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[UPDATE] 🙌 We are excited to announce that our next guest speaker is Beatrice Ionascu who is the Co-Founder and CTO at imagiLabs and will be talking to us all the way from Sweden! 🌈

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📢 Will be using the following collab pad for announcements: https://cryptpad.fr/pad/#/3/pad/edit/1f7dafb4da2dfad2ec79cf46760bb2b4/
If you have any announcements or questions, you can email us at dublin@pyLadies.com

Talk title:

Creative coding in Python by Beatrice Ionascu

Description:

Through the lens of the work we’re doing at imagiLabs, I will present an approach of teaching coding to children and teenagers in a way that engages girls in particular. I will explain how computer science and Python basics that are normally taught as part of introductory computer science classes can be combined with creativity, self-expression, and a community in order to create a welcoming environment and an intriguing coding experience. I will show how we follow the constructionist and constructivist theories in education, in which discovery learning, “building” knowledge, personal exploration, and relevant learning are instrumental. I will discuss how at imagiLabs we have developed a curriculum around these principles and the findings of our own user-centered research. Finally, I will show some of our Creative coding in Python activities in action. Come ready to get creative, get inspired, and learn how you can express yourself through code!

About Beatrice Ionascu

Beatrice is the co-founder and CTO of imagiLabs. She’s an engineer and an educator and believes that technology education is the key to create a better world. A diversity advocate, she strives to inspire and empower girls through imagiLabs.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/bionascu/

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❤️ A BIG THANK YOU

I'd like to thank all those who have been attending and watching our videos, we appreciate your support as it took a lot of work to set it up, if you are curious, you can read Vicky's post about it: https://dev.to/pyladiesdub/live-streaming-from-zoom-meet-via-obs-to-youtube-2l3h - any feedback would be helpful to make this process smoother and easier to manage. 🥰

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🕰 SCHEDULE (*subject to change)

18:30 - 18:35 Event Starts / Settle down with cup of tea/coffee
18:35 - 18:45 Welcome & Announcements by Vicky
18:45 - 19:30 Creative coding in Python by Beatrice Ionascu
19:30 Event ends

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📢 CALL FOR SPEAKERS for 2021

Interested in speaking at our upcoming meetups, please submit talk details to: https://pyladiesdublin.typeform.com/to/VvW3iME6

If you have referrals of speakers you want us to invite, let us know also, being a virtual event helps close the boundaries of inviting speakers further afield than Ireland. 😊

QUESTIONS Email dublin@pyladies.com.

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🤔 FAQ

Q. I'm not female, is it ok for me to attend?
A. Yes, PyLadies Dublin events are open to everyone at all levels.

Q. What do you do at PyLadies Dublin Meetups?
A. We have short (or long talks), demos, folks working on their own projects, ask questions on Python-related topics, work on projects together or generally chit-chat and meet like-minded people.

Q. Do you have a Code of Conduct?
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