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"Girls and Computers Live Now!": comment by arvind

Fri, 27 Apr 2007 22:40:26 EDT

due to a few technical hurdles, the audio might be a little rough. not to mention the meeting went almost three hours. but there was great stuff mentioned. i’m going to try and get it to the Concord folks since I am currently editing about 40 hours of other podcasts i am supposed to be releasing. jeez…

"Girls and Computers Live Now!": comment by Vinnie Vrotny

Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:25:48 EDT

I can’t wait to hear the podcast. In the late 90’s, I attended the 6APT (Summer Institute of Computer Science Advanced Placement Teachers) program and worked with the first group of teachers, Allan Fisher, Jo Sanders, and Jane Margolis and then a follow-up meeting the year following to develop strategies on how to increase the number of women who work in more technical fields. It was life changing for me at the time.

"Girls and Computers Live Now!" by arvind

Thu, 26 Apr 2007 19:40:29 EDT

Right now, right this second as I post this, I am Skype-connected to Concord Academy in Concord Massachusets where they are hosting a Girls and Computers meeting with about 20-30 educators. At the same time, my other laptop is taking the audio of the call and pushing it out live to EdTechTalk.com where people are listening live.

I also just called in to a teacher in Pittsburgh and connected her to the Concord meeting. She is talking about the computer programming world Alice which she has found appeals to a lot of the young women at the Winchester Thurston School.

Some great resources being talked about in terms of attracting girls and young women to computers, technology and programming. Podcast will hopefully be up soon at EdTechTalk/21cl.

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