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Cheryl Platz

Designer, Author, Speaker, Actress: A Twenty-Sided Woman.

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Design for DigiGirlz

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Cheryl

On Wednesday, I had the unique experience of teaching 110 high school girls an intro to interaction design workshop. Officially entitled “Making the World Easier With Interaction Design”, this was a course I built from scratch after offering to teach the subject

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Design, Speaking, Women in Technology, Work career, digigirlz, education, girls-tech, IGNITE, interaction design, Microsoft, STEM, talks

Take Your Kids to Work The Carnival Day

Posted on July 10, 2012 by Cheryl

Last Friday was Take Your Kids to Work Day, formerly Take Your Daughters to Work Day. I participated as a mentor, talking to kids and answering questions about how to combine art and technology in jobs at places like Microsoft. Now, it’s

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Seattle, Technology, Women in Technology, Work education, girls-tech, job shadows, Microsoft, STEM

Soliloquy of a Graduate Student

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Cheryl

I opened Pandora’s box today. While idling in traffic, curiosity struck me out of the blue. I’ve been keeping online journals since 1997, give or take, stretched across 4 or so sites. Would any still be active? The answer: my undergrad journal

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Biography, Humor, Pittsburgh, Writing biography, education

Evolving the Message

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Cheryl

This past year has marked the beginning of what I suspect will be a long journey for me (and hopefully others!) to improve the state of STEM education in the country with a sort of grassroots approach. There are many different demographics to

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Design, Speaking, Technology, Women in Technology education, girls-tech, interaction design, STEM, talks

Demystifying Job Shadows

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Cheryl

They’re a rather mysterious concept out of context – after all, I never did a job shadow when I was growing up or even when I was in college. The closest I ever got was visiting my dad’s engineering firm, running around,

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Design, Women in Technology education, girls-tech, interaction design, job shadows, STEM

Computer Engineer Barbie: How Interaction Design can entice a new generation of women

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Cheryl
Closeup detail of the Computer Engineer Barbie, with classes, a Bluetooth headset, and a laptop, along with a nerdy shirt.

When I heard the news that I’d been accepted as a lightning round speaker at IxDA’s Interaction ’11 conference, I was delighted and just a bit terrified. I’m very passionate about the subject, but had no idea whether it would resonate in

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Design, Speaking, Women in Technology education, interaction design, pop culture, STEM

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