When the Covid-19 pandemic forced people to shelter in place, a group of passionate educators got together to try and bring open-access introductory computer science education to the world. Led by some professors at Stanford, the Code in Place effort created a community of 10,000 students and volunteer teachers from all over the globe to come together in their love of learning and teaching.
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When the Covid-19 pandemic forced people to shelter in place, a group of passionate educators got together to try and bring open-access introductory computer science education to the world. Led by some professors at Stanford, the Code in Place effort created a community of 10,000 students and volunteer teachers from all over the globe to come together in their love of learning and teaching.
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October 30, 2020
Moussa Doumbouya: Stories of coding & teaching in Guinea
<p>Moussa Doumbouya: Stories of coding & teaching in Guinea</p>
June 1, 2020
Understanding the universe with code: Reńee Hložek
<p>Reńee Hložek is a section leader for Code in Place and a South African cosmologist and Professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics at the University of Toronto. She is a TED Fellow and was part of a teaching initiative at Princeton University to teach math and science to incarcerated individuals, and also formed the Hope-Princeton exchange to support South African women in the STEM fields. In this episode, hear her talk about her love for astronomy, how she overcomes challenges in STEM, and how the knowledge students gain from Code in Place can directly be applied to studying the universe. </p> <p>Podcast produced by Patricia Wei and Jacob Sharf. </p>
May 19, 2020
Peace Corps, International Policy & Tech: Lisa Einstein
<p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisaeinstein/">Lisa Einstein</a> is a section leader and administrative team member for Code in Place. Lisa is currently a master’s student at Stanford, where she is studying international policy and computer science. A former professional dancer with <a href="https://www.camilleabrown.org/overview-dance">Camille A. Brown</a>, she is passionate about promoting girls' education. Before Stanford, Lisa served in the Peace Corps in Guinea West Africa where she built and co-directed Let Girls Learn and taught physics to over 600 students in a rural village. With some of her students, she co-founded <a href="https://www.facebook.com/defensedesdroits">a Guinean NGO</a> that works to end early marriage and promote girls’ education. Her students inspired Lisa with their motivation to learn about computers, so Lisa set out to learn more about computer science to teach them and make it more accessible to them and others worldwide. She and Moussa Doumbouya, a section leader from Guinea, founded <a href="http://gncode.org/fr/index.html">GNCode</a><a href="http://gncode.org/"> </a>to prepare Guineans to face the challenges and seize the opportunities inherent in the digital revolution. Hear more about her story here.</p> <p>Podcast produced by Code in Place volunteer section leaders Patricia Wei and Jacob Sharf. Thumbnail art by Code in Place student Sayaka Funata. </p>
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