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Eclectic Technology
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Tech tools that assist all students to be independent learners & teachers to become better teachers
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Beth Dichter
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An infographic from the National Center for Women & Information Technology that provides statistics on how women/girls are represented in information technology. Some of the numbers: * The US Department of Labor estimates that by 2020 there will be more than 1.4 million computing-related job openings. At current rates, however, we can only fill about 30% of those jobs with U.S. computing bachelor's grads. Girls represent a valuable, mostly untapped talent pool. If you would like more detailed information check out the report at: http://www.ncwit.org/sites/default/files/resources/girlsinit_thefacts_fullreport2012.pdf. 
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"The statistics surrounding STEM education and jobs in the US are rather staggering to me. The latest that I’ve read indicate that US students are still trailing WAY behind other nations in Science and Math education (US ranks 47th in Math and Science education quality, and 78% of high school graduates don’t meet the standard levels for at least one entry level STEM class). To top it off, there’s a pretty strong gender divide in the STEM subjects: Many fewer girls are interested in even studying these subjects, and they don’t feel at all confident about their skills."
Beth Dichter's insight:
News reports let us know that the number of students studying the STEM subjects needs to rise, and that there is a strong gender divide. What can we do as teachers? How about finding some great websites that look at STEM and are designed for girls. This post provides a look at 7 websites. They are: * Black Girls Code (for ages 7 - 17) * DigiGirlz (through Microsoft) * Engineer Girl (National Academy of Engineering) * The National Girls Collaborative Project (high school and college aged) * National Center for Women and Information Technology (high school and college) * Dot Diva (WGBH and for high school girls) Each site is discussed in the post and links to each are available.
Shannon Collingwood's curator insight,
October 26, 2014 2:55 PM
This website gives advice on good organizations for girls interested in a career in a STEM field.
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"The science, technology, engineering, and math workforce is crucial to the economy and even though women represent more than half of the world’s population, women hold less than 25% of STEM jobs. In elementary, middle school, and high school, girls actually take more classes and earn better grades in math and sciences. As women progress into college, a decline in interest in math and sciences occurs and declines further at the graduate level and yet again in the professional level..."
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A Rube Goldberg contraption plus girls showing that they too can be engineers!