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Powerful Girls with Kiki Prottsman
[In This Episode][Guest Bio][Additional Notes][Text Transcript]
In This Episode
* When is the best time to introduce technology to your kids?
* Is there and advantage to introducing technical problem-solving early?
* How do we introduce coding in kindergarten?
Today’s guest will fascinate you with the answers.
I’m sure that at some point in our lives we have heard the words, “You’re just a girl.” Those four and a half words can be very dangerous. One of my favorite Youtube videos is the “Like a girl” video. Powerful girls have always known they can do anything, but where did that power come from?
We are going to dive in head first to the topic of girls in technology, and I couldn’t have picked a better guest. Kiki Prottsman is a pro in every sense of the word. People call her a “Technological force of nature” that doesn’t sound like “just a girl” to me.
Let today’s interview sink down and resonate where it can make a difference in the world around you.
I could try to fill the last few seconds of the podcast with how awesome Kiki was, but you’ll know when you hear her. Look at Kiki’s show notes page and look up Code.org, her Youtube channel “KIKIvsIT”, her website, and the other things we put there. For more on girls in technical fields listen to our interview on the Table Top Inventing podcast with Julia Fallon.
Make a difference. Don’t just tell the girls in your life they are awesome. Give them opportunities to prove it.
Parents AND students both tell us, “We can’t believe how much learning happened in just 4 days!”
We want to help you and your kids create the future!
Guest Bio
Kiki Prottsman is Education Program Manager at Code.org and a former computer science instructor at the University of Oregon. As a champion for responsible computing and equity in both CS employment and education, Kiki works with many organizations to improve the experience of girls and women in STEM. Her landmark work with the Handson Traveling Circuits computer science curriculum helped Thinkersmith receive the 2013 Google RISE Award for excellence in Science and Engineering. She currently sits on the Advisory Board for Wonder Workshop Robotics, and is a member of the Leadership team for the Oregon Girls Collaborative Project. In her free time, she likes to paint and blog for the Huffington Post.
Additional Notes
Connect with Kiki:
❏ Twitter: @KIKIvsIT
❏ LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/prottsman
❏ Facebook: facebook.com/KIKIvsIT
❏ YouTube: youtube.com/KIKIvsIT
Additional Links:
* Kiki’s website: http://www.prottsman.com/
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By Steve Kurti, Inventor, Inventing, Education, Purpose of Education, Teen Success, Learning, Maker Ed, MakingPowerful Girls with Kiki Prottsman
[In This Episode][Guest Bio][Additional Notes][Text Transcript]
In This Episode
* When is the best time to introduce technology to your kids?
* Is there and advantage to introducing technical problem-solving early?
* How do we introduce coding in kindergarten?
Today’s guest will fascinate you with the answers.
I’m sure that at some point in our lives we have heard the words, “You’re just a girl.” Those four and a half words can be very dangerous. One of my favorite Youtube videos is the “Like a girl” video. Powerful girls have always known they can do anything, but where did that power come from?
We are going to dive in head first to the topic of girls in technology, and I couldn’t have picked a better guest. Kiki Prottsman is a pro in every sense of the word. People call her a “Technological force of nature” that doesn’t sound like “just a girl” to me.
Let today’s interview sink down and resonate where it can make a difference in the world around you.
I could try to fill the last few seconds of the podcast with how awesome Kiki was, but you’ll know when you hear her. Look at Kiki’s show notes page and look up Code.org, her Youtube channel “KIKIvsIT”, her website, and the other things we put there. For more on girls in technical fields listen to our interview on the Table Top Inventing podcast with Julia Fallon.
Make a difference. Don’t just tell the girls in your life they are awesome. Give them opportunities to prove it.
Parents AND students both tell us, “We can’t believe how much learning happened in just 4 days!”
We want to help you and your kids create the future!
Guest Bio
Kiki Prottsman is Education Program Manager at Code.org and a former computer science instructor at the University of Oregon. As a champion for responsible computing and equity in both CS employment and education, Kiki works with many organizations to improve the experience of girls and women in STEM. Her landmark work with the Handson Traveling Circuits computer science curriculum helped Thinkersmith receive the 2013 Google RISE Award for excellence in Science and Engineering. She currently sits on the Advisory Board for Wonder Workshop Robotics, and is a member of the Leadership team for the Oregon Girls Collaborative Project. In her free time, she likes to paint and blog for the Huffington Post.
Additional Notes
Connect with Kiki:
❏ Twitter: @KIKIvsIT
❏ LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/prottsman
❏ Facebook: facebook.com/KIKIvsIT
❏ YouTube: youtube.com/KIKIvsIT
Additional Links:
* Kiki’s website: http://www.prottsman.com/