BPC-DP: Linked Communities and Computing in Context: Empowering Southern New Mexico Women in Computing

新墨西哥州州立大学提出了一个名为“年轻妇女在计算”（YWiC）的项目，旨在制定和实施有效的战略和永久性的基础设施，以提高女学生，特别是西班牙裔学生对计算机科学的兴趣。 YWiC？从初中和高中开始，一直持续到大学一年级和二年级？将改善女性的招聘和保留，为她们在信息技术和计算机科学领域的学术成功和职业生涯做好准备。两个主题为干预提供了基础：上下文计算和关联社区。计算环境将导致课程，使用计算思维和媒体应用的基本概念锚定在现实世界的背景下（例如，生物信息学、辅助技术、空间探索）。 链接社区将开发社区建设组件，旨在减少孤立感，为计算机培训动机的发展提供社会背景，并成为学生，家长和教师的信息门户。

New Mexico State University proposes a project, called Young Women in Computing (YWiC), to develop and implement effective strategies and permanent infrastructures for increasing interest in Computer Science among female students, especially of Hispanic heritage. YWiC ? with interventions starting in middle and high school, and continuing through freshman and sophomore years in college ? will improve recruitment and retention of women, preparing them for academic success and careers in Information Technology and Computer Science. Two themes provide the underlying basis for the interventions: Computing in Context and Linked Communities. Computing in Context will result in curricula that uses computational thinking and media applications of fundamental concepts anchored in real-world contexts (e.g., bioinformatics, assistive technologies, space exploration). Linked Communities will develop community building components, aimed at reducing the sense of isolation, providing a social background for the development of training motivation in computing, and becoming a portal of information for students, parents, and teachers.