently wrote a book, called Girl Code, that tells of their individual …

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Meet our creators of the month, Jahcier, Aiden and Jalen

Educator of the Month: Jahcier, Aiden, and Jalen

Coding is creative. People use code to make things, tell stories, and shape the future. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg used code to connect people around the world. Teens Andrea Gonzales and Sophie Houser used it to make an app that smashes gender stereotypes. Enter the Ozobot community. You guys use our two ways to code—online …

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Public figures and organizations that are promoting diversity in STEM education by Ozobot

Public Figures and Organizations Bringing More Diversity to STEAM

Black History Month is typically a time to look back at pioneer inventors of the past and people who have spent their lives advancing science despite racism and oppression. However, there’s still a lot of work to do. Underserved communities and education gaps still hold many black youth back from discovering their potential in STEAM …

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The STEM race gap and barriers minority students face by Ozobot

What You Need to Know About the STEM Race Gap

Minority students who dream about an engineering career face a host of barriers from implicit bias in early-childhood education to subconscious and overt racism in the workplace. There’s plenty of finger-pointing about where the racial gap starts, with some STEM organizations trying to find a magic solution to seal the gap and help students of …

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Deconstruction Method by Ozobot is a new way to teach all kids coding

Our Deconstruction Method: A New Way to Advance All Kids in Coding

With robots, coding comes alive. You only need a few coding concepts under your belt to teach Evo and Bit how to see, play, and explore with OzoBlockly, our block-based code editor. But, for many educators and students, advanced coding looks daunting. In a recent Pew survey, over half of Americans cited difficulty as the …

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Boost Your community's steam education with these 10 leading organizations

How to Bring STEAM into Your Community: 10 Organizations Paving the Way

It’s a new year and parents everywhere are reflecting on 2017 and looking ahead. Many of them are wondering if their children have the best educational resources and options available. They’re looking into STEAM-specific schools or evaluating school systems based on their science and technology resources. However, not all school districts across the country have …

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