Outreach
I coordinate a number of outreach activities for the School of Computer Science. These outreach activities are targeted at expanding participation of underrepresented groups in computer science. I have designed and run introduction to programming and computational thinking workshops using MIT Scratch for the Women in Engineering and Computing Career Day and the Girls Inc. Eureka! Summer Program since 2013. Workshop materials and links to Scratch projects for several events are available below.
2016 Girls Inc. Eureka! Summer Workshop: An Introduction to Creative Computing with Scratch
- Workshop Length: 5 two-hour sessions
- Demos and Exercises: Exercises-Scratch2-2016.zip
- Scratch Projects: https://scratch.mit.edu/studios/2947247/
- Scratch Projects: http://www.cs.umass.edu/~marlin/StudentCode-2016.zip
- Android Scratch Sensor Streaming App: scratch2016.apk.
2015 Women in Engineering and Computing Career Day: Play It/Code It – An Introduction to Programming with Games and Scratch
- Activity Length: 50mins
- Instructions for the Activity: instructions.pdf
- Scratch Projects: https://scratch.mit.edu/studios/1646842/
2015 Girls Inc. Eureka! Summer Workshop: An Introduction to Creative Computing with Scratch
- Workshop Length: 5 two-hour sessions
- Workshop Slides: eureka_scratch.pptx
- Demos and Exercises: scratchmaterials-2015.zip
- Scratch Projects: https://scratch.mit.edu/studios/1403830/
- Scratch 2.0->1.4 Converter: http://kurt.herokuapp.com/20to14
2014 Women in Engineering and Computing Career Day: Play It/Code It – An Introduction to Programming with Games and Scratch
- Activity Length: 50mins
- Instructions for the Activity: instructions.pdf
- Scratch Code for Activity: http://scratch.mit.edu/studios/595368/
2014 Girls Inc. Eureka! Summer Workshop: An Introduction to Creative Computing with Scratch
- Workshop Length: 5 two-hour sessions
- Workshop Slides: eureka_scratch.pptx
- Scratch Projects: http://scratch.mit.edu/studios/482540/
2013 Women in Engineering and Computing Career Day: Dance Party – A Step by Step Introduction to Programming with Scratch
- Activity Length: 60mins
- Scratch Projects: http://scratch.mit.edu/studios/268243/