http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/04/11/girls.computer/index.html
I'm not sure where my husband got this article, but he sent it my way...
Apparently an AAUW (American Association of University Women) report
indicates that the way programming/computer-oriented courses are taught
is creating a major roadblock for women interested in computing to
actually go through the coursework. They also believe that violent video
games and programming classes that "focus too narrowly on hardware and
mechanics of information technology" are big bummers and push women
away.
Personally, give me quake3 anyday over an RPG... and why shouldn't
programming courses focus on mecahnics of information technology? *how*
information moves and how to make it move is what computer science is,
is it not? Programming is just the eloquent moving of information from
one form to another... from something semi-useful to something useful.
Whether it be mouse clicks for a game or numbers for a calculation,
you're moving information... maybe I'm interpreting "mechanics of
information technology" incorrectly? As far as the hardware goes, you
*need* to know how the computer works physically to move that
information... if you didn't know about the hardware of your machine, I
doubt you could complete a CS degree.
-nicole
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