60 minutes. Cracking the code /

A report on the efforts to narrow the gender gap between men and women in computing jobs and the program that's teaching 10 million school girls the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math), with a specific focus on computer coding. Includes interviews with: Bonnie Ross, Corporate Vice...

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Other Authors: Alfonsi, Sharyn (Interviewer), Hartman, Rome (Producer), Kuzmarov, Sara (Producer)
Format: Electronic Video
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), 2019.
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Summary:A report on the efforts to narrow the gender gap between men and women in computing jobs and the program that's teaching 10 million school girls the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math), with a specific focus on computer coding. Includes interviews with: Bonnie Ross, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Studios, who is determined to recruit more women for her team; Hadi Partovi, CEO of the non-profit Code.org, who hopes to close the tech-skills gender gap; Alexis Dixon, teacher, Brooklyn Arbor Public School, who teaches computer science; and unnamed students at Marymount Girls School in New York.
Physical Description:1 online resource (13 minutes)
Playing Time:00:12:05