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"Inspiring our youth to pursue technology careers"

Blacks Gone Geek now has a Fan Page on Facebook. Become a fan and stay up-to-date with the latest news on technology programs, scholarships, internships, conferences, and other events helping students to succeed in technology careers.

http://www.facebook.com/blacksgonegeek

You’ve completed your tech program and you’re feeling good, but now you’re wondering,

WHAT’S NEXT!

Blacks Gone Geek exists to connect technology professionals everywhere with others who work, study and live around them. We are joined together by our common interest to promote careers in technology.

This global initiative serves as a catalyst for change by providing a platform for telling people in our network about career opportunities, technology conferences, computer competitions, college scholarships, technology programs, summer internships, and much much more. We call this “keepin’ IT real”.

Want to learn more?

Click this link to become a Facebook Fan

http://www.facebook.com/blacksgonegeek

http://blacksgonegeek.org/Documents/BGG_ProjectZ.pdf

BDPA Youth Programs

http://www.bdpa.org/?page=Student_Programs

Your Future in IT Starts Today *** New ***

Featured Curriculum - The Exploring Computer Science Curriculum

100 Incredible Open Courses for the Ultimate Tech Geek

Digital Connectors Program


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In the opening keynote of the, CS & IT 2009 Symposium, Jane Margolis and Joanna Goode discuss their research on why so few African-American, Latino/a, and female high school students are learning computer science. They argue that their study of computer science education reveals how inequality is reproduced in this country, despite the national hope and wish for technology to be a great equalizer. Margolis and Goode describe the building of a K-12/university interdisciplinary partnership with administrators and teachers of the Los Angeles Unified School District and the several interventions that have resulted.

Exploring Computer Science Curriculum Now Available!
http://www.exploringcs.org/curriculum

More on Free Curriculum
Computer Science Curriculum in our High Schools
Oracle provides free training for teachers
http://blog.acm.org/archives/csta/2009/10/

Project Z can provide value to community technology centers by providing curriculum and training.

About CSTA
The Computer Science Teachers Association is a membership organization that supports and promotes the teaching of computer science and other computing disciplines.

http://csta.acm.org/

Check out this CSTA newsletter

Careers in CS
http://csta.acm.org/Communications/sub/CSTAVoice_Files/csta_voice_07_2009.pdf

Blacks Gone Geek Salutes GEEKS Gone GREAT

National BDPA Conference

Youth Technology Camp

IT Showcase

Richard Tapia Celegration of Diversity (April 1-4, 2009)

Agile 2009 Conference in Chicago (August 24th - 28th)

Minority Enterprise Development Week August 26th-28th, Washington, DC

African American Researchers in Computing Science (AARCS) July 16-19, 2009

Science Online 2010

70+ Diversity Scholarships and Fellowships with Late Fall Deadlines‏

Planning and Preparing for College (Scholarships, Internships, Etc) Blog

http://www.fastweb.com/

http://imaginecup.com/

http://code.google.com/opensource/ghop/2007-8/

National Engineering Design Challenge Registration Opens September 1st

Labs Are Vital™ Announces Winners of 2009 National Video Contest to Highlight Careers in Lab Sciences

http://www.abbott.com/global/url/pressRelease/en_US/60.5:5/Press_Release_0750.htm

National Engineers Week Foundation - Future City Competition

IBM Master the Mainframe Contest

Dell Social Innovation Competition

http://www.tech.purdue.edu/Prospective_Students/index.cfm

Devry

Purdue Research Opportunity Program

Southern Illinois University - Mentoring Program Model - Cynthia Sims

Southern Illinois University - Mentoring Program Launch

Can Video Game Testing Spark Interest in Computing Among Black Youth?

Online Colleges is a nonprofit resource for students considering attending an online college. It gives students the most comprehensive and unbiased list of online colleges and universities on the web. We will combine existing lists of online colleges and find unlisted ones, putting them all in a single page. Students can use this for a more educated choice about where they want to go to college. Linking directly to the college, we also give an overview of its distance education, and list its accreditation data. We accept no sponsorships from any college.Currently our database has 343 colleges listed, making it the most comprehensive list of its kind on the web. If you would like to add a college or suggest a change for a schools listing, please contact us.

Click here for more info:http://www.onlinecolleges.org/

http://www.projectcio.org/

Central Dallas Ministries After School Program

New Video and November Contest *** New ***

http://www.connectorsclub.org/video/welcome-to-connectors-club-nov

Digital Connectors - One Economy

Digital Connectors at Central Dallas Ministries: Meet Tameshia Ridge

Digital Connectors Club

Comcast, One Economy Rollout National Digital Connectors Program in 22 Locations, Increasing Digital Literacy Skills, Leadership Training and Digital Community Service

http://www.comcast.com/About/PressRelease/PressReleaseDetail.ashx?PRID=895

Black Data Processing Associates (BDPA)

BETF Youtube Program

Junior Engineering Technical Society (JETS)

Illinois Technology Foundation

Empowering Leadership Alliance

Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC)

Coalition of Diversity Computing