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"Inspiring our youth to pursue technology careers"

Job Seeker Articles for College Students ** New **

Savvy Geek Chix offer survival strategies ** New **

Diversity Careers Magazine Links ** New **

Project Z Flyer is here now!

Free Online Technical Training - Microsoft Elevate America ** New **

Featured Curriculum - The Exploring Computer Science Curriculum ** New **

100 Incredible Open Courses for the Ultimate Tech Geek ** New **

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 *** NEW ***

Free Online Technical Training - Microsoft Elevate America ** New **

Featured Curriculum - The Exploring Computer Science Curriculum ** New **

100 Incredible Open Courses for the Ultimate Tech Geek ** New **

Please check out the video at link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6egHlCUKlcA&feature=player_embedded

And this link (much longer, sorry!)

Stuck in the Shallow End: Education, Race, and Computing

Time: 1:11:07

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://csta.acm.org/Curriculum/sub/ExploringCS.html

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 Tehnology Camp

High School Computer Competition

IT Showcase

Career Fair

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

2010 Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship (U.S. and Canada) *** NEW ***

2010 NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing (through 11/15/09) *** NEW ***

70+ Diversity Scholaraships and Fellowships with Late Fall Deadlines‏ *** NEW ***

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

Planning and Preparing for College (Scholarships, Internships, Etc) on Facebook

http://www.fastweb.com/

http://imaginecup.com/

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

BDPA Chicago High School Computer Competition

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 *** NEW ***

Dell Social Innovation Competition *** NEW ***

Computer Explorers - www.computerexplorers.com

Cyber Camps - www.giantcampus.com/cybercamps

EPGY Summer Institutes - http://epgy.stanford.edu/summer/mspprogramming.html

Computer and Video Production Camps - http://www.educationunlimited.com/camp/15/computer-camp.html

Computer ID Tech Camps - http://www.internaldrive.com/index.php

Michigan Engineering - http://www.engin.umich.edu/caen/campcaen/

Chicago Academy of Advanced Technology (CAAT)

https://www.chicagotechacademy.org/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK3uj7RTB64

CAAT is a new Chicago public high school designed and led by the Center for Polytechnical Education, with strong support from private sector technology leaders and entrepreneurs. Students learn through practical, hands-on experience, mentorship and a curriculum infused with 21st century skills and an aptitude to succeed.

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?

http://www.projectcio.org/

Central Dallas Ministries After School Program *** NEW ***

Digital Connectors - One Economy *** NEW ***

Digital Connectors at Central Dallas Ministries: Meet Tameshia Ridge *** NEW ***

Digital Connectors Club *** NEW ***

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 Foundataion

Empowering Leadership Alliance

Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC)

Coalition of Diversity Computing

African American Researchers in Computing Science (AARCS)

http://blacksgonegeek.org/Documents/CIO_Circle_Presentation_v7.pdf

http://targethopechicago.com/index.html

BDPA Education and Technology Foundation

The PhD Project

The PhD Project on Facebook

BDPA Chicago Student Empowerment Retreat

ICT Service Trip North Carolina USA

August 9, 2009: Over seventy five youth from Illinois and North Carolina unite to achieve the common goal of delivering working computers to five North Carolina communities.

http://www.tech.purdue.edu/Camps/TECh/

T.A.G.S. (Technically Inspiring Global Students) Summer Camp 2010

High schoolers to get glimpse of technology careers at annual Vision camp March 26-28 at Purdue University

Management and Technology Summer Institute - http://www.upenn.edu/fisher/summer/index.html

Links to the Best Summer Programs

http://www.teenink.com/Summer/