GDSE/DIS: Tech Savvy Girls Resource Dissemination Project

当教育工作者阅读AAUW教育基金会的《技术悟性：在新计算机时代教育女孩》（2000）报告时，他们通常有两种反应：我们必须改变我们的教学方式，然后我如何改变我的教学方式？该报告强调了鼓励女孩从幼儿到初中和高中学习技术的迫切需要。它在创造一场改变技术教育的运动方面发挥了重要作用。Tech Savvy总结了一项研究，表明女孩并不认为科技有趣，也不认为科技职业有吸引力。目前教授技术的方式往往使他们望而却步。一个新的“科技通”视频和教师资源指南被设计为教育工作者、家长、学生和面向社区的专业人士的工具，以改变女孩对技术的体验。AAUW教育基金会将利用其由10万名会员（家长、教育工作者、学生）、1300个分支机构和600个学院/大学成员机构组成的全国网络，分发视频、指南和报告的副本。此外，该视频将通过费尔法克斯县公立学校卫星电视网等播出。传播项目将利用原来的《精通技术》报告所确认的价值，扩大其影响范围，最终目标是缩小技术教育和信息技术工作人员中的性别差距。

When educators read the AAUW Educational Foundation's Tech Savvy: Educating Girls in the New Computer Age (2000) report they generally have two responses, We must change the way we teach, and then How can I change the way I teach? The report highlights the critical need to encourage girls in technology from early childhood through middle and high school. It was instrumental in creating a movement to change technology education. Tech Savvy summarizes research that shows that girls do not perceive technology as interesting nor technology careers as appealing. The way technology is currently taught often dissuades them. A new Tech Savvy video and teacher's resource guide were designed as tools for educators, parents, students, and community-oriented professionals to change girls' experience of technology. AAUW Educational Foundation will use its national network of 100,000 members (parents, educators, students), 1,300 Branches, and 600 College/University member institutions to distribute copies of the video, guide and the report. In addition, the video will be broadcast via Fairfax County Public School satellite television network and others. The dissemination project will leverage the value recognized in the original Tech Savvy report and intensify its reach, with the ultimate aim of closing the gender gap in technology education and in the information technology workforce.