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Celebration
of Women in Engineering - a site of links to educational resources,
including academic programs, media, curriculum and project ideas for
teachers and students, and research information. Also, find information
on mentoring programs, careers, and funding and financial aid. www.nae.edu/nae/cwe/cwemain.nsf/
The Center for Women & Information Technology web site
is an excellent resource that includes a collection of news articles,
a bibliography of books, links to reviews, interviews, and web sites
about women and information technology. There are links to information
about careers, training, financial aid, statistics, web sites, conferences,
calls for papers, fellowships and jobs, and programs for women and
girls interested in IT.
www.umbc.edu/cwit
Computers for Lunch - helps
teachers get acclimated with computers. www.sfu.ca/~cfl
The George Lucas Educational Foundation - Step into innovative
classrooms by reading through the featured stories that focus on
such things as project-based learning, technology integration, and
school-to-career programs. Browse through other featured stories
and get to know skillful educators. Learn about teacher preparation,
technology, mentoring, and ongoing professional development. Also
learn about what it takes to become involved in your community through
such things as business and community partnerships, the digital
divide, and parent involvement. The books and videos offered on
the site focus on teaching in the digital age and invite you to
take a look at innovative schools across the country as well as
explore professional development. Don't miss out on the free newsletters,
which feature innovative K-12 public schools, recent research, articles,
classroom activities, mini-documentaries, and helpful resources.
http://glef.org/foundation.html
Girls Tech: Evaluating Electronic Resources for Girls -
This site allows users to search for educational materials that
focus on developing such traits in girls as, confidence, collaboration,
social connectivity, and more. Girls Tech informs teachers, parents,
and/or youth group leaders about web sites, CD ROM's, software,
and games that encourage the aforementioned traits, in hopes of
encouraging young women to pursue science and technology. Girls
Tech is an excellent resource for the technology age. http://girlstech.douglass.rutgers.edu
Also, read about the research behind the Girls Tech web site in
the paper entitled Propelling Young Women into the Cyber Age:
Gender Considerations in the Evaluation of Web-Based Information,
by Denise E. Agosto. www.ala.org/aasl/SLMR/vol4/gender/gender_main.html
National Council for Research on Women (NCRW). www.ncrw.org/publications/pubs.htm
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