Keynote Speaker: Kaylyn Gibilterra
Since STEM is our biennium project for 2019 – 2021 I wanted to highlight STEM at our State Convention. On one of the train rides home from Philadelphia with International Convention planning, Dr. Lyn and I were discussing my plans and ideas. Dr. Lyn shared with me that her niece, Kaylyn, was one of the first Women Who Code and that was how it all began!
Kaylyn Gibilterra will be our Keynote Speaker and will present at our Celebration Luncheon on Saturday, June 13, 2020. Her keynote: Building Confidence through STEM Education will be full of interesting facts and personal experiences. STEM education, in particular, Computer Science education, is an intimidating field of study for students, educators, and industry professionals alike - and is only intensified for women and minorities. Insight from experiences in academia, industry, and as a non-profit educator for women entering Software Engineering careers will unmask some of the most common issues while learning in this field. This presentation will cover fixing this confidence gap and present best practices for Computer Science education at any level.
Saturday afternoon Kaylyn will present a workshop, Online Game Development (no experience required!) In this workshop, we will create games using MIT’s Scratch platform. Scratch is used in over 150 countries with over 50 million projects shared. No programming experience is necessary, as this workshop will cover all the fundamentals needed to create your own game. We will even cover some of Scratch 3.0’s new integrations since January 2019 such as LEGO robotics, Makey Makey, micro:bit, Google Translate, Amazon Text-to-Speech, and Raspberry Pis! Everyone in this workshop will walk away with enough experience to not only impress their friends and family but also share their new skills with anyone else that may want to learn.
Kaylyn Gibilterra is a tech lead for modernizing core banking systems at Capital One, where she trains teams on development best practices and distributed systems. She studied Computer Science with minors in Engineering Leadership Development and Psychology in undergrad at Penn State University; and is pursuing her Masters in Computer Science from Georgia Tech now. She was the founder of the Women Who Code DC network where she created an organization centered on training and developing women Software Engineers, with hundreds of successful new careers and promotions as a result.
You will not want to miss this Celebration Luncheon to learn more about women and STEM. Perhaps you would want to stretch yourself and attend her afternoon workshop!
Since STEM is our biennium project for 2019 – 2021 I wanted to highlight STEM at our State Convention. On one of the train rides home from Philadelphia with International Convention planning, Dr. Lyn and I were discussing my plans and ideas. Dr. Lyn shared with me that her niece, Kaylyn, was one of the first Women Who Code and that was how it all began!
Kaylyn Gibilterra will be our Keynote Speaker and will present at our Celebration Luncheon on Saturday, June 13, 2020. Her keynote: Building Confidence through STEM Education will be full of interesting facts and personal experiences. STEM education, in particular, Computer Science education, is an intimidating field of study for students, educators, and industry professionals alike - and is only intensified for women and minorities. Insight from experiences in academia, industry, and as a non-profit educator for women entering Software Engineering careers will unmask some of the most common issues while learning in this field. This presentation will cover fixing this confidence gap and present best practices for Computer Science education at any level.
Saturday afternoon Kaylyn will present a workshop, Online Game Development (no experience required!) In this workshop, we will create games using MIT’s Scratch platform. Scratch is used in over 150 countries with over 50 million projects shared. No programming experience is necessary, as this workshop will cover all the fundamentals needed to create your own game. We will even cover some of Scratch 3.0’s new integrations since January 2019 such as LEGO robotics, Makey Makey, micro:bit, Google Translate, Amazon Text-to-Speech, and Raspberry Pis! Everyone in this workshop will walk away with enough experience to not only impress their friends and family but also share their new skills with anyone else that may want to learn.
Kaylyn Gibilterra is a tech lead for modernizing core banking systems at Capital One, where she trains teams on development best practices and distributed systems. She studied Computer Science with minors in Engineering Leadership Development and Psychology in undergrad at Penn State University; and is pursuing her Masters in Computer Science from Georgia Tech now. She was the founder of the Women Who Code DC network where she created an organization centered on training and developing women Software Engineers, with hundreds of successful new careers and promotions as a result.
You will not want to miss this Celebration Luncheon to learn more about women and STEM. Perhaps you would want to stretch yourself and attend her afternoon workshop!