About the Girls' Programming Network What is GPN? The Girls'
Programming Network (GPN) is a program developed and run by
girls and for girls. Managed by a group of female IT students
(both from the University of Sydney and elsewhere), it's
targeted at high school girls interested in IT, particularly
those interested in learning to program or improving their
software development skills. One Saturday each term we run a
workshop with an activity where you can learn about an exciting
topic in computer science. Topics we explore range from Cellular
Automata to Artificial Intelligence. In every workshop we also
look at the Python programming language. You will learn to
program in Python and get hands-on experience writing computer
programs that do what you want! Last year, GPN students put
their skills to use writing chatbots that could enter a chat
room and talk to participants. Attending GPN is a great way to
improve your programming skills for the HSC Software Design and
Development (SDD) course as the tutors wi