How to get more girls into tech

Oana Şipoş27 November 2014European Schoolnet Academy

Why?

High general demand in ITHave women create products for womenEvery company will be an IT company

What?

IT is a tool to make the world a better place.

Ask girls to identify problemsBuild a solution using computing

Tell them about role models. Constantly.

Invite women that work in ITOrganize visits to local companiesShowcase videos of female engineers

Give them small tasks. Build knowledge bit by bit.

Use digital to do homeworksBrainstorm for project ideasPromote events where they can start building

How?

Rails Girls eventsCoder Dojo eventsMake-your-own-workshop

http://railsgirls.com/

https://coderdojo.com/

http://hourofcode.com/us

What are top 3 actions you would take?

Questions?

@oanasipos