Landscape Audit

Authored by Ruohan Chen

1. Title: Made with Code by Google

URL: https://www.madewithcode.com/

Inspirations: Made W/Code encourages girls to try coding by creating fun and artistic coding projects on Blockly. The website also features women in tech to tell their inspiring stories.


2. Title: Girls Who Code

URL: http://girlswhocode.com/

Inspirations: Girls Who Code brings computer science education to 6th – 12th grade by setting up CS clubs in schools and running a summer immersion program. 

3. Title: CODE

URL: http://code.org/

They launched a campaign called “Hour of Code” to encourage more students to learn programing skills. They also provide great resources for teachers to teach computer science around the States.

4. Title: Girl Scouts – Imagine Engineering 

URL: http://www.girlscouts.org/imagineengineering/

Inspirations: Explain what a career in Engineering is like and offer advice for both girls and their parents. 

5. Title: Inspire Her Mind by Verizon

URL: http://www.verizon.com/powerfulanswers/inspirehermind/

Inspirations: The Verizon Innovative App Challenge provides students with an engaging learning opportunity to develop an original App concept to address a problem in their community. 

6. Title: Black Girls Code

URL: http://www.blackgirlscode.com/

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7. Title: Girl Develop It

URL: https://www.girldevelopit.com/

Inspirations: Girl Develop It provides free programing learning materials online and it also offers fee-based in-person teaching sessions in GDI local chapters. It aims at creating a supportive learning network for women around the world to learn how to code. 

8. Title: Lean In (Book & Foundation)

Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg and Nell Scovell

URL: http://leanin.org/


Inspirations: Sheryl Sandberg’s book Lean In has inspired a lot of women to chase their dreams fearlessly. Lean In Foundation supports women to embrace their success in three important ways: community, education and circles.