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Engineering curriculum

University programs

  • Stanford Engineering Everywhere (SEE) - popular engineering classes free of charge to students and educators around the world. View lecture videos, access reading lists and other course handouts, take quizzes and tests, and communicate with other SEE students.



Courses

  • Introduction to Computer Science - the three-course sequence taken by the majority of Stanford undergraduates
    Programming Methodology CS106A, Programming Abstractions CS106B, Programming Paradigms CS107
  • Artificial Intelligence - advanced courses in artificial intelligence
    Introduction to Robotics CS223A, Natural Language Processing CS224N, Machine Learning CS229


Open textbooks

Science, Math and Engineering

College Open Textbooks - textbooks by subject including math, science, chemistry, physics, engineering



Virtual lectures

  • Universities - MIT, Stanford, UC Berkeley
  • TED Talks
  • YouTube Edu - from college and university partners
  • TeacherTube



Learn more...

What do engineers do? Why would I want to be one?

  • introduction to breadth of opportunities - examples of interesting careers, profiles of interesting people
  • problem solving - games, puzzles
  • processes and methods - applied math and science - hands-on activities
    • lego robots - Lego League
    • bridges
    • roller coaster design
    • CAD / MatLab
  • demonstrations - virtual field trips
    • biomedical ? Dean Kaman TED talk
  • questions - motivation, alternatives considered, preconceived ideas about engineering


Interesting engineering jobs

  • Disneyland
  • IDEO
  • teaching
    • Cristina Amon, Dean, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, University of Toronto - first women to hold this position
    • Susan McCahan, Professor, First Year Chair, GoEngGirl Fair
  • NASA
  • robotics - search and rescue
  • biomedical
  • environmental - safe water


Career Options for Women

These are previews and promotions for videos for sale. However the descriptions and the preview clips are useful without the expense of purchasing the videos. http://www.womentechstore.com/careervids.html


Science and engineering news

  • Slashdot
  • Wired
  • BBC News - Technology
  • Science Geek Girl - science writer talks about all sort of interesting science topics, includes videos


Simulations, games and puzzles

  • Math animations - Many concepts in mathematics are dynamic, that means books can not explain and display everything you need to understand a certain concept. This animation teaching tool makes things different . It shows every concepts very clear and make it fun. Multimedia demonstration makes it easier for understanding. --XZ
  • simulations of different subjects. Using simulations is a better way to learn new things because it can deepen people's impression of the subject. It also makes learning become more interesting.


Projects and competitions

  • US FIRST Robotics Competition


Organizations, communities and networks



NGCP > Resources > Relevant Links > Engineering http://www.ngcproject.org/resources/relevantlinks2.cfm

  • Engineer Girl – a program of the National Academy of Engineering. Educates girls about careers in engineering
  • MentorNet An e-mentoring network for female students in engineering and science
  • Society of Women Engineers Dedicated to advancing and encouraging women in engineering. Conferences, networking, career development, scholarships
  • Engineer Your Life Meet inspiring women engineers who make a real difference in the world and help high school girls discover how exciting and rewarding an engineering career can be.


Women in engineering

  • why aren't more women studying Engineering
  • what would make Engineering education and careers more attractive to women
  • gender considerations in design and delivery of products and services

Engineering (applied science) SHOULD be a natural fit for women, but it isn't. This needs to change.


Interest and ability

  • perception
  • experiential learning
  • Engineering course pre-reqs - math, science


Gender considerations



Some ideas for consideration

  • critical view focusing on the role of technology as a system and as practice in which there are choices about our future course of action.
  • women generally need to understand the context of an idea and to have a thorough explanation. Adequate explanation and contex-tual description is an important way to improve instruction for a number of students.
  • Some students will need to have a higher degree of explanation and contact with the teacher. However, all students would benefit from more attention to expla-nation and context from any teacher.
  • students should be encouraged to share their own knowledge and expertise. Include women and all students in the educational discourse, providing them with a voice in order to strengthen students' involvement and understanding of the subject matter


http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JTE/v10n2/zuga.html Karen F. Zuga

http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JTE/

women's ways of knowing


distribution by gender of myers briggs type

create an alternate theory and scientific methodology based upon the differences of women. The purpose of this is not to destroy science, but to continue the evolution of science (Fox Keller, 1985; Fee, 1986; Rose, 1986).

change in the view of science has been detailed by Fox Keller (1986)

benefited from feminist conceptions of theory and paying attention to women�s ways of knowing has been the work of primatologists as outlined by Reed (1978), Haraway (1986; 1989), and Hrdy (1986) and as given notoriety by the work of Dian Fossey with mountain gorillas.

particular differences in the way in which women experienced knowing. Their perspectives were: silence, a condition in which women did not speak out; received knowledge, listening to the voices of others; subjective knowledge, listening to the inner voice and a quest for one�s own identity; procedural knowledge, looking for reason and becoming aware of separate and connected knowledge; and constructed knowledge, integrating the voices of all with respect to context. Perry, 1970; Belenky et al., 1986).


final position of constructed knowledge which involves paying close attention to context, wanting to know and to represent the knowledge of others in order to inform thinking, is not as well represented either in Perry�s (1970) theories or in the traditional conceptual-izations of science.


MPICT / NSF / IWITTS

CalWomenTech Project

City College of San Francisco Computer Networking and Information Technology Program, with a focus on the new Digital Home Integration Technology certification http://www.iwitts.com/html/calwomentech_summary.html

http://www.iwitts.com/html/calwomentech_sites.html Carmen Lamha, the chair of the CNIT Department, and Dr. Pierre Thiry, Principal Investigator for the Mid-Pacific ICT (MPICT) Center, a three-year $3 milion NSF ATE Project, are leading the College's efforts.

More information about CCSF's MPICT Program http://www.iwitts.com/html/calwomentech_sites.html#

Visit the WomenTech Section of CCSF’s Website http://womentechworld.org/ccsf/


Organizations with programs for young women


women technology educators

  • INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION ASSOCIATION

The ITEA WomenTech Portal brings educators resources for increasing the number of women and girls in the technology classroom. ... www.iteaconnect.org/Resources/womentechportal.htm - Cached - Similar -

  • Women-Related Science/Technology Sites

May 9, 2009 ... Digital Sisters: (Digital Sisters has been created "to promote and provide technology education and enrichment for young girls and women of ... www.research.umbc.edu/~korenman/wmst/links_sci.html - Cached - Similar -

  • Women In Technology

Women in Technology (WIT) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to offering women in all levels of the technology industry a wide range of professional ... Event Calendar - Job Bank - About WIT - Contact Us www.womenintechnology.org/ - Cached - Similar -

Women and girls often perceive the subject of technology education as a male ..... Technology educators need to understand that women's values will enter ... scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JTE/v10n2/zuga.html - Cached - Similar - by KF Zuga - Cited by 31 - Related articles - All 9 versions

Digital Sisters, Inc. a Technology Social Services Agency. Skip Intro and Enter Site here. Gender & Technology · Technology Planning. www.digital-sistas.org/ - Cached - Similar -

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