This week in the lecture
we discussed how IT as a subject and job choice is becoming less and less
popular within the female population. I decided to research why this might be
and the IT industry is less appealing to women than it is to men. Upon doing
this research I came across this study done in the US. It gives a great overview of of why this may
be and what could be done to encourage girls from a young age to get involved
in the Information technology community as for most of the girls that do get
involved they succeed and become very successful within the industry.
Networking Systems
This week in our
tutorial we were given a presentation on networking systems.
One aspect that I found
really interesting was a video that was shown.
I found that although it
was quite long you could easily show little snippets to your students as it was
a great resource and explanation of networking systems that students would be
able to understand.
Another resource that found would be useful as a teacher is the textbook
Multimedia: Making it work by Tay Vaughan. This textbook provides a great understanding
of networking systems and how they work. This would be a great resource as a
teacher if you would have to teach this subject.
References:
Ali, S. (Director). (2010). Ericson-The Dawn of the NET
[Motion Picture].
Ramsey, N., & McCorduck, P. (2005, February 5). Where
are the Women in Information Technology? Retrieved 2012, from Antiaborg:
http://anitaborg.org/files/abi_wherearethewomen.pdf
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