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End-of-Year Links!

posted by clara Dec 31, 2009 @ 9:00 PM • 0 comments

Latoya on Jezebel posts about girls, geekdom, and sexism in gaming, scifi and programming — as usual, the comments are worth a look from the variety of perspectives from geeky girls and the guys who like them
The New York Times writes about reforming computer science education at the high school level; the Washington Post talks about declining enrollment in high school CS classes, and Fred Wilson responds to the NYT article, asking schools to bring computer science into middle schools as well!
Sally Ride discusses the gender gap
A Pew Survey shows people’s attitudes about technology compared with their attitudes about society in general in the ’00s
Google’s Anita Borg scholarship for college women majoring in CS or related fields has an upcoming deadline — 2/1/10. (It’s also interesting to note that according to Dr. Borg’s bio, she didn’t start programming until her 20s, and yet still had a successful research career — yet more evidence that we should be reminding people who didn’t start their engineering education in their teens that it’s not too late!)
Under the Microscope posts their top 8 summer internships for women in STEM!
CareerWISE, another website supporting women in STEM (though focused more tightly on academia), is soon to launch
And already in existence: Braincake, a website for girls aged 11-17 interested in STEM. They even have a Gender Equity Toolkit for parents and teachers!