小KK化身公益天使,資助女孩學編碼

In 2015, Karlie Kloss sponsored 21 young women so they could attend a two-week coding class at the Flatiron School. It was the same class that Kloss herself had taken the year prior, as her first exposure to coding. The model was convinced that, like her, a lot of girls were interested in coding–contrary to what some people might think–but often either weren't encouraged or lacked access to courses.

小KK卡莉·克勞斯資助了21位年輕女性，讓她們接受熨斗學校爲期兩週的編碼學習。去年，KK自己也是在該課程中首次接觸了編碼。她相信很多女孩和她一樣對編碼感興趣，但是大多數人卻認爲女孩不應該學編碼，相關課程也很缺乏。

That's why Kloss debuted Kode With Klossy the following year. The two-week coding camp hosts girls ages 13-18 each summer, and this year, Kode With Klossy is expanding its footprint to 50 camps across 25 cities. That means the camp will grant 1,000 young women the opportunity to learn to code–or build on their existing skill set-free of charge.

這也是KK首次亮相編碼夏令營Kode With Klossy的原因。每年夏天夏令營召集13到18歲的女孩，進行爲期兩週的編碼學習。今年，編碼夏令營將在25座城市開展50場活動。1000個女孩有機會免費接觸編碼，或者深入學習編碼。

In taking the camp to new cities like Albuquerque and Tulsa, Kloss also seeks to reach girls from underrepresented communities. “We wanted to reach girls who otherwise wouldn't have these opportunities,” Kloss told me. “Last year, we expanded a lot, and we found that the cities that were not big, coastal cities–the cities that were more overlooked or underserved–were very successful.”

KK把夏令營帶到了阿爾布開克和塔爾薩這樣的新城市，也尋找邊緣性羣體的女孩加入。“我們希望找到非常需要這種機會的女孩。去年，夏令營大幅擴張，我們來到小型沿海城市，一些關注度不高、政府照顧不到的城市，在這些地方夏令營辦得很成功。”

In fact, Kode With Klossy claims to take into consideration an applicant's access to computer science courses when selecting girls for the camp.

編碼夏令營在選擇營員時，還收到申請人提供計算機課程的信息，夏令營也在考慮開設這一課程。

It sounds like Kloss's goal is to create a feedback loop: As more women learn to code, they can turn around and teach–and encourage–other women to code, as well. Another barrier, Kloss says, is that teachers are not necessarily equipped to lead coding classes; there's a dearth of computer science education on both sides.

KK似乎是要建立一個反饋機制。隨着學習編碼的女性數量增多，她們可以反過來再教授、鼓勵其他女性編碼。困難在於教授者的儲備不一定能撐起課堂。老師和學生對計算機的認識都不夠。

So for this year's camp, the nonprofit Teach for America will help recruit and hire all the Kode With Klossy instructors, opting for teachers who want to further computer science education in their respective communities.

今年，非盈利組織“爲美國而教”會協助編碼夏令營招聘執教人員，希望在當地深入學習計算機的老師將是招聘的目標。