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from “THE GIDGET PIPELINE PROJECT K-12- OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY’S AFTER SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY CLUB”, broadcast on The Best of our Knowledge, an NPR Program.

The Gidget Pipeline Project recommends educating girls to be designers, not just users. It says educators and parents should help girls imagine themselves early in life as creators and producers of new technology. Pamela Haag, the AAUW Educational Foundation’s Director of Research says, “To get girls ‘under the hood’ of technology, they need to see that it gets them where they want to go.” Mary Thorn, of the National Council for Research on Women believes, “The need for mentors and networking for girls and women begins at the primary school level...” And so, the past few years, volunteers from Ohio State University’s Women in Technology group...and OSU’s TWICE (The Women in Computer Engineering) program, have been running an after school technology club for girls. It’s generating a curriculum for others to be able to duplicate the after school technology experience. And though it’s still early, the club reports a remarkably high retention rate of 80%, or 8 out of 10 girls completing the year-long program. TBOOK visits this unique program in Columbus, Ohio to speak with faculty and students. Sandra Sleight-Brennan reports from Ohio. (12:47)  [To listen, click here]

 

from http://oncampus.osu.edu/article.php?id=635

At first glance it might seem odd that a technology initiative has been named after a girl from the 1950s with a luminous smile and a surfboard. And yet, to Eva Bradshaw, director of Technology and Enhanced Learning for the College of Human Ecology and a member of Ohio State's Women in Technology, the name more than fits. "Gidget, the character, was sort of 'out there,' being her own person, doing things that women traditionally weren't doing, and that's what we want for our program: we want girls to be willing to take risks, to do things that they may not see many women doing. We want them to know they can push the boundaries and try new things," Bradshaw said.

from http://www.womensfundcentralohio.org/news/grantspressrelease_7105.pdf
Today, The Women's Fund of Central Ohio is awarding six $10,000 grants to programs for women and girls in Central Ohio. Twice yearly, The Women's Fund makes grants to programs that assist women in becoming economically independent, develop women as leaders, and provide girls with life skills. The six new grant partners of The Women's Fund listed below represent programs that will transform the lives of women and girls throughout Central Ohio by addressing root causes of social issues and creating social change that can be passed on to others.

 

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