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From January 23-25 I attended the Educon 2.1 conference in Philadelphia, a conference — or better, a series of conversations — focused on reforming education using computing technologies. I started […]

I was fortunate enough to attend the 44th Presidential Inauguration last week in Washington, D.C. As our new president was speaking and the excitement of the crowd grew, it struck

Welcome, President Obama! We congratulate you on your historic path to the presidency, and we’re excited for you to lead our country into a new era of increased prosperity, strength,

I love your mission: how can I get involved? This is one of the most frequent questions asked of NCWIT by K-12 educators and IT professionals alike. A great way

My new book, Alluring Androids, Robot Women, and Electronic Eves,  highlights the way software designers,  robotics engineers, filmmakers, artists, and photographers  have been  fascinated by the idea of artificial  women who

Do you have a great idea for a startup? If you’ve saved that business plan you’ve scribbled on a cocktail napkin, then you should consider entering Women 2.0’s Pitch 2009

Interested in Creative, Cutting-Edge, Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies? If you are thinking about going to graduate school, passionate about helping people, and interested in shaping the future of technology, consider applying

When you use Google, or a large database, to find things, you have to decide: “Is it any good?”  I have collected about 100 recommended resources on women in science

ChicTech, an outreach program of the University of Illinois Department of Computer Science, extends an open invitation for college women to participate in the fifth annual Games 4 Girls Programming

Holding the NCWIT Fall workshop just on the tail end of the presidential election made for a high energy event, and the focus on “Multiple Pathways to an IT Career”

Report on a Washington Forum Sponsored by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) On September 10th 2008, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation held a forum in Washington D.C.

These days, iPhone applications are rolling out as quickly as the latest karaoke video posted on YouTube. Both amateurs and seasoned software developers are cashing in. Standford University Standford University

Looking for a fun way to improve and expand your personal and career networks?  If you’re planning to attend the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, October 1-4 in

For those of you who don’t read the comics anymore, you missed a rather brilliant insight in the comic strip called “Zits” today.  “Zits” sketches the life of a teenager

There are venture conferences, and then there’s it. As the seventh-annual conference dedicated to high-growth, women-led start-ups, you might think it is about a cause. But you’d be wrong. it

In my reading,  I have learned that many women do not take more advanced computer science classes in high school because they are not counted academically when competing for college

Last week I and a number of other representatives from NCWIT member organizations attended the 2008 Microsoft Faculty Summit, at the invitation of our host and NCWIT Executive Advisory Council

NCWIT has officially entered the world of social networking with our official NCWIT Supporters Facebook Group.  We encourage you to join.  Just search “NCWIT” within groups.  The group is open

During the last week of June, thousands of educators, administrators, and policy-makers poured into San Antonio, Texas for the ISTE’s National Educational Computing Conference (NECC). I made the trek to

I don’t always read my Systers mail. It accumulates in a mailbox until I have the time to indulge myself in its wealth of information, insights, encouragement and opportunities for

A few of us from NCWIT were in New York City the last week in May to attend a much-anticipated premiere … no, not the “Sex and the City” movie,

Having been out of the fray for a bit (I am currently at Oxford completing an MBA) it was exhilarating to return to the U.S. for the NCWIT meetings at

NCWIT has added another Program-in-a-Box to our resource library: Computer Science-in-a-Box: Unplug Your Curriculum. This box introduces fundamental building blocks of computer science to K-12 students — without using computers!

Women in Cable Telecommunications (WICT) is embarking on a critical research project to measure the perceptions of career opportunities for women in technology, and to collect insights on women’s experiences,

Thanks to a genourous grant from the National Science Foundation and support from Electronic Arts, P4Games at the Univeristy of Denver invites applications from girls going into 9th and 10th