Title :
Offering Early Success Experiences in Software Construction: Experiences Teaching Dynamic Website Development to High School Girls
Author :
Rosson, Mary Beth ; Sinha, Hansa ; Hansford, Tisha ; Mahar, Jan
Author_Institution :
Center for Human-Comput. Interaction, Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA, USA
Abstract :
In spite of comparable levels of computer access and use by males and females at home and school, women continue to be under represented in careers and education related to the computer and information sciences. In this paper, we describe outreach activities taking place within the wConnect project, a research effort aimed at building a developmental learning community of women in which members at different levels of sophistication support each other at different stages of their education and careers in computing and related fields. More specifically, we report on a series of hands-on workshops that were designed and delivered by undergraduate members of the community to high school girls. We describe the design and conduct of the workshop activities, the girls´ reactions, our own reflections and implications for future work.
Keywords :
Web sites; computer science education; gender issues; teaching; computer access; computer science; developmental learning community; hands-on workshops; high school girls; information science; software construction; teaching dynamic Web site development; undergraduate members; wConnect project; Communities; Computers; Conferences; Educational institutions; Engineering profession; Lead; Women in computing; computer science education; instructional scaffolding; learning tools;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT), 2010 IEEE 10th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Sousse
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7144-7
DOI :
10.1109/ICALT.2010.133