What do the female students in year 8/9 that you are targeting have as life goals?<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/8/1 Claire Adams <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:claire.e.adams@gmail.com">claire.e.adams@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Hi,<br>
I make a real effort to talk about women in IT to the junior IT<br>
classes (compulsory in years 8 & 9 at my school).<br>
I've played wii games with the students (then studied them of course).<br>
I think it also helps that I'm a chick too.<br>
<br>
Our main problem is the other subjects that get offered on the same<br>
line as IT. The girls would rather do Art, or Home-Ec, or PE, or Ag<br>
than IT. They see IT as a 'theory' subject, not as a 'doing' or<br>
'practical' subject so they think it's hard.<br>
<br>
We keep working on it though. We've started offering a Digital<br>
Imaging (read: photoshop) course to our year 10s (it has been only<br>
offered at year 9 for a number of years) which is very popular. But<br>
doesn't really lead to IT in years 11 and 12.<br>
<br>
Have a great weekend!<br>
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Claire Adams<br>
Cummins Area School<br>
South Australia.<br>
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On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 5:03 PM, ken price<<a href="mailto:kenjprice@gmail.com">kenjprice@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> <a href="http://hannahmontana.sourceforge.net/Site/Home.html" target="_blank">http://hannahmontana.sourceforge.net/Site/Home.html</a><br>
><br>
> Hannah Montana Linux is a linux Operating system based on Kubuntu with<br>
> Hannah Montana Themes<br>
> You may laugh but install it on one computer and watch the student response.<br>
> Seriously.<br>
><br>
> Then tell them you can give them a copy to take home, for free. Might want<br>
> to warn them not to reformat the parents' computer in the process though.<br>
><br>
> ken<br>
> TASITE<br>
> On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 2:07 PM, Clive Oldland <<a href="mailto:clive_oldland@yahoo.com.au">clive_oldland@yahoo.com.au</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Hi All,<br>
>><br>
>> Has any one got any strategies that have worked to turn around the gender<br>
>> imbalance in selecting ICT electives in middle years?<br>
>><br>
>> I would be particularly interested in knowing how you pitched your<br>
>> elective to make it attractive to girls.<br>
>><br>
>> Also, is ICT compulsory in years 7 & 8 at your school? Do you believe<br>
>> that contributed to better participation from girls in higher years?<br>
>><br>
>> (I have been a subscriber since May, but his is my first post. Many<br>
>> thanks for the interesting conversations I have observed this year.)<br>
>><br>
>> Regards,<br>
>> Clive Oldland<br>
>> Montmorency SC<br>
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