Women In Engineering Organization

Association for Women in Computing. www.awc-hq.org

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

Edinburgh Engineering Virtual Library: The UK gateway to quality engineering information on the Internet. It provides links to e-journals, databases, training materials, professional societies, university and college departments, research projects, bibliographic databases, software, information services and recruitment agencies. The information included is also from the US. www.eevl.ac.uk

The Global Alliance for Diversifying the Science & Engineering Workforce is an excellent site that offers very useful information including several reports, their accomplishments, best practices organizations and corporations use to diversify the workforce, special projects, an index of prominent women that includes bios, a bibliography section, which is under construction, notable quotes, and several links. www.globalalliancesmet.org

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

Her Software Review - Write a review of your favorite educational software, online or video games, and CD-ROMs that may encourage girls and young women to take an interest in technology. Also read reviews that others have written. www.iwitts.com/Reviews/HerSoftwareReview.php

National Engineers Week is February 17th-23rd 2002. One of the special features of the week is "Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day," which takes place on February 21. The goal is to reach one million girls by mobilizing both women and men in engineering. There is also great information provided for engineers, engineering students, K-12 teachers and students, library and science centers, and the media. The National Engineers Week site is not to be missed. Find out what else happens during Engineers Week and what you can do to get involved. www.eweek.org

Women's Equity Resource Center: Take an online professional development course in gender equity to get involved. Help to engage middle school girls in math and science. You'll learn how to excite girls' interests in math and science while including the boys. You'll learn how to encourage them to continue to pursue math and science in high school and maybe beyond. The hands on tutorial has 8 different sessions focusing on such things as gender, expectations and interactions, teaching strategies, counteracting bias, assessment, power, support, and student presentations. Visit the site and register now. www.edc.org/WomensEquity/coursead.htm

National Council for Research on Women (NCRW). www.ncrw.org/publications/pubs.htm




		Association for Women in Computing. www.awc-hq.org 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 Edinburgh Engineering Virtual Library: The UK gateway to quality engineering information on the Internet. It provides links to e-journals, databases, training materials, professional societies, university and college departments, research projects, bibliographic databases, software, information services and recruitment agencies. The information included is also from the US. www.eevl.ac.uk The Global Alliance for Diversifying the Science & Engineering Workforce is an excellent site that offers very useful information including several reports, their accomplishments, best practices organizations and corporations use to diversify the workforce, special projects, an index of prominent women that includes bios, a bibliography section, which is under construction, notable quotes, and several links. www.globalalliancesmet.org 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 Her Software Review - Write a review of your favorite educational software, online or video games, and CD-ROMs that may encourage girls and young women to take an interest in technology. Also read reviews that others have written. www.iwitts.com/Reviews/HerSoftwareReview.php National Engineers Week is February 17th-23rd 2002. One of the special features of the week is "Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day," which takes place on February 21. The goal is to reach one million girls by mobilizing both women and men in engineering. There is also great information provided for engineers, engineering students, K-12 teachers and students, library and science centers, and the media. The National Engineers Week site is not to be missed. Find out what else happens during Engineers Week and what you can do to get involved. www.eweek.org Women's Equity Resource Center: Take an online professional development course in gender equity to get involved. Help to engage middle school girls in math and science. You'll learn how to excite girls' interests in math and science while including the boys. You'll learn how to encourage them to continue to pursue math and science in high school and maybe beyond. The hands on tutorial has 8 different sessions focusing on such things as gender, expectations and interactions, teaching strategies, counteracting bias, assessment, power, support, and student presentations. Visit the site and register now. www.edc.org/WomensEquity/coursead.htm National Council for Research on Women (NCRW). www.ncrw.org/publications/pubs.htm
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