{"id":394,"date":"2013-04-19T10:44:06","date_gmt":"2013-04-19T10:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=394"},"modified":"2014-04-03T13:01:26","modified_gmt":"2014-04-03T13:01:26","slug":"women-in-computing-workshop-at-goldsmiths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=394","title":{"rendered":"Women in Computing workshop at Goldsmiths"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the 27th<\/sup> March, the Computing Department at Goldsmiths ran an Introduction to Arduino workshop specifically aimed at women applicants.<\/p>\n

The workshop was a great success. Arduino is a computer that can sense what is going on in the world and make something happen because of it. It is a prototyping board, for all your interactive design\/artistic needs.\u00a0\"\"<\/a>The workshop introduced applicants to some of the amazing things that can be done with an Arduino, how to get started and how to find out more. In the workshop we learned how to write a small computer program to control a light to turn on when it gets dark, or when someone comes near. All participants seemed to enjoy the workshop, as did the workshop leaders, Sophie and Shauna from MzTek.<\/a><\/p>\n

Our department is committed to actively encouraging more women to take up university places in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and maths) subjects. We are also committed to supporting women students once they arrive at Goldsmiths because we recognise that Computing subjects have traditionally been dominated by men.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Keep an eye out for more Women in Computing events taking place at Goldsmiths over the coming months.<\/p>\n

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