- Who? Girls entering 7th, 8th or 9th grades
- Where? University Hall Building at the
University of Illinois at Springfield - When? June 17th and 18th — 8:30AM to 5:00PM
(Registration begins at 8:00AM) - Cost? $25.00 per girl
- Spooky Alice!
- Create your own ghost story with StoryTelling Alice.
Use 3D objects
and characters to learn the basics of programming and animation. - Explore the Robo-Jungle
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Robots can do more than just vacuum your floor!
This workshop will let you explore the world of autonomous
robotics by programming a robot to hop and crawl. - Starring YOU!
- Using photos taken during these fun-filled days, we will create digital movies - complete with music, transitions, titles and credits - highlighting the best of Girl Tech 2010. We'll export the videos to DVD for you to take home.
- What's in the Box?
- Did you ever wonder what's inside a computer, how they run and how all those parts fit together? Come to this session and find out!
- Hi-Tech Design
- Using Photoshop
we will design t-shirts for Girl Tech 2010.
Learn the role of computers in the world of graphic art and design. - Mini-sessions:
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• Chatbots and Turing Tests:
Are computers intelligent?
Can you figure out if you are chatting with a another person or a computer?
• GirlTech Idol: Create your own virtual Avatar and teach her to dance and sing!
• Safe or Sorry? Let's talk about cyber safety and on-line social networking.
• Emergent Intelligence: Simple rules make complex behaviors; Can YOU control
the behavior of a group of artificial life forms in five steps or less?
- Click here for driving directions to Girl Tech 2010
- Click here for maps of campus
- Click here for printable campus map (.pdf file)
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