DLL Storify of Atlanta Winter 2015 Goodie Hack -- Friday 2/27/15 to Saturday 2/28/15

Last update: Saturday 2/28/15 @ 10:25 pm

Goodie Hack is a mashup of social good, tech, entrepreneurship and highly-skilled people. The Atlanta Winter 2015 edition, powered by Accelerate With Google, is an intense and fast-paced 24 hour competitive event where ten nonprofits, with a focus on under-served communities, present their top operational problems to teams of techies AND non-techies who forms teams and create websites/apps to solve them ... The DLL Storyfied tweets of participants who use hashtag = #SaveATL ... or ... #GoodieHackATL ... Storyfies of other #DiversityInTech events are listed in the DLL's  Archives 

Below find tweets up until 10:23 pm ET

DLL Storify of @TheRoot's Panel Discussion of #BlacksInTech in Silicon Valley -- Friday 2/27/15

Last update: Saturday 2/28/15 @ 1:45 am

The Root (@TheRoot) is a digital magazine that provides thought-provoking commentary and news from a variety of black perspectives. On Friday 2/27/15 it convened a Twitter panel to discuss #BlacksInTech in Silicon Valley. Panelists included @MrMikeStreet,  @MsMaryPryor, and @JusticeFergie. Many listeners joined the panelists in a lively discussion ... The DLL Storyfied participants' tweets that used hashtag = #RootChat  ... Storyfies of other #DiversityInTech events are listed in the DLL's Archives

DLL Storify of ToC ATL Town Hall Meeting in Atlanta -- Thursday 2/26/15

Last update: Thursday 2/26/25 @ 10:52 pm

Technologists of Color is a group committed to building the African American tech community in Atlanta. Its primary goal is to connect tech professionals so that they can share knowledge, resources and opportunities. It also strives to inform and educate the community to help increase African American participation in the rapidly growing world of technology. 

Tonight's meeting discussed lean startups and walked through methods for leveraging the Build-Measure-Learn cycle to incrementally develop products that are best suited for success. The DLL Storyfied tweets from participants who used hashtag = #StateOfBlackTech  ... Storyfies of other #DiversityInTech events are listed in the DLL's Archives

DLL Storify of Silicon Harlem's 2nd Anniversary Celebration -- Wednesday 2/25/15

Last update: Thursday 2/26/25 @ 10:52 pm

Technologists of Color is a group committed to building the African American tech community in Atlanta. Its primary goal is to connect tech professionals so that they can share knowledge, resources and opportunities. It also strives to inform and educate the community to help increase African American participation in the rapidly growing world of technology. 

Tonight's meeting discussed lean startups and walked through methods for leveraging the Build-Measure-Learn cycle to incrementally develop products that are best suited for success. The DLL Storyfied tweets from participants who used hashtag = #StateOfBlackTech ... Storyfies of other #DiversityInTech events are listed in the DLL's Archives

"TECH Dozens" -- Week Ending Saturday 2/21/15

Last update: Sunday 2/22/15 @ 12:05 am

This week's cover = "Death Star" from tweet that Kaspersky Labs identifies Equation Group, a/k/a NSA, as cybercriminals

... Other top stories ==> NSA hacks smartphones... Lenovo preloads  malware ... and Samsung buys LoopPay

Below find links to the Digital Learning Lab's "Dozens" of favorite news items about HBCUs' use of information technology to enhance their teaching, research, and community services ... plus news about hackathons and issues related to coding & coding literacy... in HBCU media and Tech media ... for the week ending Saturday 2/21/15 @ 5 pm ... Links to previous editions of the Dozens can be found ==> Back issues.

A. HBCUs | B. Ed Tech | C. Gen Tech | D. Hackers | E. Views | F. Events ... TECH 2014

DLL Storify of #MBKHack in Oakland, CA -- Friday 2/20/15 to Sunday 2/22/15

Last update: Monday 2/23/15 @ 2:19 am

Its Website declares that the mission of Qeyno Labs is to "transform children's lives and give them the power to transform their worlds through social innovation, education, and technology." Hackathons are Qeyno's most important tool for fulfilling this mission. Indeed, Qeyno has made "hackathon" a household word in hundreds of homes. (Interested readers should check out the mini-documentary about Qeyno that was produced by MSNBC.)

Based in Oakland, CA, Qeyno partnered with #YesWeCode on two hackathons in other cities in 2014 ==> at the Essence Festival in New Orleans in July and at the first first #MBKHack in Philadelphia in November. This weekend's #MBKHack in Oakland is therefore a sweet homecoming. The DLL Storified tweets from participants who used hashtag = #MBKHack  ... Storyfies of other #DiversityInTech events are listed in the DLL's Archives

DLL Storify of IGNITE International Girls Hackathon -- Friday 2/13/15 to Sunday 2/15/15

Last update: Sunday 2/15/15 @ 11:42 am

According to its press release: "The IGNITE International Girls Hackathon, organized by Global Fund for Women, is bringing together girl coders around the world in February to contribute their talent, ideas, and creativity to build real-world solutions that address issues of safety. The Hackathon – which will have locations in several international cities – brings together teams of girls ages 11-23 for a 24-hour intensive coding collaboration. The Hackathon will showcase the ingenuity and innovation of girls globally as they attempt to hack solutions to a critical challenge facing women and girls: access to safe spaces."

New York City and Oakland, CA were the two participating U.S. cities. Girls Who Code coordinated events in NYC; Black Girls Code coordinated events in Oakland. The DLL Storyfied tweets from participants who used the hashtag = #HackGirlsRights"  ... Storyfies of other #DiversityInTech events are listed in the DLL's Archives

Coding Movements -- Mainstream vs. Grassroots

Last update: Tuesday 2/17/15 @ 1:14 pm

Two overlapping, but distinct coding movements have recently swept the nation: the mainstream movement strives to provide opportunity and encouragement for all of the nation's youngsters to acquire coding and computational thinking skills at the earliest possible age; the other movement focuses on Black and Latino youngsters. The mainstream movement engages school systems, whereas the Black and Latino movements are grass roots operations that directly engage parents and students. 

"TECH Dozens" -- Week Ending Saturday 2/14/15

Last update: Sunday 2/15/15 @ 12:32 am

 This week's cover = photo from tweet about President Obama's cybersecurity summit in Silicon Valley

... Other top stories ==> Cybercrime ... Senate report denounces car security and privacy weakness ... and  Coursera's new business model

Below find links to the Digital Learning Lab's "Dozens" of favorite news items about HBCUs' use of information technology to enhance their teaching, research, and community services ... plus news about hackathons and issues related to coding & coding literacy... in HBCU media and Tech media ... for the week ending Saturday 2/14/15 @ 12 noon ... Links to previous editions of the Dozens can be found ==> Back issues.

A. HBCUs | B. Ed Tech | C. Gen Tech | D. Hackers | E. Views | F. Events ... TECH 2014

Directory of HBCU Computer Science Programs -- Version 1.9

Last update: Saturday 2/28/15 @ 10:10 am

DLL Editor's Note -- Version 1.9 of the DLL's Directory of HBCU Computer Science programs is done. These preliminary comments place the directory into context. 

TECH Dozens -- Week Ending Saturday 2/7/15

Last update: Sunday 2/8/15 @ 1:41 am

This week's cover = photo/graphic from tweet that the FCC endorsed net neutrality

... Other top stories ==> Google supports CODE2040 ... Radio Shack is bankrupt ... and More massive cyber attacks

Below find links to the Digital Learning Lab's "Dozens" of favorite news items about HBCUs' use of information technology to enhance their teaching, research, and community services ... plus news about hackathons and issues related to coding & coding literacy... in HBCU media and Tech media ... for the week ending Saturday 2/7/15 @ 3 pm ... Links to previous editions of the Dozens can be found ==> Back issues.

A. HBCUs | B. Ed Tech | C. Gen Tech | D. Hackers | E. Views | F. Events ... TECH 2014

Directory of HBCU Computer and Information Sciences -- Version 1.8b

This directory has been replaced by Version 2.0

Directory of HBCU Computer Science Programs -- Version 1.8a

Last update: Tuesday 2/10/15 @ 2:14 pm

The following table is version 1.8A of a directory of the degrees offered by 33 HBCUs in "Computer Science" in the 2012/2013 academic year, the most recent year for which this data is available. The table also shows the number of students who graduated from  programs in 2012/13. The data was extracted from the online IPEDS Data Center on February 2, 2015. The DLL will produce a report that analyzes this data by COB Friday 2/20/15.