Technical:
Troubleshooting technical issues with computers?
Using SSH to create a script using Emac that allows specific function to
perform?
Learning and understanding how firewall rules work in regards to their
network?
Non-technical:
Using Word, Excel, and Powerpoint to create presentations?
Using online tools for homework?
Does your 1-to-1 program involve having girls replace hard drives and
reinstalling Windows? I believe there is a difference between using a tool
and fixing it.
I have not seen any issues with girls embracing computers as a tool to
finish their homework, but I know it is rare to find a girl who actually
likes to fix computers.
How many of you have actually formed a club/class that allows girls to learn
about SSH, TCP/IP, OSI Model, PCI-Express vs. AGP, DDR RAM, partitioning
hard drives, etc? Fluency in using the tool is easy, but fluency in fixing
it is a different matter.
Example:
I know how to drive a car, but do I care enough to learn how to fix it?
Brian Lee
Manlius Pebble Hill School
> From: Fred Bartels <fredbartels@gmail.com>
> Reply-To: A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
> Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:49:24 -0400
> To: <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
> Subject: Re: FW: Girls avoid "techie stuff"?
>
> One of the really beneficial aspects of a 1-to-1 program is that girls
> become just as fluently competent with computers as boys. There are still
> differences in what they do with computers, but both girls and boys have
> fully embraced computers as essential tools for helping to achieve their
> goals.
>
> Fred
>
> --
> Fred Bartels
> Dir. of Info. Tech.
> Rye Country Day School
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