http://girlygeekdom.com Science, Engineering and Technology news and reviews, for women, girls, students and teachers! Thu, 17 May 2012 13:45:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Science, Engineering and Technology news and reviews, for women, girls, students and teachers! GirlyGeekdom no Science, Engineering and Technology news and reviews, for women, girls, students and teachers! http://girlygeekdom.com/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://girlygeekdom.com/category/education http://girlygeekdom.com/education/parents-teachers-bafta-to-livestream-young-game-designers-workshop-thurs-17th-may-from-1pm http://girlygeekdom.com/education/parents-teachers-bafta-to-livestream-young-game-designers-workshop-thurs-17th-may-from-1pm#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 07:30:59 +0000 Sarah Lamb http://girlygeekdom.com/?p=20496
Teachers and students are invited by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to watch a live-streamed workshop aimed at teaching young people more about video game-making and inspiring them to make a game of their own. The workshop, taking place at Bradford’s National Media Museum at 13:00 on Thursday 17 May, is [...]]]> http://girlygeekdom.com/education/parents-teachers-bafta-to-livestream-young-game-designers-workshop-thurs-17th-may-from-1pm/feed 0 http://girlygeekdom.com/education/itu-seeks-next-generation-of-social-entrepreneurs http://girlygeekdom.com/education/itu-seeks-next-generation-of-social-entrepreneurs#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 09:00:47 +0000 Sarah Lamb http://girlygeekdom.com/?p=20415
Would-be young innovators can win chance  to pitch their ideas to industry leaders at ITU Telecom World 2012. ITU has launched the second edition of  its Young Innovators Competition, giving young, talented social entrepreneurs  the opportunity to attend its key global networking and knowledge sharing event,  ITU Telecom World 2012, and the chance to win [...]]]> http://girlygeekdom.com/education/itu-seeks-next-generation-of-social-entrepreneurs/feed 0 http://girlygeekdom.com/education/bafta-announce-young-game-designers-competition http://girlygeekdom.com/education/bafta-announce-young-game-designers-competition#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 09:00:54 +0000 Sarah Lamb http://girlygeekdom.com/?p=20400
    GirlyGeekdom and BAFTA are very excited about the imminent launch of BAFTA’s Young Game Designers Competition 2012. This year the competition is going to bigger and better than ever with TWO ways to enter. Game Concept Award - Do you love the way your favourite video games look? Are you itching to have a [...]]]> http://girlygeekdom.com/education/bafta-announce-young-game-designers-competition/feed 0 http://girlygeekdom.com/education/educators-google-want-to-hangout-with-you http://girlygeekdom.com/education/educators-google-want-to-hangout-with-you#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 19:44:51 +0000 Sarah Lamb http://girlygeekdom.com/?p=20407
    Google are hosting an entire series of education and technology related content on Google+ today from 12 – 10pm Eastern Time. You do not need to register to watch the Hangouts On Air. Visit the Conference Schedule tab to find sessions that interest you and add them to your calendar. All Hangouts will be live on the [...]]]> http://girlygeekdom.com/education/educators-google-want-to-hangout-with-you/feed 0 http://girlygeekdom.com/education/stem-facts-in-a-room-of-25-engineers-only-3-will-be-women http://girlygeekdom.com/education/stem-facts-in-a-room-of-25-engineers-only-3-will-be-women#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 08:30:10 +0000 Sarah Lamb http://girlygeekdom.com/?p=20189
There are lots of facts around women in STEM but it’s very rare that you find many of the more interesting ones all in one place and in such a comprehensive way. I’ve been doing a fair bit of research to find the facts and it appears that I’m not the only one. Take a [...]]]> http://girlygeekdom.com/education/stem-facts-in-a-room-of-25-engineers-only-3-will-be-women/feed 0 http://girlygeekdom.com/education/have-you-backed-up-your-laptop-recently http://girlygeekdom.com/education/have-you-backed-up-your-laptop-recently#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:00:22 +0000 Sarah Lamb http://girlygeekdom.com/?p=20161
I recently came across a really awesome and very fun video which has a very strong and important message attached to it.  With  increasing reliance on technology to store valuable and sentimental data there is an ever increasingly vital need to back up your data, but do you actually get round to doing it?  It’s so [...]]]> http://girlygeekdom.com/education/have-you-backed-up-your-laptop-recently/feed 0 http://girlygeekdom.com/education/what-to-do-if-you-cant-get-hold-of-a-raspberry-pi http://girlygeekdom.com/education/what-to-do-if-you-cant-get-hold-of-a-raspberry-pi#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 09:30:39 +0000 Zoe http://girlygeekdom.com/?p=20209
The launch of Raspberry Pi was trumpeted by news outlets worldwide, with descriptions of what it did and how it was going to change the world. My personal favourite was a BBC news article that went through several projects set up using the diminutive box, some really quite sophisticated. Unfortunately a problem with supply means [...]]]> http://girlygeekdom.com/education/what-to-do-if-you-cant-get-hold-of-a-raspberry-pi/feed 1 http://girlygeekdom.com/education/google-science-fair-2012-competition-launches http://girlygeekdom.com/education/google-science-fair-2012-competition-launches#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:13:51 +0000 Sarah Lamb http://girlygeekdom.com/?p=20046
Schools, teachers, parents, students get inquisitive and get experimenting! Google has just launches it’s annual science fair competition! The Google Science Fair is an online science competition seeking curious minds from the four corners of the globe. Anybody and everybody between 13 and 18 can enter. All you need is an idea. Geniuses are not [...]]]> http://girlygeekdom.com/education/google-science-fair-2012-competition-launches/feed 0 http://girlygeekdom.com/education/the-guardian-bursaries-for-postgraduate-software-development-training http://girlygeekdom.com/education/the-guardian-bursaries-for-postgraduate-software-development-training#comments Tue, 08 Mar 2011 15:00:47 +0000 Sarah Lamb http://girlygeekdom.com/?p=18463
The Scott Trust Ltd, owner of Guardian Media Group plc, is offering two bursaries to assist students who face financial difficulty in attaining the necessary qualifications needed to pursue a career in software development for the web. The Scott Trust was created in 1936 following the death of CP Scott and his son Edward in [...]]]> http://girlygeekdom.com/education/the-guardian-bursaries-for-postgraduate-software-development-training/feed 0 http://girlygeekdom.com/education/women-empowering-women-malawi-challenge-2011-iwd http://girlygeekdom.com/education/women-empowering-women-malawi-challenge-2011-iwd#comments Tue, 08 Mar 2011 12:30:22 +0000 Sarah Lamb http://girlygeekdom.com/?p=18453
With today being International Women’s Day we wanted to bring you a way of actively participating to improve the lives of women in some of the poorest parts of the world.  We’ve been searching out a few different options and have settled on the Malawi Challenge!  We hope you find the challenge of interest and [...]]]> http://girlygeekdom.com/education/women-empowering-women-malawi-challenge-2011-iwd/feed 0