Tuesday May 26, 2009
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Tuesday May 26, 2009
Science & Technology at 49ers Academy, East Palo Alto
Gilda Garreton, Valerie Fenwick, and I were invited to visit the Media Center of the San Francisco 49ers Academy in East Palo Alto, California, this week to talk about science and technology in our lives. We spoke to the mostly-girl students of an extracurricular course on media who are studying video production skills and critical thinking.
Gilda, Valerie, and I work in different parts of Sun. We got to know each other well during our work on the annual Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing. Of course, we talked about Engineering women in addition to telling the students about our work and lives! I passed out Sun pens and stickypads plus "Why Should Young Women Consider a Career in Information Technology?" cards from the National Center for Women & Information Technology as well as NCWIT's "By the Numbers" (compelling statistics on women's participation in IT) and other materials.
The students asked us questions and then videotaped interviews with us. Each student very capably took on a job: interviewer, director, camera operator, etc. This is an impressive and well managed program. They even have their own blog called Girls' Tyme!.
San Francisco 49ers Academy
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Media Students with Rebecca and Valerie
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Images Copyright 2009 Katy Dickinson
Posted at 08:10PM May 26, 2009 by katysblog in News & Reviews |
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