Project IT Girlstart

* Project IT Girl (http://www.girlstart.org/itgirl) is a Girlstart program that teaches 60 high school girls throughout Austin, Texas, US how they can change the world by using Information Technology. This year, Project IT Girls are learning basic programming concepts through weekly lessons on the Python programming language. The girls are designing, programming, and marketing their own educational games, and the top game designs will be submitted to the One Laptop Per Child Program (http://laptop.org/) for inclusion on their ultra-low-cost teaching laptop for children in developing nations.