Website Creation Workshop for Girls (aged 8 to 13 – parent/child)

At Studio XX with Ladies Learning Code
Sunday September 17th, 2017 – 1:00PM – 4:00PM

This is a beginner level workshop for girls 8-13 years old and their parent/guardian/aunt/older sibling.   

Bring a special girl in your life to this workshop and learn to create a website together from scratch! Note: this workshop is BYOL so each parent or guardian/youth pair is required to bring one laptop on the day of the workshop as well as their own lunch. Only one parent or guardian should accompany their child/siblings please.

This workshop experience offers girls the opportunity to learn how to use creativity to build an online web presence!  The workshop will focus on the use of Mozilla Thimble, an easy-to-use online web making platform that allows for live previewing while coding. Girls will learn HTML and CSS basics by hacking pre-existing text, links, images, and videos on various templates, and then use their skills to create their very own fun business website from scratch (think ice-cream store, pet store, or any other fun real-world workplace!). Fundamental concepts of code, such as divs, classes and ids will enforce organization and prepare the girls to continue creating  – at home and at school. Thimble also allows for easy sharing, so their awesome content can be shared with you and anyone with a link!

What is Girls Learning Code?
Founded by the same women who introduced Ladies Learning Code in 2011, Girls Learning Code is less about “code” and more about changing the world – through teamwork, creativity, and, of course, technology.

What Makes Girls Learning Code Different?
Girls Learning Code has been designed specifically with girls in mind, by the team who founded Ladies Learning Code. When developing plans and curriculum for workshops, we keep in mind a recurrent theme in research on gender and technology: girls approach the computer as a “tool” useful primarily for what it can do; boys more often view the computer as a “toy” or an extension of the self. Thus, the theme of workshops are “Changing the World” and how technology can be used as the means, not the end.

Check out this video of one of our Girls Learning Code camps in Toronto.

Questions and registration : Ladies Learning Code