http://girlygeekdom.com Science, Engineering and Technology news and reviews, for women, girls, students and teachers! Tue, 22 May 2012 09:35:38 +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/set/technology http://girlygeekdom.com/set/technology/uk-photo-girl-geeks-competition-to-celebrate-social-sciences http://girlygeekdom.com/set/technology/uk-photo-girl-geeks-competition-to-celebrate-social-sciences#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 09:00:29 +0000 Sarah Lamb http://girlygeekdom.com/?p=20423
Are you a keen photographer? Can you capture the meaning of ‘social sciences’ and ‘society today’ in a single picture? If so, the ESRC Portraits of Britain photographic competition could be for you. We are launching this free competition to capture images of what life in Britain means today. There are eight categories to enter, [...]]]> http://girlygeekdom.com/set/technology/uk-photo-girl-geeks-competition-to-celebrate-social-sciences/feed 0 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/set/technology/duolingo http://girlygeekdom.com/set/technology/duolingo#comments Sun, 06 May 2012 17:59:03 +0000 Zoe http://girlygeekdom.com/?p=20369
I am very excited because after months of waiting I have just had my Duolingo account enabled. Duolingo is a very unique language learning site. To explain the history of Duolingo, I have to start somewhere you probably weren’t expecting – captchas. Captchas are the pictures of words that have become common on any websites [...]]]> http://girlygeekdom.com/set/technology/duolingo/feed 0 http://girlygeekdom.com/set/technology/two-factor-authentication-for-gmail http://girlygeekdom.com/set/technology/two-factor-authentication-for-gmail#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 09:00:05 +0000 Zoe http://girlygeekdom.com/?p=20364
Have you ever had your personal email hacked? I have, and when you work in technology and have ended up with colleagues and clients in your personal address book it’s extremely embarrassing. Luckily I was hit by nothing more sinister than a single advert for the HD TVs, but think what could have happened! I [...]]]> http://girlygeekdom.com/set/technology/two-factor-authentication-for-gmail/feed 1 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/set/technology/spying-addicts-who-they-are-and-how-to-know-if-you-are-one http://girlygeekdom.com/set/technology/spying-addicts-who-they-are-and-how-to-know-if-you-are-one#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 09:00:53 +0000 Natalia http://girlygeekdom.com/?p=20352
Conquering the unknown requires knowledge and to gain that knowledge we need to learn or extract information somewhere. When we use cell phone or computer monitoring software we are actually conquering the unknown by getting proper “data nourishment” from the information that it collects. However, depending on the level and quality of information that we [...]]]> http://girlygeekdom.com/set/technology/spying-addicts-who-they-are-and-how-to-know-if-you-are-one/feed 0 http://girlygeekdom.com/set/technology/wtech/the-lego-show-ticket-competition-winner-announced http://girlygeekdom.com/set/technology/wtech/the-lego-show-ticket-competition-winner-announced#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:00:12 +0000 Sarah Lamb http://girlygeekdom.com/?p=20329
Today is International Girls in ICT day and we’ve been running a competition in conjunction with The Lego Show up in Manchester.  The competition went well with a range of entries.  But we could only have one winner.  Our entries came from girl geeks of all ages and across multiple different mediums from iPad examples [...]]]> http://girlygeekdom.com/set/technology/wtech/the-lego-show-ticket-competition-winner-announced/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/set/technology/wtech/think-technology-is-difficult-geeky-or-boring-think-again http://girlygeekdom.com/set/technology/wtech/think-technology-is-difficult-geeky-or-boring-think-again#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 08:21:11 +0000 Zoe http://girlygeekdom.com/?p=20315
TeenTech, founded  by Science broadcaster Maggie Philbin and Chris Dodson, Chairman of the Institute of Directors (South), runs one day technology events for young teenagers to showcase the wide range of career possibilities in Science, Engineering and Technology. Hoping to encourage young people to make the choices that will enable them to pursue fulfilling careers [...]]]> http://girlygeekdom.com/set/technology/wtech/think-technology-is-difficult-geeky-or-boring-think-again/feed 0