Come join us for a day of creative activities (digital and analogue)!
The University of Edinburgh joins international community in hosting its very first Ada Lovelace Day on Tuesday 13th October 2015.
Celebrate the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM).
There are two sessions: a hands-ons drop-in morning; and a Wikipedia Editing afternoon.
SIGN UP HERE for the morning session.
SIGN UP HERE for the afternoon session.
And register a Wikipedia account in advance with these HERE.
Where
Greenfield computer suite, Hugh Robson Building (ground floor), 15 George Square http://www.ed.ac.uk/maps?building=hugh-robson-building
Schedule (morning)
MyEd booking link https://www.events.ed.ac.uk/index.cfm?event=book&scheduleID=17806
OR
Eventbrite booking link http://tinyurl.com/ncsq5wb
11:00-11:30 Guest Speakers on Lovelace, research using LEGO, programming and games
– Melissa Highton , Katya Krasnopeeva & Judy Robertson
11.30 – 14.00 Hands on digital fun
– Compose your own music with algorithms
– Build your own Raspberry Pi enclosures with LEGO
– Play and compete in Dolly the Sheep metadata games Library and University Collections
Schedule (afternoon)
MyEd booking link https://www.events.ed.ac.uk/index.cfm?event=book&scheduleID=17807
Eventbrite booking link http://tinyurl.com/p5h96lm
14.00-17.00 Wikipedia Editathon
Raise profile of women in computer science, get trained to write, amend and publish articles for Wikipedia and be generally awesome.
PRE-REGISTRATION WITH THESE WIKI INSTRUCTIONS (CLICK LINK)
14.00 – 15.15 Wikipedia training
15.15 – 15.30 Afternoon tea
15.30 – 17.00 Editing and Publishing: Edinburgh’s women in Computer Science
You are welcome to bring your own topics of interest to write Wikipedia articles about too.
@DIGITALEDUNI / #ALD15 / #ALD15EDUNI
Hope to see you there!