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How Can We End Gamergate?

By Becky Larson On March 15, 2015 0

Can fandoms fix the gender gap in technology and computing fields? This was the question Jessica McDonald, CMO of SparkFun Electronics, asked at her Sunday SXSW Interactive panel of the same name. Fandoms are communities, often largely online, which come together in mutual admiration of various comics, anime and/or video games. They may share fan-fiction, […]

SXSWedu: You Go (Far), Girl! Inspiring Girls in STEM

By Becky Larson On March 11, 2015 0

When Adele Falco, founder of Curious-on-Hudson, which hosts workshops and classes in STEAM topics designed to inspire children, realized that the majority of kids attending their programs were boys – she knew it was a status quo she wanted to change. Falco shared with the audience gathered at her SXSWedu panel this morning that she […]