<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">The number of girls in my IT classes has been steadily increasing each year from zero to 1 to 3 to 6 to more<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Its hard work Mark, sometimes we need to take a reality test to work out what is ‘repelling' them from this subject. It isn’t entirely the gender of the teacher and perhaps more how some of us are teaching or promoting the subject. Starting from a room filled with boys can be rather negative place to begin but there are some positive steps we can take to redress the balance. For one, I made it a huge priority to word up the year 10 team leader and the career coordinator that this was a very important challenge and I could not do it alone. Within the class, I let the girls work as a team / club and support their shared collaboration and networking with positive role models outside the school with video conference linkups etc. There are many other things I am doing but I should first salute the advice freely given by Donna Benjamin, Pia Waugh, Nicky Ringland and Therese Keane who have all helped me with this journey over the past few years.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="http://ift.tt/1zdld9v" class="">http://ift.tt/1zdld9v</a> " .. a major international study released Thursday found Australian girls are more computer-literate than their male classmates.”</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><a href="http://www.mprnews.org/story/2014/10/06/forgotten-female-programmers?WT.mc_id=_WT_AUTOGEN_VALUE_" class="">http://www.mprnews.org/story/2014/10/06/forgotten-female-programmers?WT.mc_id=_WT_AUTOGEN_VALUE_</a> “The forgotten female programmers who created modern tech | Minnesota Public Radio News @download"</div>
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 27 Nov 2014, at 10:46 am, Mark <<a href="mailto:mark@vceit.com" class="">mark@vceit.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">Girls... in IT? Are you sure?<div class=""><br class=""><div class="">I haven't seen one in the wild for years.</div><div class="">Just the occasional documentary that suggested they might not be completely extinct.</div><div class="">There was a rumour of some girls in an IT class in either Tibet or Manangatang. Can't remember which.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I tried laying traps - like Scratch, and social website construction - but they're too wily to take that bait. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">But wow. </div><div class="">First, the Higgs boson. <br class=""></div></div><div class="">Now, actual sightings of girls in IT.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">What a world we live in.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On 27 November 2014 at 10:30, Savage, John L<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:savage.john.l@edumail.vic.gov.au" target="_blank" class="">savage.john.l@edumail.vic.gov.au</a>></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"><div lang="EN-AU" link="blue" vlink="purple" class=""><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Hi Benjamin,<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">It’s funny you should mention Notepad++. We love it. My girls were sold on it for two reasons – Block Selection and Themes! Once they discovered Hello Kitty and the dark, brooding Twilight-ish themes that was it. Some of them even went so far as to turn off colour coding/matching just because they could. And the appalling fonts they chose! I have never seen HTML coded in 18pt Segoe Handwriting before; all in all it was a lovely way to lure them into coding, and quite unintentional.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Laurie<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0cm 0cm;" class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au" target="_blank" class="">itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[mailto:<a href="mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au" target="_blank" class="">itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Savage, John L<br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Thursday, 27 November 2014 8:46 AM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List<br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] Creating websites?<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">If we could use a CMS it’s not far from building the site in Google Sites is it?<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Laurie Savage<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0cm 0cm;" class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au" target="_blank" class="">itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[<a href="mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au" target="_blank" class="">mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Baas, Benjamin B<br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Thursday, 27 November 2014 7:56 AM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List<br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] Creating websites?<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">It would be nice to be able to use a CMS, there are some good free ones available. At the moment I have limited software choice and most of students will be making sites using only notepad++.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Ben.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Alkira<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au" target="_blank" class="">itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[<a href="mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au" target="_blank" class="">mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Mark<br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Wednesday, 26 November 2014 11:09 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List<br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] Creating websites?<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">An interesting question indeed. A decade ago, knowledge of HTML would have been required. Times change, CMS and click/drag site builders are now the norm. VCAA's list of required skills for websites may need a face lift, because its age is starting to show...<br class=""><br class="">On Wednesday, November 26, 2014, Bill Oldham <<a href="mailto:0woldham8@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">0woldham8@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><blockquote style="border-style: none none none solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-width: 1pt; padding: 0cm 0cm 0cm 6pt; margin: 5pt 0cm 5pt 4.8pt;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;">Hi everyone,<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;">Just home from an Adobe presentation of Adobe Muse for website creation on a visual basis. No knowledge of HTML, CSS seems to be needed.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal">Could a software program like this be used to meet the Year 12 ITA course requirements?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><br class="">It is able to create a website. But little more than point and click appears to be needed to create an online community.<br clear="all" class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal">Cheers,<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p></div><div class=""><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal">Bill Oldham (retired from RMIT)<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal"><br class=""><br class="">--<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal">Mark Kelly<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal">mark AT vceit DOT com<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://vceit.com/" target="_blank" class="">http://vceit.com</a><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><br class=""></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div>--<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Mark Kelly</div><div class="">mark AT vceit DOT com</div><div class=""><a href="http://vceit.com/" target="_blank" class="">http://vceit.com</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><i class="">I enjoy non-sequiturs because... cows.</i></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; 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