{"id":40,"date":"2017-09-17T13:25:06","date_gmt":"2017-09-17T13:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/digitalhumanities.nmdprojects.net\/dhweek2017\/?p=40"},"modified":"2020-12-31T08:00:54","modified_gmt":"2020-12-31T13:00:54","slug":"encouraging-women-coders-with-coco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/digitalhumanities.nmdprojects.net\/dhweek2017\/2017\/09\/17\/encouraging-women-coders-with-coco\/","title":{"rendered":"Encouraging women coders with COCO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-41 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/digitalhumanities.nmdprojects.net\/dhweek2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/leopold_ruth_capstone_ill.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"359\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"http:\/\/digitalhumanities.nmdprojects.net\/dhweek2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/leopold_ruth_capstone_ill.png 800w, http:\/\/digitalhumanities.nmdprojects.net\/dhweek2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/leopold_ruth_capstone_ill-300x189.png 300w, http:\/\/digitalhumanities.nmdprojects.net\/dhweek2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/leopold_ruth_capstone_ill-768x484.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 359px) 100vw, 359px\" \/>Despite a nationwide push to teach programming to a more diverse body of students in K-12 education, recent studies suggest women are most likely to drop out of computer science in college. Ruth Leopold&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/coderscollaborative.net\/\">Coders Collaborative<\/a> (COCO) aims to increase the retention of women in computing fields by fostering a sense of community among female students.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-117\" src=\"http:\/\/digitalhumanities.nmdprojects.net\/dhweek2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/leopold_ruth_coders_collaborative_still.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"316\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"http:\/\/digitalhumanities.nmdprojects.net\/dhweek2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/leopold_ruth_coders_collaborative_still.png 607w, http:\/\/digitalhumanities.nmdprojects.net\/dhweek2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/leopold_ruth_coders_collaborative_still-300x167.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 316px) 100vw, 316px\" \/>The key components and benefits of community that COCO targets are peer support, shared experience, confidence and interest.<\/p>\n<p>The COCO website approaches each of these topics on its own, mixing beginner coding tutorials with video testimonials from women in STEM and a Facebook group dedicated to helping women through some of the more technically demanding classes in New Media.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-118\" src=\"http:\/\/digitalhumanities.nmdprojects.net\/dhweek2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/leopold_ruth_blockly_tutorial_2_max.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"249\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"http:\/\/digitalhumanities.nmdprojects.net\/dhweek2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/leopold_ruth_blockly_tutorial_2_max.png 390w, http:\/\/digitalhumanities.nmdprojects.net\/dhweek2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/leopold_ruth_blockly_tutorial_2_max-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/digitalhumanities.nmdprojects.net\/dhweek2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/leopold_ruth_blockly_tutorial_2_max-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 249px) 100vw, 249px\" \/>Also represented at Digital Humanities Week will be initiatives such as the Rising Tide Center, WiSTEMM, and ACM-W, which hope to nourish women in STEM fields on a campus-wide and national scales.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite a nationwide push to teach programming to a more diverse body of students in K-12 education, recent studies suggest women are most likely to drop out of computer science in college. 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