Supporting Girls In Technology
Photo Credit: Philadelphia Enquirer
Here is an article about a summer program in Philadelphia that should be duplicated around the country.
A summer program to encourage female students in technology. It has a variety of activities in different fields:
The two-week summer camp … introduces girls entering fourth through eighth grades to robotics, digital photography, programming, gaming, animation, and Web design.
As the parent of a young girl, I am interested in supporting these type of programs whenever possible. I hope this garners more attention and is recreated in other regions of the country.
We know from academic profiles in math and science that girls are just as capable, so there’s a disconnect between capability and involvement.
Supporting girls and getting them involved in technology can help avoid the peer pressure’s starting in junior high-school that keep them from continuing in technology.
More importantly the course teachers are not all male either, they included several women instructors as well which is important in these (currently) male-dominated fields.
Great work Montgomery County, please keep it up.
If you know of any other female technology camps, please add a comment below and show your support!
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