IDP Project FOCAL Point: Fostering Ongoing Communication AND Learning in a Virtual Community

FOCAL Point项目是一个多方面的项目，其中包括已被证明在鼓励女孩和年轻妇女进入非传统领域方面行之有效的模式。 来自威斯康星州及周边地区的20名高中计算机教师将聚集在威斯康星州史蒂文斯点大学，参加为期两周的夏季研讨会，他们将接受性别问题、电子通信和信息系统概念方面的培训。 他们将在接下来针对年轻妇女的为期两周的计算机夏令营中，为高中学生开设适合女性的课程。 大学女生在暑期担任高中生的导师和助教。 通过与教师参与者的分包合同供资的与性别有关的技术项目，将项目的影响扩大到直接参与者之外。 所有项目参与者都通过电子方式与“虚拟学习者社区”相连。"

Project FOCAL Point is a multi-strand project encompassing models that have been shown to be effective in encouraging girls and young women in non-traditional fields. Twenty high school computing teachers from Wisconsin and surrounding areas will gather at the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point for a two-week summer workshop in which they will receive training in gender issues, electronic communication, and information systems concepts. They will develop female-friendly lessons to be piloted with high schools students in a following two-week summer computer camp targeted for young women. University women serve as mentors to the high school students during the summer session, as well as teaching assistants. Gender related technology projects, funded through sub-contracts to teacher participants, extend the impact of the project beyond the immediate participants. All project participants are electronically connected to a "virtual community of learners."