The November 10th crowd brainstorming workshop was set as a continuation of our efforts to reinvigorate the once thriving tech community of the Hudson Valley, NY.
At our first one, we were able to define the core Purpose-Principles-Participants-Practices we'd like to see. For the second one, we decided to play with another Liberating Structure frequently used to facilitate innovative...Read more
Thank you to everyone who helped organize the CSTA Mid-Hudson Valley and OpenHub Computer Science Day on November 5th! Almost 300 people participated in our day of fun and educational coding/computer science events. 16 tables with different unplugged activities, coding books and prizes were run by amazing Hudson Valley teachers from FDR, Kingston John, Jay Beacon, RCK, and...Read more
Based on our First HVTech workshop brainstorming on October 6th, we came up with the following:
Purpose (answering the question, "Why is this work important to you and the larger community?") We expressed purposes that included making local technical work and knowledge visible, shared, and part of our everyday life. People also expressed sentiment about including more people and...Read more
Google Developer Communities are powerful - see what was produced by North America GDGs so far: https://www.youtube.com/c/GoogleDevelopersNorthAmerica
Between the Brackets is a monthly video podcast-style show from the North America Developer Ecosystem team in which we discuss Google tech, community requested developer topics, and answer your questions every month.
For the next one - September 15, 2022 at 1:00 PM RSVP here:...Read more
The American Dream Academy (https://theamericandreamacademy.org/) IS LOOKING FOR LEARNERS WHO:
We are so proud of our girls from Newburgh Girls Code Club for presenting their projects and sharing their experience of growth in our supportive environment! Technology, empowernemnt, and sisterhood-building activities were highlighted as the key instruments for leadership.
NGCC student Alyssa Stinson spoke about the Girls Who Code program and experience, addressing Coding skills & Computer Science principles learned: (variables, conditionals, loops and functions) She...Read more
Technology is one of the fastest growing industries today and one of the things we need most of in it is women. At NGCC we want to bring women into tech and bring tech to Hudson Valley so we are starting with the young girls of Newburgh!
This is our third year running the Newburgh Girls Code Club and...Read more
Tech is a hugely growing industry that creates more and more jobs every day. Openhub, in collaboration with the Newburgh Free Library, aims to bring tech to Hudson Valley and see Newburgh as a Workforce Development Hub for it. As technology becomes increasingly vital in our post-covid world, we notice too many people who don’t have tech skills they need to...Read more
So, you’ve made the right choice and decided to join or return to the Newburgh Girls Code Club, congratulations! (For those still debating, do it! You won’t regret taking this chance to grow your coding skills and be part of our sisterhood of empowered women.) You’ve got plenty of fun, learning, empowerment, exploration and community ahead of you. But now,...Read more
Do you have a passion for coding? Are you a Newburgh Girls Code Club alumni who wants to come back for more? Good news, the NGCC Summer Immersive program is open for registration! In this two week intensive you will further develop your coding skills, learn how to code HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to build a website like the...Read more