Girls Tech Camp

Q3 Social Sciences Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship Pub Date : 2019-08-27 DOI:10.29173/istl22

S. Stapleton, Melody Royster, N. Bharti, S. Birch, J. Bossart, Shannon Butts, T. Cataldo, S. Gonzalez, Valrie Minson, Samuel R. Putnam, Christine Yip

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Motivated by a desire to encourage girls to pursue science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) studies, librarians at the Marston Science Library (Marston) at the University of Florida (UF) developed Girls Tech Camp (GTC), a summer camp designed to introduce middle-school girls to creative technologies used in these fields. This week-long summer day camp launched in 2016, and continued in the summers of 2017 and 2018. Each year, the camp brought twenty-two 6th-8th grade girls into an academic science library to build experience with emerging technologies and increase interest in pursuing further studies or a career in STEM. The camp introduced the girls to a range of technology including 3D modelling, 3D printing, augmented reality, Arduino microcontrollers, light sensors, digital video production, computer coding, and conductive crafts. Through hands-on activities, guest lectures, and campus field trips youth interest and confidence in using technology expanded and participants experienced student and research life at a university.

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女生科技营

为了鼓励女孩学习科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)，佛罗里达大学(UF)马斯顿科学图书馆(Marston science Library)的图书馆员开发了女孩技术夏令营(GTC)，这是一个旨在向中学女孩介绍这些领域使用的创造性技术的夏令营。这个为期一周的夏令营于2016年启动，并在2017年和2018年的夏天继续进行。每年，该夏令营都会将22名6年级至8年级的女孩带到一个学术科学图书馆，以积累新兴技术的经验，并增加在STEM领域继续深造或从事职业的兴趣。夏令营向女孩们介绍了一系列技术，包括3D建模、3D打印、增强现实、Arduino微控制器、光传感器、数字视频制作、计算机编码和导电工艺。通过实践活动、客座讲座和校园实地考察，年轻人对使用技术的兴趣和信心得到了扩展，参与者体验了大学的学生和研究生活。

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