Librarian experience

My experience with the librarians and data bases was most informative. I was able to get a response from Answerland, and the respondent was most helpful in directing me for my search. I also used the text option for asking the OSU librarians, and found their information helpful as well.

This was the most exposure I have had to data bases, so I was a bit uncertain when I started, but feel much more comfortable now. While I am still trying to formulate my ideas on how to approach the subjects, I feel that these venues will be the best way of getting the answers I need. Since Saujani isn’t an inventor, per se, but a person who is making a difference in girl’s lives by teaching them to code, I am struggling a bit with how to answer the topics. But I will get there.

One benefit of living in McMinnville is that we have both the Chemeketa Library and Linfield library right here. I have already contacted Chemeketa and have ordered a book on women, including Saujani, who chronicle the mistakes they made at work, and how it helped them in the long run. This should give me insight into some of the topics I need answers for.

Reshma Saujani- Girls Who Code

The subject of my cultural research is Reshma Saujani. She is an Indian-American lawyer and politician. Saujani was born in Illinois, and is of Gujarati descent. Her parents lived in Uganda until Idi Amin expelled all the inhabitants of Indian descent in the early 1970’s.

Her culture differs from mine in that she is a practicing Hindu, while I am a Christian. She faced prejudice which I never have.

In her interview on Makers.com, she talks about being a Hindu, with her mother wearing a bindi or a sari, and people making fun of her mother for that. She mentions being a child and not being able to find a toy license plate with her name on it, and leading a march to bring awareness to prejudice. She talks about her desire to change the world, and the struggles she went through to get into Yale, as well as winning a grant and starting her non-profit organization.

Reshma founded Girls Who Code in 2012 to help girls overcome the gender gap in technology. Her goal is to teach 1 million girls how to code by 2020. She is an inspiration and I am looking forward to learning more about her. Since she is still alive, I think the possibility of an interview is pretty good.

Setting up an RSS feed

First I logged in to Chrome using my ONID account. Then I added News from the options tab. I then removed all of the other news categories so I wouldn’t get confused, and added the list I saw under the instructions, because they made sense to me. I chose some different news sources, and clicked save. I then clicked on “Women in Technology” headline and went to the bottom of the page, and found the RSS link. I copied that, went to my dashboard, added RSS link from the widgets list, and pasted the copied link into it, and hit save.

I think this will be incredibly helpful in finding future articles to read for weekly posts. I am really excited that I was able to do this, and it gives me a resource that I can use! I can see that there are many articles talking about gender and technology issues, from claims that women aren’t flocking to technology to celebrating women in technology. This is going to be so helpful, I am really excited!

Week 2

I struggled a bit to follow the instructions, but after reading them several times, I just dove in and hoped for the best. I liked being able to upload my own photo. I think I made my way around to just about every category under the dashboard, and even though not all were intentional, I know that this is one of the best ways to learn.

Week 1

In regards to setting up my blog, I was slightly confused, but it turned out much easier than I expected.

Setting up an email signature was not difficult, but I wasn’t sure if I was supposed to send you a test one or not. I already had some of the settings enabled, so I simply had to add my information.

I actually like listening to the web pages with my computer’s text-to-speech function because I am an auditory learner.