The Smart Classrooms Girls and ICT Strategy calls on schools and parents to take more active roles in making information and communication technology (ICT) more appealing to schoolgirls.
View some of our role models from the IT Industry who have happily answered questions about their careers and provided advice for those considering a career in IT.
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Book Review - Unlocking the Clubhouse – Women in Computing Unlocking the Clubhouse reports on a multiyear research project designed to understand and improve the situation of women in computer science education.
If you only ever read one book in your life surrounding Girls and ICTs issues, this has to be it!
I read Unlocking the Clubhouse – Women in Computing during my annual vacation so that I could read it carefully and thoroughly. I devoured each page from cover to cover. I absolutely loved this book.
Unlocking the Clubhouse confirmed much of what I had observed in my classroom and gave me some new ideas at addressing this problem. It helped me to better articulate my views regarding girls and their lack of representation in ICTs careers and studies.
Want to start a girls’ club in 2008?
Here are some ideas to get you started.
Check out what others are doing
Why not check out what other schools are doing? Look through the Success Stories > Intervention Programs section of this website to find out.
Check out some resources
There are some great resources available on the GIDGITS website. New to the site are some ICT tutorials prepared by girls for girls. Check them out in the great ideas section of the GIDGITS website.
Years 5 - 10 girls from Brisbane and Moreton Regions are invited to attend this year's Technology Takes You Anywhere. Exciting hands-on workshops, interactive presentations and role model panels will expose girls to various technologies and ICT careers.
“Figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics reveal that women comprise only 20 per cent of ICT employees and only 25 per cent of ICT university students.” Senator the Hon Helen Coonan (Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, September 2005)
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Why is engaging girls with ICTs important?
Statistics show that women are under-represented in ICTs (Information and Communication Technologies) courses in secondary, vocational and higher education and in ICTs-based careers.
Want to organise a role models event for your local area? The Association of Women Educators has put together a kit that will help you organise a Girls and ICTs role models event in your local area.
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