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

[Roland Gesthuizen]

Kevork is right .. social networking is a poweful driver. I had
forgotten how much the girls I teach VCE to liked using the Moodle
social forums and chat room.

How to channel this powerful energy for good (makes me sound like I am
talking down to a super hero) .. is the challenge. :-)

Regards Roland

2009/8/7 Kevork Krozian <K.Krozian at fhc.vic.edu.au>:
> Hi ,
>
>     I just surveyed the girls in my Yr 9 IT class - about 10 girls out of 24
> in class.
>   The background was that in our school I had not a single girl in Yr 12, or
> Yr 11 or Yr 10 IT .
>
> The question was :
>
>    What topics would make you choose IT as a subject in Yr 10 and onwards ?
>
> Answers were gathered anonymously to get genuine and authentic data. The
> suggestions were:
>     1. A dating website  ( came up four times )
>     2. Something to do with fashion
>     3. Girly stuff
>     4. Easy stuff
>     5. Working on our own, the way we like,  like this DVD project we are
> doing
>     6. partner activities
>
> This got me thinking that one of my most successful projects was creation
> and querying of a dating database for Yr 11 a number of years ago now.
> There are some clues here about what girls are leaning towards.
>
>  Just thought I would share this with everyone.
>
> Take Care
>
> Kevork Krozian
> Digital Learning Manager
> Forest Hill College
> k.krozian at fhc.vic.edu.au
> Tel: 0419 356 034
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> From: yr7-10it-bounces at edulists.com.au [yr7-10it-bounces at edulists.com.au] On
> Behalf Of Kent Beveridge [kbeveridge at stbc.vic.edu.au]
> Sent: Monday, 3 August 2009 2:22 PM
> To: Year 7 - 10 Information Technology Teachers' Mailing List
> Subject: RE: [Yr7-10it] How to interest girls in ICT electives at
> middle-secondary level?
>
> A themed op system...now THERE'S something different!
> Fact: I have more girls than boys in my Cert II class at year 10 level doing
> I.T. Didnt plan it, it just 'happened'.
> KB.
>
>
> Kent Beveridge,
> St. Brigids CSC, Horsham.
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> From: yr7-10it-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of ken price
> Sent: Sat 8/1/2009 5:33 PM
> To: Year 7 - 10 Information Technology Teachers' Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Yr7-10it] How to interest girls in ICT electives at
> middle-secondary level?
>
> 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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Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
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