我Robogals当选主席,我志愿参加这个组织已经一年。我们的目标是让年轻女孩对工程和相关的干细胞领域感兴趣。我们主要工作有4年级学生到附近的社区,我们使用一个在线运行车间教导一些计算概念blocks-based编程环境,划痕和其他技术的玩具。划痕,女孩本质上是得到他们的第一个友好的介绍编码。我们的志愿者行动作为导师和拉拉队队长,女孩——让他们自己主要是探索这个新环境。有意义的志愿活动的一部分是我们参与者可以看到如何迅速捡起这些概念。他们总是那么精力充沛,有创意。我正与一个女孩非常兴奋向我展示她的计划。这是一个互动你跟一只企鹅,企鹅问几个问题。取决于你如何回答,会改变(例如,企鹅会飞到空间)。 She seemed very happy with the results; she was so enthusiastic that she showed the program to me, other participants, and some volunteers multiple times. I was impressed that she created this entire program quickly without having to ask for much guidance — a feeling that is common among volunteers. The programs that the participants make are fun, but they also use some of the key concepts that a student would learn in an introduction to Computer Science course. For girls that would not have the opportunity to explore these concepts until high school or even college, our workshops can help them identify an interest in technology and engineering earlier rather than later. Overall, seeing young girls excited about STEM has been really meaningful and encourages me to continue improving Robogals and increasing our reach to impact more girls.