Tea and Crumpets: A Summer in Science

Looking for a way to connect with other rad women in tech? Check out the Rewriting the Code Fellow program. It's a great way to meet other like-minded individuals and get access to great job opportunities. As a Fellow, you have the opportunity to attend webinars (like the one on Cybersecurity last week and the one on internship prep yesterday), tech talks, special interest groups, meetups, and more. I joined Rewriting the Code as a Fellow about a year and a half ago. As a Fellow, I have gained not only a community of women across the country but also within my school. I have other Fellows in my engineering classes, and it is great to know you have these women to go to for homework help, study sessions, and general support. In addition to meeting people, I have also learned a lot. The webinars and tech talks are chalk full of relevant tech topics. There are even special interest groups for those looking to delve a little deeper into specific subjects. Just a few months ag...

Ever walk down the street and see a beautiful mural and wonder who created it? Or what it signifies? Enter Artistreet . This site, created by students in my Girls Who Code classroom, identifies street art in numerous cities across the United States. Global Warming  by Shepard Fairey located in Miami The girls created the site by scraping open-source elements from other sites and combining and expanding through their own original code. They worked mainly in HTML, incorporating CSS and JavaScript to make their site more interactive. They also incorporated Google Maps to show the locations of the different street art in real time. They did this all in under two weeks! They did multiple rounds of user testing and refined their design multiple times from the feedback of both other students and UI professionals. The Owl  by Brooks Golden located in Chicago The final product is a website that is coded well, educational, and aesthetically pleasing. As their ...