[Yr7-10it] RE: A Girls in computing group...

Mon Mar 31 08:37:00 EST 2008

I'm a 52 year old female computer geek who has been teaching IT since the early 90s. In my many years of teaching lots of girls in IT, I have learnt that the girls who dump IT quick smart are the ones who like to "prettify" and be all girly - and quite frankly good riddance to them. The real female IT fans tend to keep it quiet and mainly don't take it up because they don't want their female peers teasing them, or they don't want to be in a class dominated by boys. It takes a strong independent girl to go all the way with IT. The IT girls are out there, we just have to create the right environment for them and have many more female role models for them to see.

Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 12:20:17 +1100
From: Mclean.Rachelle.L at edumail.vic.gov.au
To: yr7-10it at edulists.com.au
Subject: [Yr7-10it] RE: A Girls in computing group...

[Yr7-10it] Clay Mation

Hi Kent,

On an introductory level, girls love to
design things, make things look pretty.  They love anything social so web
2.0 tools are great.  Event management seems to go down well too, like
planning their 16th birthday parties and things.  They love
digital photography as well.  Once they are engaged I have found girls
love animation, film making and game making as much as the boys do.

Cheers,

Rachelle

From:
yr7-10it-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:yr7-10it-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Kent Beveridge

Sent: Friday, 21 March 2008 4:26
PM

To: Year
 7 - 10 Information Technology Teachers' Mailing List

Subject: A Girls in computing
group...

Hi folks, 

yep, me again...

Now, I was thinking this week about a few things for my
middle school classes and had this idea that I got from remembering that
Margaret Lawson(I think it was you) who did a similar thing previously at one
of her schools(I think it was when she was at MLC from memory).

Anyway,...If others have got a similar concept up and
running in a co-ed school as mine is, I'd love some ideas to get me started of
what works..and what doesnt!

Being a non-married male, I dont have a wife to get ideas
from on this one, so any of you gals out there who teach IT and have done this,
can you help this bloke out with some tips! (on the 'girls in computing' group
that is...but I am open to ideas on the other obvious one too - always!).

Just wondering where to start with this one...too many
options...careers, gaming, programming, working with computers in the
office...etc.

I can confidently tell you that my principal will support
this idea...he's just that kinda guy!

Kent.

Kent Beveridge,

I.T. co-ordinator

St. Brigids Catholic Sec.
College

Horsham

email.. kbeveridge at stbc.vic.edu.au

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From:
yr7-10it-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of Sylvia Pastore-Bautista

Sent: Fri 3/21/2008 2:46 PM

To: yr7-10it at edulists.com.au

Subject: [Yr7-10it] Clay Mation

Hi all

I am wanting to introduce clay mation to my students and would like 

any advise from anyone that has done this and how you actually do it 

thanks

Sylvia Pastore-Bautista

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