[Yr7-10it] How to interest girls in ICT electives at middle-secondary level?

[Peter Ruwoldt]

What do the female students in year 8/9 that you are targeting have as life
goals?

2009/8/1 Claire Adams <claire.e.adams at gmail.com>

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