Girls and Computing

Girls and Computing

This is the first of three articles about girls and women in Computing.

On March 8th it was International Women's Day. This year's theme was Empowering Women - Empowering Humanity: Picture It! There is more information here: International Women's Day.

Women programming Colossus, back in the day. Photo by Chris Monk https://www.flickr.com/photos/101251639@N02/

That website is not IT-specific though. You may wish to look at the Women in IT Awards website. The first set of awards were given in January.

The Women in Technology website features job listings, which may give you and your students an insight into the range of jobs that are available.

Read more.

cross-posted at www.ictineducation.org

Terry Freedman is an independent educational ICT consultant with over 35 years of experience in education. He publishes the ICT in Education website and the newsletter “Digital Education."