[Year 12 IPM] Go Girls Program

Sun Sep 10 21:13:31 EST 2006

http://www.vitta.org.au/GoGirl

I reckon we should be encouraging the girls who aren't interested in IT
at all to go to the Go Girls Program. Those who are already switched on
probably don't need to have their horizons broadened as much as others
who may be thinking more narrowly about their career options.

Being the minority gender in a field or industry with such a serious
imbalance has its advantages. It is the industry that is poorer for the
imbalance, not the individual.

IT touches every industry in one way or another these days, so I'd urge
you all to try and actively lobby your schools to send every girl in
years 9-10 along. 

Pia Waugh - Vice President of Linux Australia was involved with a
similar event in WA and she was amazed and delighted by the feedback she
got from the girls attending her sessions. Some said they had no idea
tech could be so cool.

http://www.vitta.org.au/GoGirl

- Donna

On Thu, 2006-09-07 at 21:46 +1000, margaret.lawson at konstantkaos.net
wrote:
> Zach, it was their phrasing not mine!
> 
> As for the "Cleo magazine" comment, that's a bit stereotypical. I suppose
> that all the computers will be pink as well ... and every handout relates
> back to Barbie as well?
> 
> I am all for raising the numbers, I am just giving feedback from the girls
> at my school.
> 
> Margaret
> 
> > Yep we're going and we're driving all the way from Geelong.  Just tell
> > the girls that Cleo magazine will be there and they'll be in there by
> > the dozen.  Hopefully this will translate into numbers for IT and IPM,
> > oops, I meant IT inaction and ITA.
> >
> > 'Treated normally'?- how are you treating them at the moment Margaret?
> >
> > Zach Alexakos
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au]
> > On Behalf Of margaret.lawson at konstantkaos.net
> > Sent: Wednesday, 6 September 2006 3:02 PM
> > To: Year 12 Information Technology Processing and Management
> > Teachers'Mailing List
> > Subject: Re: [Year 12 IPM] Go Girls Program
> >
> > I have only a handful of girls in IT at St. Michael's and when I had a
> > chat to them about this the comment I got back was "but we just want to
> > be
> > treated normally". An interesting observation.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Margaret
> >
> >
> >
> >>
> >> Hello all - I know this has been listed before but ...........
> >>
> >> I received the following appeal from Annemieke Craig - Deakin Uni and
> >> agreed to pass it on.
> >>
> >> Dear all,
> >> We urgently need your HELP. As you are aware we are planning to run
> > the
> >> Go Girls Go for IT program at the Deakin Burwood campus on Tuesday 24
> >> and Wednesday 25 October. (Students attend one day of the program only
> >> as the program is repeated on the second day.)
> >>
> >> We have a fabulous program organised with awesome speakers (including
> > a
> >> rep from google who is flying from New York for the event).  We have
> >> great support from the business community with sponsorship from
> >> ColesMyer, Aust Post, Telstra, ACS, MMV, Google Apple, HP amongst
> > other.
> >> We have lots of giveaways and show bags and even have some money to
> > help
> >> schools with bus costs.  (See
> >>
> > http://www.vicictforwomen.com.au/www/html/160-about-go-girl-go-for-it.as
> >> p
> >>
> > <http://www.vicictforwomen.com.au/www/html/160-about-go-girl-go-for-it.a
> >> sp>  for more details)
> >>
> >> What we don't have is enough girls (Yrs 9 -12) coming!
> >>
> >> Please support this valuable program if you can.
> >>
> >> Regards
> >>
> >> Margaret Fusinato
> >>
> >> Project Officer, Gippsland Regional Office, DE&T
> >>
> >> PO Box 381, Moe, Vic, 3825
> >>
> >> PH:   51270400
> >>
> >> FAX: 51261933
> >>
> >> Email: fusinato.margaret.m at edumail.vic.gov.au
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