{"id":6918,"date":"2015-12-02T17:38:32","date_gmt":"2015-12-02T21:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/?p=6918"},"modified":"2022-03-23T11:07:55","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T15:07:55","slug":"gismo-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/gismo-girls\/","title":{"rendered":"K women show GISMO girls there\u2019s no magic to learning computer science"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_8189\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8189\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8189\" src=\"\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/12\/Diaz.jpg\" alt=\"K students (l-r) Natalie Davenport \u201916, Octavia Smith \u201918 and Melany Diaz \u201916 showed local 6th- and 7th-grade girls that there is no magic to learning computer science.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/12\/Diaz.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/12\/Diaz-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8189\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">K students (l-r) Natalie Davenport \u201916, Octavia Smith \u201918 and Melany Diaz \u201916 showed local 6th- and 7th-grade girls that there is no magic to learning computer science.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>More Kalamazoo College Computer Science majors doing good things:<\/p>\n<p>Recently, <strong>Natalie Davenport \u201916<\/strong>, <strong>Octavia Smith \u201918<\/strong> and <strong>Melany Diaz \u201916<\/strong> (l-r in photo) led sessions on Android app creation for Kalamazoo-area sixth- and seventh-grade girls at GISMO (Girls Investigate Science and Math Opportunities), held at KAMSC (Kalamazoo Area Math and Science Center).<\/p>\n<p>In six separate sessions (with about 15 girls per session) titled \u201cMagic 8-Ball with App Inventor\u201d the K women guided the GISMO girls through steps to create an Android app that, when activated (by pressing a button or shaking the device), gives a random response just like the iconic fortune-telling \u201cMagic 8-ball\u201d toy.<\/p>\n<p>They also shared their experiences and excitement about computing with the middle school girls and, according to Associate Professor of Computer Science <strong>Pam Cutter<\/strong>, \u201cwere excited in return to see how quickly these girls caught on to the programming ideas they presented and their desire to do more of this at home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Q: Magic 8-Ball, can women do computer science?<br \/>\nA: Our sources say, \u201cYes! 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and 7th-grade girls that there is no magic to learning computer science.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>More Kalamazoo College Computer Science majors doing good things:<\/p>\n<p>Recently, <strong>Natalie Davenport \u201916<\/strong>, <strong>Octavia Smith \u201918<\/strong> and <strong>Melany Diaz \u201916<\/strong> (l-r in photo) led sessions on Android app creation for Kalamazoo-area sixth- and seventh-grade girls at GISMO (Girls Investigate Science and Math Opportunities), held at KAMSC (Kalamazoo Area Math and Science Center).<\/p>\n<p>In six separate sessions (with about 15 girls per session) titled \u201cMagic 8-Ball with App Inventor\u201d the K women guided the GISMO girls through steps to create an Android app that, when activated (by pressing a button or shaking the device), gives a random response just like the iconic fortune-telling \u201cMagic 8-ball\u201d toy.<\/p>\n<p>They also shared their experiences and excitement about computing with the middle school girls and, according to Associate Professor of Computer Science <strong>Pam Cutter<\/strong>, \u201cwere excited in return to see how quickly these girls caught on to the programming ideas they presented and their desire to do more of this at home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Q: Magic 8-Ball, can women do computer science?<br \/>\nA: Our sources say, \u201cYes! 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