NEIT14+Open+Space+2B+-+Study+(off+Lake)

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DOCUMENTARY - Miss Representation: http://film.missrepresentation.org/

Facilitator: Emily Graves @ECFS

Participants: Ally Noel @ King Erin Glenn @ Friends Seminary Serena @ Columbia Prep Victoria Milton @ Little Red Dominica @ The Churchhill School Marsha Mayer @ Friends Academy Aidan Lucey @ Berkley Carroll Laura Hollis @ Saddle River Day Chris @

Observationsn and Issues from our departments and students::
 * Girls not seeing how computing is translating to a real world job like boys do
 * How can we present more models to woman that there are jobs out there that they enjoy
 * seeing girls interested in graphic design and web design (boys are too but this is
 * no girls in robotics and programming after school so they started a Girls Tech club for middle school age but only 5th graders joined becuase the older girls didn't want to join if boys couldn't
 * researching women in the computer science workforce as part of the after school girls club
 * teaching visual merchandizing and the history of fashion
 * not just about taking apart a computer
 * find the interest and look at the teck in that interest: e.g. technology in the fashion industry
 * needs to be introduced in a way that is appealing and points out that the technology is behind it
 * presenting the creativity side of technology as well as the logical side
 * gender specific courses, are they good?
 * embracing the fact that boys and girls learn tech differently, or do they?
 * providing diferent opportunites for different learning styles
 * programming electives in upper schools don't often yield girls enrolling
 * we would love to know: What is it that we can do that will promote classes, clubs, etc for both genders
 * grade school gender roles and peer groups are different in different divisions
 * //Misrepresentation// is a great documnetary
 * gender studies at Packer showed a huge drop off girl within tech courses when electives came up
 * //The Sexy Lie// Ted Talk is about why women should not want to be a sexual object
 * Mighty Girl on Facebook
 * Goldie Blox being pink, is
 * taking something gender nutral like lego colors and making them gender spcific
 * common sense media lesson with messages in the media
 * Would it be different if we didn't have a computer science course but those elements are in other electives such as fashion design, architcture, trig, etc.
 * What do we do: having women in positions, making them visible, and making their roles explicit for the community
 * Do kids really know what that means to understanding what your are doing?
 * Giving kids the open mind to see what you are doing?
 * Poser software is great for 3D design
 * Natalie Massenet design the the netaporter website
 * Girl Develop It -mentorship with women in coding