how to get more girls into tech
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This presentation was delivered to European Schoolnet Academy, for the course "How to Teach Computing", as a set of ideas about how to attract more girls into computing activities.TRANSCRIPT
How to get more girls into tech
Oana Şipoş27 November 2014European Schoolnet Academy
Why?
High general demand in ITHave women create products for womenEvery company will be an IT company
What?
IT is a tool to make the world a better place.
Ask girls to identify problemsBuild a solution using computing
Tell them about role models. Constantly.
Invite women that work in ITOrganize visits to local companiesShowcase videos of female engineers
Give them small tasks. Build knowledge bit by bit.
Use digital to do homeworksBrainstorm for project ideasPromote events where they can start building
How?
Rails Girls eventsCoder Dojo eventsMake-your-own-workshop
http://railsgirls.com/
https://coderdojo.com/
http://hourofcode.com/us
What are top 3 actions you would take?
Questions?
@oanasipos