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Leading the Way: Girls, Technology, and Education
Thursday, April 19, 2001
2:30 p.m. - 6:00 pm.
McConomy Auditorium, University Center
Carnegie Mellon University
Program Schedule
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segment.
2:00 p.m.
Refreshments
2:30 p.m.
Welcome and Overview
Professor Lenore Blum, faculty advisor to Women@SCS and
Sonya Allin, Ph.d. Student, Human Computer Interaction Institute, Carnegie
Mellon
2:45 p.m.
Unlocking the Clubhouse: Four Years of Research on the Carnegie Mellon University Computer Science Gender Gap
Drs. Allan Fisher, President and CEO of Carnegie Technology Education,
Carnegie Technology Education and Jane Margolis, Graduate School of
Education and Information Studies, UCLA
3:30 p.m.
Design and Use of Girl-Friendly Computer Games for Math Education
Dr. Maria Klawe, Dean of Science, University of British Columbia and
founder of the E-GEMS
project
4:00 p.m.
Break
4:15 p.m.
Interactive Entertainment Dovetails with Girls' Education in Technology
Megan Gaiser, President and Executive Producer and Robert Riedl, Director
of Product Development, Her Interactive
5:00 p.m.
Panel Session
Panelists include Carnegie Mellon faculty, students and alumni as well as
representatives from the wider community.
6:00 p.m.
Reception
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