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Resources
Action Toolkit
a project of Media Working Group
Resources
Web Sites
We've organized these links into four categories.
In School
- Creating a Gender Equitable Classroom
- Classroom Curricula
- Research Resources
- International Research/Organizations
- For Girls and Young Women
Creating a Gender Equitable Classroom
No
Girls Allowed!
Melissa Koch's 1994 article in Technos Quarterly describes factors that may
cause some girls to turn away from technology.
Classroom Curricula
is a weblog about women and technology. It's a celebration of women's contributions to computing; a place to spotlight women's contributions as well point out new opportunities and challenges for women in the computing field.
Expect the Best from
a Girl: That's What You'll Get
This site from the Women's College Coalition features suggestions for parents,
information about women and education and work, and resources to help girls
fulfill their potential. Includes extensive information about summer programs
for girls.
Gender
Equity
A great site put together by Gender Equity in Western Massachusetts. It offers
the latest information on programs and resources in addition to sections on
role models, additional resources--for both educators and girls, and two books
that can be read on line.
GirlTech
A teacher professional development program out of the Center for Excellence
and Equity in Education at Rice University. A great site with plenty of resources
such as lesson plans on how to teach mathematics and science concepts in
new and exciting ways, training manuals, links to publications, and training
classes for teachers.
Let
There Be Equity!: A Gender Equity WebQuest
The purpose of this WebQuest is to allow teachers to examine the topic of gender
equity and how it applies to their students, their schools, themselves, and
society.
Not So Wild a Dream
Web site aimed at helping students of color excel and pursue careers in the
sciences.
Through
the Glass Wall: Computer Games for Mathematical Empowerment.
This site, put together by TERC attempts to learn "how children can learn
math from computer games, what are the characteristics of computer games that
support learning, and what are the patterns--if any--to girls' and boys' approaches
to computer games". The site is an excellent resource with games, game
reviews, research, and a bibliography.
Research Resources
For Teachers Who want to Know More about Gender Equity in the Classroom
Femina
A search engine for sites by, for, and about women.
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Data
on women in the field of IT from 1997
Compiled
www resources on gender equity from K-12 to college.
Sally
Ride Science
was founded in 2001 by former astronaut Sally Ride—America's first woman
in space.
The company’s mission is to empower girls to explore the world of science—from astrobiology to zoology and from environmental engineering to rocket science. They create innovative, high quality programs and publications for girls and their parents, teachers, and future employers.
Their goal is to increase the number of girls who are technically literate and who have the foundation they need to go on in science, math, or engineering.
One of the goals of this project is to provide "resources for teachers and others interested in learning more about gender-bias in math, science and technology and methods of facilitating that reduce inequity in the classroom". The site contains information on programs for girls, workshops/conferences for educators, grant opportunities and more.
American Association
of University Women (AAUW)
"An international organization that promotes education and equity for all
women and girls". The site contains information on their research, such
as, "Tech-Savvy: Educating Girls in the New Computer Age (2000)" and
other resources.
Center
for Research on Women
Website for the nation's largest women's research center. It contains links
to research programs such as "Raising Confident Girls," and a list
of publications that can be ordered online.
Educational
Development Center
Programs and research on technology and math and science
Digital
Divide
PBS website for the Digital Divide program.
Center
for Innovative Technologies (CILT)
Links put together on equity-related issues from a fall 2000 Center for Innovative
Technologies (CILT) conference. Some of the links are old, but a great resource.
Equity
and Access in Mathematics Forum
The Math Forum's Internet resource for those concerned with issues related
to equity and access in mathematics.
International Research/Organizations
United Nations Working Groups on Girls
website provides follow-up information to the Platform for Action developed at the U.N. Fourth World Conference on Women held in Beijing in 1995. The platform focuses on the girl child.
Women in Technology International
(WITI)
The WITI foundation is dedicated to advancing women in technology, helping
women be more financially independent and technologically literate, and encouraging
young women to choose careers in science and technology.
Education Reform
Network
The National Institute for Community Innovations, in collaboration with a growing
number of internationally recognized expert communities in educational reform,
has developed national networks of leaders skilled in assisting schools, districts,
preparation programs and large-scale educational systems to plan and undertake
sustained educational reform efforts with regard to the reform dimensions below.
Each of these networks has identified exemplary, free and inexpensive professional
development materials about proven and promising reform strategies and resources
in a given reform dimension. The networks' EdReform portals are central to
NICI's vision of " responsive dissemination and responsive technical assistance".
Educational
CyberPlayground
Educational Cyberplayground is a K-12 education reference directory of Resources
and Schools, Content for Music, Teachers, Internet, Technology, Literacy, Arts
and Linguistics.
How Stuff
Works
A web site for teachers to enhance learning and boost student performance through
cool content and time-saving, classroom-ready teaching materials.
For Girls and Young Women
Center for Women
and Technology
The Center for Women and Information Technology (CWIT), established at the
University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) in July 1998, to encourage more
women and girls to prepare for careers and become leaders in information technology,
to communicate information related to the richness and breadth of women's lives,
concerns, and possibilities using technology
And finally, to foster research concerning gender and information technology.
Girls Start, Smart From the Start
The Adventures of
Josie True
Created by Mary Flanagan, this is a free, NSF-sponsored adventure game for
girls. The game's hero is a Chinese-American girl named Josie True, who becomes
involved in intrigue across time and space as she tries to find her inventor-turned-teacher,
Ms. Trombone. The electronically sophisticated game is probably best enjoyed
on a very fast Internet connection. The site also includes articles about girls
and computer games and an account of updates to the game.)
Engineer
Girl
Created by the National Academy of Sciences for parents, teachers, engineers
and others interested in helping girls discover the opportunities in engineering
careers.
After School
Web Sites
Here are some selected websites that focus on young women's interests and resources.
EngineerGirl
Web site designed to encourage girls' interest in engineering. The site includes
information about what engineers do, great achievements in engineering, career
facts, puzzles and games, the opportunity to ask questions of engineers,
and links to related sites. Sponsored by the National Academy of Engineering.
Expanding
Your Horizons
Conferences "designed to nurture girls' interest in science and math courses
and to encourage them to consider science and math based career options." The
site lists conferences by state, providing links when possible. The site also
includes a timeline of some accomplished women in science, role models, movies,
and chat.
GirlsGoTech
Sponsored by the Girl Scouts, this site is designed to encourage girls' interest
in science, math, and technology. It includes interactive information about
careers, biographies of accomplished women in science, math, and technology,
brief information about HTML and web design, and some online games.
Girlstart.com: Smart
from the Start
The web site title bar describes the site as "Math, Science, Games, and
More for Girls Only!" One appealing section offers career information
and advice, including profiles of young women role models. Though the site
emphasizes science and math, many of the sections include other fields as well.
This page is now part of the larger Girlstart organization, which offers after-school
programs, Saturday camps, and Summer camps to encourage girls to excel in math,
science, and technology.
Girls Tech: Girls,
Science, and Technology
Web site helps teachers, parents, and youth group leaders evaluate electronic
resources such as web sites, CD-ROMs, software, and games that will encourage
and increase young women's interest and participation in the sciences and technology.
The site provides evaluation criteria with citations, an explanation of the
theory underlying the research, sample sites, and a bibliography.
Girls
to the Fourth Power Algebra Program
Imaginative ways to make algebra more appealing to girls. Don't miss the terrific
tongue-in-cheek page, "California-style Algebra Problems." The site
grew out of a pilot algebra tutoring program in 1996 and for the most part
has not been updated, but girls continue to post their thoughts on the "Algebra
Attitude Page." The site seems designed to appeal both to girls and to
parents and teachers.
National
Girls Collaborative Project
The purpose of the National Girls Collaborative Project is to replicate the
Northwest Girls Collaborative Project in three regions (California, Wisconsin,
and Massachusetts) throughout the United States in an effort to strengthen
the capacity, impact, and sustainability of existing and evolving girl-serving
Science, Technology, and Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) programs. Through
collaboration among organizations, institutions, and businesses committed to
expanding participation of women in STEM, the existing and evolving projects
will have a much greater chance of maintaining interest and participation of
girls in STEM within their regions.
Techbridge: Encouraging
Girls in Technology, Science, and Engineering
Techbridge is an NSF-funded program to encourage more girls to become interested
in technology, science, and engineering. Its web site offers a description
of the program and a variety of useful, well-annotated resources to accomplish
Techbridge's mission.
Whyville
Whyville is an imaginative web site that aims to help elementary, middle, and
high school students understand and enjoy science. It differs dramatically
from most science education sites in its use of avatars, games, computer
simulation and modelling, a Whyville newspaper, and interactivity among Whyville
participants. Though Whyville is not designed specifically for girls, girls
make up more than 60% of its users, an exceptionally high percentage for
a science-and-technology-focused site.
Women and Girls in Technology
This very useful site, co-sponsored by the Women's Bureau and the University
of Washington Women's Center, is a national clearinghouse for information
about activities, events, organizations, etc. that support the participation
of women and girls in science, math, engineering, and technology. You can
search for information on the local, state, regional, or national level.
Women
in Engineering Organization
Created by Tufts University's School of Engineering, this site seeks to encourage
more women and girls to become engineers. It provides valuable resources to
further that aim. These include discussions of "What is engineering?" and "Why
choose engineering?" and separate sections of resources designed for Girls,
Parents, K-12 Teachers, Guidance Counselors, College Women, College Faculty,
Industry, and Project Directors.
Women in Science,
Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics ON THE AIR!
This site describes itself as "an audio resource for young girls, young
women, parents, middle and high school teachers, college professors, guidance
counselors, . . . and anyone interested in learning more about the past, present,
and future role of women in science and technology education, fields, and careers." Included
are brief audio profiles of great women in the history of science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics; full-length audio accounts of what today's women
are doing to encourage the next generation achieve success in these fields;
interviews between teen girls and successful women in these fields; and more.
The site also offers ideas for using these audio resources.
Women
of NASA
Site designed to encourage more young women to pursue careers in science, math,
and technology. Includes profiles of female scientists, ideas for integrating
the site's information into the curriculum, an annotated bibliography of books
related to gender equity in math and science, and more. Aimed primarily at
K-12, useful also at the college level.
How to Organize an After school Program
This is a list of institutions and networks that can be replicated or contacted for help to create an After School Program.
* are NSF funded initiatives.
*Franklin
Institute Science Museum
The National Science Partnership for Girl Scouts and Science Museums (NSP)
seeks to increase opportunities for girls ages 6-12 to explore the knowledge
and processes of science in a hands-on, exploratory, all-girl environment.
This may be targeted for a group younger than the Gender Chip Project group
but the NSP Kits could be a good source of information when creating an afterschool
program.
*National
Girls Collaborative Project
The purpose of the National Girls Collaborative Project is to replicate the
Northwest Girls Collaborative Project in three regions (California, Wisconsin,
and Massachusetts) throughout the United States in an effort to strengthen
the capacity, impact, and sustainability of existing and evolving girl-serving
Science, Technology, and Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) programs. Through
collaboration among organizations, institutions, and businesses committed to
expanding participation of women in STEM, the existing and evolving projects
will have a much greater chance of maintaining interest and participation of
girls in STEM within their regions.
* Science, Gender, and Afterschool
A web site for researchers, practitioners, policymakers, parents, and others interested in strengthening the role of afterschool education in increasing girls' participation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics [STEM] education and careers. The site includes documents such as "What We Know About Girls, Stem, and Afterschool Programs" and "Research-Action Agenda," as well as information about issues involved in afterschool programs, details about a Science, Gender, and Afterschool email forum, and links to related sites and resources.
What
you can do to help GRRLS get into technology
Part of Educational CyberPlayground, this page offers annotated links to resources,
mentoring programs, and projects to help girls use science, math, and technology.
TeleMentoring
Young Women in Science, Engineering, & Computing
An NSF-funded project to build on-line communities of support among female
high school students, professional women in technical fields, parents, and
teachers.
*Center
for Women and Technology’s ESTEEM After School Program
Enhancing Science & Technology Education & Exploration Mentoring (ESTEEM)
is a Youth-Based Project partnership between UMBC's Center for Women and Information
Technology, the Shriver Center, and the Chabot Space and Science Center. This
three-year program includes an after-school, weekend, and a four-week summer
program that will reach 336 7th and 8th grade students. This may be a good
model for new programs.
Programs
Here’s a list of mostly summer programs designed to encourage girls in STEM.
Expanding
Your Horizons
Conferences "designed to nurture girls' interest in science and math courses
and to encourage them to consider science and math based career options." The
site lists conferences by state, providing links when possible. The site also
includes a timeline of some accomplished women in science, role models, movies,
and chat.
Girlstart.com: Smart
from the Start
The web site title bar describes the site as "Math, Science, Games, and
More for Girls Only!" One appealing section offers career information
and advice, including profiles of young women role models. Though the site
emphasizes science and math, many of the sections include other fields as well.
This page is now part of the larger Girlstart organization, which offers after-school
programs, Saturday camps, and Summer camps to encourage girls to excel in math,
science, and technology.
Expect the Best from
a Girl: That's What You'll Get
This site from the Women's College Coalition features suggestions for parents,
information about women and education and work, and resources to help girls
fulfill their potential. Includes extensive information about summer programs
for girls.
Summer Ecology Program
Chatham College, Pittsburgh, PA
Chatham College offers a two-week summer residential, hands-on environmental
science program for high school girls, which includes classroom and field work
and several trips to regional locations for further in-depth study. Please
contact Kim Nath at 412-365-1156 or email at nath@chatham.edu.
Sciencescape
Cottey College, Nevada, MO
A week-long residential summer science camp just for girls in the sixth and
seventh grades, who will study biology, chemistry, computers, logic, math and
physics. The camp also emphasizes friendships, self-esteem, and positive female
role-models. Call 417-667-8181 for more information.
Step Forward Program
Elms College, Chicopee, MA
Step Forward is a year-round program which works with girls throughout their
middle school experience, and is designed to build intellectual, cultural and
social skills. The school-year portion consists of a college mentor program
which includes monthly group activities, a Saturday science and math program
which offers semester-long courses and field trips, and a career/education
day. The summer portion covers four weeks in July and consists of a two-week
commuter fine arts program, and a two-week residential academic program culminating
in the Step Forward certificate ceremony. By providing family orientation nights,
a moms' group, family celebration events and evaluation meetings, the program
also works to develop parental and family involvement in education. For more
information, contact Carla Oleska at 413-597-2761, ext. 341.
Summer Institute for Girls in Mathematics, Science and Leadership
Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science
Mississippi University for Women, Columbus, MS
The institute is proposed to encourage more young female leaders who are Mississippi
residents to pursue careers in mathematics and science. This will be a competitive
program. During the two-week institute, seventy girls from across the state
will be offered an opportunity to take challenging courses, participate in
innovative experiments, and share ideas with other students. The program is
offered to students at no cost. For information, please contact MUW Admissions
at 601-329-7687.
Techbridge
Summer Academy: Girls Start Your Engines!
What do greasy lawnmower engines, 4-stroke engine kits, and a car engine that
runs on vegetable oil have to do with girls? They were part of this summer's
Techbridge Academy, funded by the S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation. The 2-week
program gave girls the chance to explore an element of the engineering design
process that is traditionally boys' domain—car maintenance and engines.
If you are interested in getting involved or learning more about Techbridge email at techbridge@chabotspace.org or phone at 510.336.7332.
Physics and Dance
This residency program for dance schools illuminates the natural connection
between science and dance. Through a physics-based ballet class, dancers
and dance teachers gain insight to answer some perplexing questions, such
as why a dancer's leg droops while doing an arabesque turn, or how to enhance
the floating illusion during the grand jete. To bring the residency program
to your dance school, contact Kenneth Laws at 717-245-1599 or e-mail at laws@dickinson.edu
After School Activities
Braincake
Aimed at middle school girls, this web site promotes math and science by creating
an online community where girls can interact with their peers about current
science topics, solve science mysteries, and discuss careers with young women
scientists and engineers. The site offers chat rooms, games, contests with
cash prizes, mentoring programs, scholarship resources, and more.
Design Your Future: Math, Science, and Technology for Girls
A very appealing site created by the design software company Autodesk, whose female founder and CEO Carol Bartz has a strong commitment to encouraging more girls to enjoy science, math, and technology. The site includes interactive games, a computer animation demo, a comic strip, an HTML tutorial for web building, and information about mentoring, internships, and job shadowing, as well as links to related sites. Female interns age 14-19 work together with the women of Autodesk to develop and maintain the site.
EGEMS: Electronic
Games for Education in Math and Science
Canadian project to make math and science fun for young people age 9-14. Though
not aimed only at girls, the project gives considerable attention to gender,
and includes some games, such as Phoenix Quest, of particular appeal to girls.
Though the project is now inactive, the site offers more than two dozen technical
reports, papers, and other documents.
EngineerGirl
Web site designed to encourage girls' interest in engineering. The site includes
information about what engineers do, great achievements in engineering, career
facts, puzzles and games, the opportunity to ask questions of engineers,
and links to related sites. Sponsored by the National Academy of Engineering.
GirlsGoTech
Sponsored by the Girl Scouts, this site is designed to encourage girls' interest
in science, math, and technology. It includes interactive information about
careers, biographies of accomplished women in science, math, and technology,
brief information about HTML and web design, and some online games.
Girls Inc.
A web site designed to inspire girls to be "strong, smart, and bold." Features
include articles about health and lifestyle issues, reading lists, relaxation
techniques, a news section, a do-it-yourself section that covers such topics
as building a web site, managing your money, and growing a garden, and a lot
more.
Girls Only
Sponsored by the Girl Scouts, this site is designed for girls 7-17. It offers
information and activities about careers, sports, fitness, pen pals, games,
and more, and includes an extensive, annotated set of links to other sites
for girls.
Girlstart.com: Smart
from the Start
The web site title bar describes the site as "Math, Science, Games, and
More for Girls Only!" One appealing section offers career information
and advice, including profiles of young women role models. Though the site
emphasizes science and math, many of the sections include other fields as well.
This page is now part of the larger Girlstart organization, which offers after-school
programs, Saturday camps, and Summer camps to encourage girls to excel in math,
science, and technology.
Girls
to the Fourth Power Algebra Program
Imaginative ways to make algebra more appealing to girls. Don't miss the terrific
tongue-in-cheek page, "California-style Algebra Problems." The site
grew out of a pilot algebra tutoring program in 1996 and for the most part
has not been updated, but girls continue to post their thoughts on the "Algebra
Attitude Page." The site seems designed to appeal both to girls and to
parents and teachers.
Sally
Ride Science
Founded by former astronaut Sally Ride, Imaginary Lines is an organization
whose mission is "to increase the number of girls who are technically
literate and who have the foundation they need to go on in science, math, or
engineering." The web site provides information about why such efforts
are needed and projects designed to achieve this mission: The Sally Ride Science
Club, Community Science Festivals, and Space Camp® Adventures.
TeleMentoring
Young Women in Science, Engineering, & Computing
An NSF-funded project to build on-line communities of support among female
high school students, professional women in technical fields, parents, and
teachers.
Women
in Engineering Organization
Play some engineering Games to find out how much fun a job as an engineer can
be and don't forget to check out Shareware / HTML Tools to learn about how
you can be a part of the World Wide Web by building your own web site. There
are Projects you can work on during a rainy day at home or ideas you can bring
in to your classroom to get your friends interested. Also, check out the Contests
and Challenges section to discover which programs you might like to be a part
of.
Mentoring and Professional Development
For Parents
Expect the Best from
a Girl: That's What You'll Get
This site from the Women's College Coalition features suggestions for parents,
information about women and education and work, and resources to help girls
fulfill their potential. Includes extensive information about summer programs
for girls.
Sally
Ride Science
Sally Ride Science™ was founded in 2001 by former astronaut Sally Ride—America's
first woman in space.
The company’s mission is to empower girls to explore the world of science—from astrobiology to zoology and from environmental engineering to rocket science. We do this by creating innovative, high quality programs and publications for girls and their parents, teachers, and future employers.
Our goal is to increase the number of girls who are technically literate and who have the foundation they need to go on in science, math, or engineering.
For Non-Profit Organizations
Girl Geeks
An organization whose aim is to bring more women into the IT field. They provide
training, jobs, networking, and more.
Information about girls Inc.'s programs, membership, research, advocacy, and the new Girls' Rights Campaign. Information is aimed at adults. Also includes a link to a Girl's Inc site for girls, which has programs on archeology, the internet, the media, and more.
The National Electronic Industrial Mentoring Network for Women in Engineering and Science. A mentoring organization that pairs women studying engineering or science (at an affiliated college) with women in the field.
The National Institute
for Women in Trades, Technology & Science
IWITTS is dedicated to integrating women into non-traditional careers by providing
training, technical assistance and publications to the education system and
employers.
Women in Engineering -
National Academy of Engineering site
“Celebrating Women in Engineering."
Women's Educational
Equity Act
This online resource center of WEEA includes publications, referrals, WEEA
history, a gender equity expert panel, and an electronic discussion about equity
in education.
Work4Women
Resource for careers and not traditional occupations.
Networking and On-Line Chats
TeleMentoring
Young Women in Science, Engineering, & Computing
An NSF-funded project to build on-line communities of support among female
high school students, professional women in technical fields, parents, and
teachers.
Motivating Girls
Explore
Career Pathways
An excellent site profiling six women in various scientific and technological
professions, designed and created by two high school students.
Expect the Best From
A Girl and You’ll Get It!
produced by Girl Scouts of America. They have a very good booklet of tips for parents to encourage young girls’ interest in technology and the sciences.
Institute For Women In Technology
1501 Page Mill Rd., MA 1105,
Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
to increase the impact of women on all aspects of technology and to increase the positive impact of technology on the lives of the world's women." "The Institute carries out this mission through four specific programs: The Grace Hopper Celebration of Wom
Pink Floor
Skt Pauls Plads 3,
Copenhagen K, Denmark
Pinkfloor is a creative communication and production company Our core focus
is on teenagers and the young adult segment - with a special competence in
communication to GIRLS We specialize in production of interactive entertainment
and storytelling.
338, Terrasse Saint-Denis,
Montréal, Québec H2X 1E8
Founded in 1995, Studio XX is Montreal’s foremost women’s digital resource centre. Through a variety of creative activities and initiatives, the Studio works with women to demystify digital technologies, to critically examine their social aspects, to facilitate learning.
Women In Technology International (WITI)
6345 Balboa Blvd., #257,
Encino, CA 91316, USA
WITI is dedicated to advancing women through technology. Our core values are to Build, Empower, and Inspire. WITI provides members with access to the people, companies, agencies, resources, and opportunities that women need to achieve their professional
Wired Sussex
Wired Sussex is the business development agency for new media businesses in
Sussex. The agency – backed by the resources of Sussex Enterprise – offers
a range of crucial business development services for the new media industry
and has helped build one of
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Expanding
Your Horizons (EYH)
Local science conferences around the country for 6th-12th grade girls to increase
their awareness of science, math, and technology
Douglass College, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey,
125 George Street,
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1414, USA
GirlsTech explains and demonstrates a framework for use by teachers, parents and youth group leaders to evaluate electronic resources (web sites, CD-ROMs, software and games) that will encourage and increase young women's interest and participation in the technology fields.
608 West 22nd St.,
Austin, TX 78705, USA
Girlstart is a non-profit organization created to educate and empower girls in math, science, and technology. Founded in 1997 in Austin, Texas, Girlstart has an enviable record of engaging, educating and motivating girls to achieve the knowledge and confidence to go into STEM.
ROLE MODELS
Contributions of 20th-Century Women to Physics
Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences
The Archives of Women in Science and Engineering Iowa State University
ACM-W (Association for Computing Machinery's Committee on Women in Computing)
HQ, One Astor Place, 1515 Broadway, 17th Floor,
New York, NY 10036-5701, USA
ACM-W is the ACM committee on Women in Computing. It celebrates, informs and supports women in computing, and works with the ACM-W community of computer scientists, educators, employers and policy makers to improve working and learning environments for women.
Association for Women
in Computing
Founded in 1978. A non-profit organisation for women and men who have an interest
in information and technology. It's dedicated to the advancement of the women
in the technology fields: business, industry, science, government and the military.
It's purp
Committee
on the Status of Women in Computing Research (CRA-W)
“To take positive action to increase the number of women participating
in Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) research and education at all levels." They
engage in community building through lectures, awards, coalitions and academia,
the organise research mentoring and information sharing."
Digital
Eve
DigitalEve is a global, non-profit organization for women in new media and
digital technology. "We encourage women of all ages to lead informed lives
by actively participating in the world of new media. We aim to take away the
intimidation factor by offering affordable and practical opportunities to learn
technological skills, career strategies and successful time management in an
effort to improve the overall quality of life in an increasingly fast-paced,
multitasking, technologically-orientated world."
Digital Women is an international network for women in business. Founded in 1998 in Aledo, Texas by graphic artist Rebecca Game, Digital Women began as a site on the WWW and was designed to provide resources, information and support for businesswomen working in the information technology fields.
Noble Fund Managers Ltd,
76 George Street,
Edinburgh EH2 3BU, UK
Fund4Games provides project management and funding for game developers and publishers. Using its innovative partnership structure, Fund4Games advances the development cost of a game until completed gold masters are delivered to the publisher.
For Professional Development
American Association for
the Advancement of Science
Linkages Program
1200 New York Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20005
American Association of
University Women
1111 16th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
The Anita Borg Institute
The two-halves of the Anita Borg Institute mission; to increase the impact
of women on all aspects of technology and to increase the positive impact
of technology on the world's women, are inextricably linked. As connections
between technology and social impact are increasingly demonstrated more women
at all levels will be pulled into technology. The Institute accomplishes
its mission through programs whom build this connection, celebrate and highlight
the success of women in technology, develop new leaders, foster communities
of support and encourage cutting-edge initiatives on women and technology.
Association for Computing Machinery's (Committee on Women in Computing)
HQ, One Astor Place,
1515 Broadway, 17th Floor,
New York, NY 10036-5701, USA
ACM-W is the ACM committee on Women in Computing. It celebrates, informs and supports women in computing, and works with the ACM-W community of computer scientists, educators, employers and policy makers to improve working and learning environments for women.
Association for Women in Computing
41 Sutter Street, Suite 1006,
San Francisco, CA 94104, USA
Founded in 1978. A non-profit organisation for women and men who have an interest in information and technology. It's dedicated to the advancement of the women in the technology fields: business, industry, science, government and the military.
Digital Women is an international network for women in business. Founded in 1998 in Aledo, Texas by graphic artist Rebecca Game, Digital Women began as a site on the WWW and was designed to provide resources, information and support for businesswomen working in the information technology fields.
Girl Scouts of the
USA
420 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10018-2702
(1-800-223-0624)
Girls Inc.
Operation SMART
120 Wall Street
New York, NY 10005
212/509-2000
Girlstart
608 West 22nd St.,
Austin, TX 78705, USA
"Girlstart is a non-profit organization created to educate and empower girls in math, science, and technology. Founded in 1997 in Austin, Texas, Girlstart has an enviable record of engaging, educating and motivating girls to achieve the knowledge and confidence to go into STEM.
The
National Girls Collaborative
The purpose of the National Girls Collaborative Project is to replicate the
Northwest Girls Collaborative Project in three regions (California, Wisconsin,
and Massachusetts) throughout the United States in an effort to strengthen
the capacity, impact, and sustainability of existing and evolving girl-serving
Science, Technology, and Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) programs. Through
collaboration among organizations, institutions, and businesses committed to
expanding participation of women in STEM, the existing and evolving projects
will have a much greater chance of maintaining interest and participation of
girls in STEM within their regions.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)
National Coalition of
Girls Schools
228 Main Street
Concord, MA 01742
978/287-4485
National Science Teachers'
Association
1840 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, VA 22201
703/243-7100
Women's College
Coalition
125 Michigan Avenue, N.E.
Washington, DC 20017
202/234-0443
msm@trinitydc.edu
Women In Technology International (WITI)
6345 Balboa Blvd., #257,
Encino, CA 91316, USA
WITI is dedicated to advancing women through technology. Our core values are to Build, Empower, and Inspire. WITI provides members with access to the people, companies, agencies, resources, and opportunities that women need to achieve their professional goals.
Research
Some of these links were obtained from Gender Equity’s Links for Educators
Doing
Gender
Alison Phipps has created a site that provides annotated links to science and
technology initiatives for girls and women, with separate sections for initiatives
in Canada, in Europe, and in the United States. She also provides a brief summary
of and a questionnaire for her Ph.D. research project entitled "Gender,
Science, Technology and Empowerment: Educating Girls and Women for Globalising
Economies."
Exploring
Gender and Technology
The goal of this site is to engage learners in an interactive environment that
allows them to utilize existing research and explore innovative models to construct
gender equitable technology programs and polices.
Gender Equity
A great site put together by Gender Equity in Western Massachusetts. It offers
the latest information on programs and resources in addition to sections
on role models, additional resources--for both educators and girls, and two
books that can be read on line.
Under
the Microscope: A Decade of Gender Equity Projects in the Sciences
This 2004 report from the American Association of University Women [AAUW] looks
at hundreds of gender equity projects in the sciences funded over the past
decade by the AAUW and the National Science Foundation and addresses the following
questions: 1) what can we learn from a decade of gender equity efforts in the
sciences? 2) what types of gender equity projects in the sciences have been
supported and promoted? 3) which STEM disciplines and project approaches have
been favored and which have been overlooked? The report is available at no
cost as a downloadable pdf file for which you need the free Adobe Acrobat reader.
Why
Janie Can't Engineer: Raising Girls to Succeed
This article by freelance writer Pat McNees appeared in 2004 in the Washington
Post. In addition to the article, which offers useful insights into the under-representation
of girls in science, engineering, and technology, the web site provides links
to related resources, including a link to the 2003 book McNees wrote for the
National Science Foundation, New Formulas for America's Workforce: Girls in
Science and Engineering.
Tech
Savvy Girls
The 2002 video "Tech Savvy Girls" discusses girls' under-representation
in information technology (IT) classes and careers, and makes recommendations
for combating the IT gender gap. The site includes a description of the video
and an order form. A free Resource Guide is also available in pdf format, for
which you'll need the Adobe Acrobat Reader, available for download at no cost.
The "Tech Savvy Girls" video was produced in conjunction with the
Fairfax (VA) Public Schools and the American Association of University Women.
Exploring
Gender and Technology
This site presents current research, perspectives, and innovative approaches
to the gender gap in technology collected from secondary research. It offers
statistics, case studies, a video, online discussion, an annotated bibliography,
and annotated links for educators and for girls.
Gender and Technology in Education: A Research Review
This extensive 2005 article by Jo Sanders, an internationally recognized authority on gender equity, offers an extraordinarily clear, comprehensive, well-documented account of worldwide research in the area of gender and technology in education, both in and outside the classroom, from pre-school through the university. It includes coverage of efforts to remedy the imbalance between males' and females' involvement with technology.
GenderWatchers
GenderWatchers is an organization devoted to the advancement of women and girls.
Its searchable web site contains a rich assortment of resources concerning
gender equity in education. The site also offers a weekly e-mail newsletter
dealing with "educational, social, economic and political updates concerning
women worldwide" and a monthly e-zine on education for women and girls.
GREAT:
The Effect of Computers on the Gender Gap in Education
This "special issue" of GREAT: Gender Relations in Educational Applications
of Technology was created by Stanford University students in early 1998. It
offers a series of articles addressing gender inequality in the classroom,
gender disparity in computer-related fields, and the introduction of computers
into the classroom, as well as case studies, personal stories, and software
reviews.
ROLE MODELS
Contributions of 20th-Century Women to Physics
Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences
The Archives of Women in Science and Engineering Iowa State University