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Web Resources for CS Opportunities for Women

Web Resources for CS Opportunities for Women. By Jacky Hanny Janice Hill Shannon Houtrouw Barry Specter. Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology. Inspired women to embrace technology Key to including women in technological revolution as active participants

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Web Resources for CS Opportunities for Women

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  1. Web Resources for CS Opportunities for Women By Jacky Hanny Janice Hill Shannon Houtrouw Barry Specter

  2. Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology • Inspired women to embrace technology • Key to including women in technological revolution as active participants • Founded Systers Online 1987 • Co-Founded 1994 Grace Hopper Institute • In 1999 selected by President Clinton to Commission on STEM • Broke through Silicon Ceiling http://anitaborg.org/about/mission www.anitaborg.org/initiatives/grace-hopper-celebration-india/

  3. ACM and ACM-W • Association of Computing Machinery • World’s largest educational and scientific computing society • ACM-W • www.acm.org/women • women.acm.org

  4. DotDiva.org • http://www.dotdiva.org • Geared towards high school girls • Goal is to transform the negative perception of computer science • Students choose what they are interested in and the site shows how computer science relates to that topic and also shows women who are in the computer science field

  5. Carnegie Mellon University • Site contains career information that will be of interest to students, administrators and counselors. • It is one of the most comprehensive sites for women on the net including information on careers, specific job opportunities, industry trends and reasons why a woman would want a career in CS. • University sponsors the TechNightsprogram that targets young women. to consider a career in CS. • http://women.cs.cmu.edu/technights/ • http://www.women.cs.cmu.edu/Resources/JobsResearch/

  6. Thank You

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