HBCU Announcements in STEM & #DiversityInTech -- Q4 Oct, Nov, Dec 2015

Last update: Thursday 12/31/15

Below find links to the DLL Editor's choice of  the most important HBCU announcements in STEM & Diversity in Tech that appeared in TECH Dozens magazine in Q4 -- Oct, Nov, Dec 2015

Q1 Jan-Feb-Mar | Q2 Apr-May-Jun | Q3 Jul-Aug-Sep | Q4 Oct-Nov-Dec

HBCU Announcements in STEM & #DiversityInTech -- Q3 Jul, Aug, Sep 2015

Last update: Thursday 12/31/15

Below find links to the DLL Editor's choice of  the most important HBCU announcements in STEM & Diversity in Tech that appeared in TECH Dozens magazine in Q3 -- Jul, Aug, Sep 2015

Q1 Jan-Feb-Mar | Q2 Apr-May-Jun | Q3 Jul-Aug-Sep | Q4 Oct-Nov-Dec

HBCU Announcements in STEM & #DiversityInTech -- Q2 Apr, May, Jun 2015

Last update: Wednesday 12/30/15

Below find links to the DLL Editor's choice of  the most important HBCU announcements in STEM & Diversity in Tech that appeared in TECH Dozens magazine in Q2 -- Apr, May, Jun 2015

Q1 Jan-Feb-Mar | Q2 Apr-May-Jun | Q3 Jul-Aug-Sep | Q4 Oct-Nov-Dec

HBCU Announcements in STEM & #DiversityInTech -- Q1 Jan, Feb, Mar 2015

Last update: Wednesday 12/30/15

Below find links to the DLL Editor's selection of  the most important HBCU announcements in STEM & Diversity in Tech that appeared in TECH Dozens magazine in Q1 -- Jan, Feb, Mar 2015

Q1 Jan-Feb-Mar | Q2 Apr-May-Jun | Q3 Jul-Aug-Sep | Q4 Oct-Nov-Dec

#DiversityInTech Interviews and Panel Discussions -- 2015

Last update: Tuesday 12/29/15 

Below find links to DLL Storyfies of nine memorable Twitter chats, i.e., interviews with and panel discussions among leaders in #DiversityInTech in 2015

#DiversityInTech Conferences and Meetups in 2015

Last update: Tuesday 12/27/15 

#DiversityInTech was promoted in a wide array of conferences and meetups all across the nation throughout 2015. Links to the small fraction of these events that were curated by the DLL using Storify are listed below:

Hackathons 2015 !!!

Last update: Monday 12/28/15

The DLL curated two kinds of hackathons throughout 2015: civic and educational. Civic hackathons developed technology-based solutions to challenges facing communities; educational hackathons provided productive learning experiences for participating students. Below find links to the DLL's Storyfies of these exciting events.

TECH Dozens Top Stories -- Q4 Oct, Nov, Dec 2015

Last update: Sunday 12/27/15

Below find tweets that link to the DLL's most important news stories during 2015, i.e., the cover stories and the two or three other top stories in each week's issue of the DLL's TECH Dozens magazine

Q1 Jan-Feb-Mar | Q2 Apr-May-Jun | Q3 Jul-Aug-Sep | Q4 Oct-Nov-Dec

TECH Dozens Top Stories -- Q3 Jul, Aug, Sep 2015

Last update: Sunday 12/27/15

Below find tweets that link to the DLL's most important news stories during 2015, i.e., the cover stories and the two or three other top stories in each week's issue of the DLL's TECH Dozens magazine

Q1 Jan-Feb-Mar | Q2 Apr-May-Jun | Q3 Jul-Aug-Sep | Q4 Oct-Nov-Dec

TECH Dozens Top Stories -- Q2 Apr, May, Jun 2015

Last update: Sunday 12/27/15

Below find tweets that link to the DLL's most important news stories during 2015, i.e., the cover stories and the two or three other top stories in each week's issue of the DLL's TECH Dozens magazine

Q1 Jan-Feb-Mar | Q2 Apr-May-Jun | Q3 Jul-Aug-Sep | Q4 Oct-Nov-Dec

TECH Dozens Top Stories -- Q1 Jan, Feb, Mar 2015

Last update: Saturday 12/26/15

Below find tweets that link to the DLL's most important news stories during 2015, i.e., the cover stories and the two or three other top stories in each week's issue of the DLL's TECH Dozens magazine

Q1 Jan-Feb-Mar | Q2 Apr-May-Jun | Q3 Jul-Aug-Sep | Q4 Oct-Nov-Dec

Merry Christmas!!!

Last update: Friday 12/25/15

The DLL wishes each and all a very merry Christmas!!!

TECH Dozens Best Views 2015

Last update: Friday 12/25/15

Below find tweets that link to the DLL Editor's choice of the best views from TECH Dozens magazine in 2015 -- comments, opinions, and long forms worth reading again and again in the new year.

DLL Storyfies of Black Girls Code in 2015

Last update: Tuesday 12/22/15

2015 was an incredibly productive year for Black Girls Code (BGC), a year that ended with the Oakland-based program expanding its volunteer operations from Oakland and New York to Washington DC, Raleigh-Durham, Memphis, and Atlanta. 

Chicago as a major center for Blacks in technology

Last update: Wednesday 3/2/16

Previous notes on this blog hailed New York NY, Washington DC, Atlanta GA, and Oakland CA as major centers for Blacks in technology, i.e., as urban communities wherein Black Americans could find significant opportunities for success within an economy increasingly driven by innovations in information technology. So why has it taken so long for this blog to "discover" Chicago IL, the nation's third most populous city?

TECH Dozens -- Week Ending Saturday 12/19/15

Last update: Sunday 12/20/15 @ 2:30 pm

This week's cover = photo from tweet about Star Wars: The Force Awakens ... Other top stories = California proposes that all self-driving cars have licensed humans in the drivers seats  ... and Clinton-Sanders-DNC data snafu & apology

The Digital Learning Lab's favorite tweets about how HBCUs and other organizations are promoting skills that yield more diverse employment opportunities and more diverse entrepreneurial opportunities in information technology (#DiversityInTech) ... plus tweets about significant innovations in Ed Tech and Info Tech ... Big news, interesting stories, insightful comments, and good reads ... for the week ending Saturday 12/19/15.

A. HBCUs | B. Ed Tech | C. Info Tech | D. Hackers | E. Views  

... Old TECH Dozens ...  Calendar ... TECH 2014 ...

Remembering Twitter Events (Chats)

Last update: Saturday 12/17/15

If the "unexamined life is not worth living" then it's important to record what really happened: what we did; what we said; what other people did and said; what we said about what other people did and said. Social media, like Twitter, enable all of us to participate in the curation of what happened in our lives to an extent that was reserved for professional historians in previous times. 

TECH Dozens -- Week Ending Saturday 12/1215

Last update: Sunday 12/13/15 @ 3:05 pm

This week's cover = graphic from tweet about CS Education Week + Hour of Code ... Other top stories = Supreme Court  considers affirmative action case ... Musk, Thiel, and other wealthy techs form nonprofit to support human-friendly AI research ... and Zuckerberg says Muslims are "always welcome" on Facebook

The Digital Learning Lab's favorite tweets about how HBCUs and other organizations are promoting skills that yield more diverse employment opportunities and more diverse entrepreneurial opportunities in information technology (#DiversityInTech) ... plus tweets about significant innovations in Ed Tech and Info Tech ... Big news, interesting stories, insightful comments, and good reads ... for the week ending Saturday 12/12/15

A. HBCUs | B. Ed Tech | C. Info Tech | D. Hackers | E. Views  

... Old TECH Dozens ...  Calendar ... TECH 2014 ...

DLL Storify of BLUE1647 24-Hour Hackathon and Youth Tech Challenge in Brooklyn NY

Last update: Sunday 12/13/15 

NY State Senator Jesse Hamilton and a number of other elected local officials formed a partnership with Chicago's BLUE1647 to organize this hackathon and youth challenge event, the first of its kind in Brooklyn, from 11 am on Saturday 12/12/15 to 11 am Sunday 12/13/15.

DLL Storify of CODE/BRONX: HOW TO START YOUR SCHOOL’S CODING PROGRAM -- Tuesday, 12/8/15

Last update: Thursday 12/10/15

Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and Code/Interactive (C/I) invited members of the Bronx K-12 community to Boricua College during Computer Science Education Week to participate in the launch of the Code Bronx initiative that will bring coding and computer science to every school in the Bronx. 

Remembering Twitter Events (Everyone)

Last update: Wednesday 12/16/15

If the "unexamined life is not worth living" then it's important to record what really happened: what we did; what we said; what other people did and said; what we said about what other people did and said. Social media, like Twitter, enable all of us to participate in the curation of what happened in our lives to an extent that was reserved for professional historians in previous times. 

TECH Dozens -- Week Ending Saturday 12/5/15

Last update: Sunday 12/6/15 @ 1:30 pm

This week's cover = photo from tweet that Billionaire philanthropists address big problems 

... Other top stories = College graduation rates for minority students show insubstantial gains ... Apple makes Swift programming language open source ... and Next week 12/7 to 12/11 is computer science education week with #HourOfCode

The Digital Learning Lab's favorite tweets about how HBCUs and other organizations are promoting skills that yield more diverse employment opportunities and more diverse entrepreneurial opportunities in information technology (#DiversityInTech) ... plus tweets about significant innovations in Ed Tech and Info Tech ... Big news, interesting stories, insightful comments, and good reads ... for the week ending Saturday 12/5/15 @ 3 pm.

A. HBCUs | B. Ed Tech | C. Info Tech | D. Hackers | E. Views  

... Old TECH Dozens ...  Calendar ... TECH 2014 ...

Black Self-segregation in Politics and Academia -- Part 3 (strategic partnerships)

Last update: Saturday 12/515

In Part 2 of these notes, I suggested that most Black students are underperforming at most predominantly white institutions (PWIs), not just because they endure racist micro aggressions, but because they must strive for academic success without the benefit of the pervasive support networks of peers, teachers, tutors, mentors, and role models that sustain Black students at HBCUs.  

Part (politics) 1 | Part 2 (higher ed) | Part 3 (strategic partnerships)

DLL Storify of Black Girls Code, DC, Women in STEM Panel -- Saturday 12/5/15

Last update: Saturday 11/14/15

The Washington, DC, chapter of Black Girls CODE hosted its 1st Women of Color in STEM Panel today. This event was an educational experience for girls between the ages of 7 and 17 and their parents/guardians.  The young women heard from a panel of women working in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and/or Mathematics (STEM) to discuss the significant gender gap in these fields in the United States.

DLL Storify of the Bronx Tech Meetup -- Thursday, 12/3/15

Last update: Friday 12/4/15

This meetup was held at the Doran Jones facility in the South Bronx. Tina Shoulders (BxTechMeetup Co-Founder) recapped some of the community goals that started the meetups two years ago, and talked about how and why the Meetups were designed.