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Women and Computers WS 445/545: An Overview

Women and Computers WS 445/545: An Overview. Created by Pat Samuel Jan. 2007. Can the Internet be used to fight Patriarchy?. How Feminists Use the Web. Provide info for Battered Women Peach Pages Organize for Peace – Code Pink Blogs – Feminist Anti-Oppression Forum

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Women and Computers WS 445/545: An Overview

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  1. Women and ComputersWS 445/545: An Overview Created by Pat Samuel Jan. 2007

  2. Can the Internet be used to fight Patriarchy?

  3. How Feminists Use the Web • Provide info for Battered WomenPeach Pages • Organize for Peace – Code Pink • Blogs – Feminist Anti-Oppression Forum • Empower women with computer skillsWITT

  4. Poor Women Tell their Stories That’s my fridge. . Right up front, that is a turnip that I’m saving ‘til the last minute. That’s, I think, about 2 ½ weeks into the month. Usually after 2 weeks any fresh food is gone. In the crisper there are onions and carrots. Any kind of root vegetable keeps. And then, you learn how to make soup. You open the fridge and there’s nothing in it and you learn how to make a pot of soup out of that. I think poor people are really, really creative.

  5. Community on the Web • Women Vietnam Vets • WS Teachers • Breast Cancer Survivors • GLBT Communities

  6. Gender Perspectives Is educational software used in elementary schools based on what appeals to boys – and hence unfair to girls? (Androcentric Norms) Why do so few women major in Computer Science? Might it be related way courses are taught? (linear vs. holistic approaches)

  7. Race & Class Perspectives • Computer use in Schools where most kids below the poverty level vs. Schools with predominately middle class kids.Rote drills VS. critical thinking projects

  8. Differences in Use of Web • Use Web to get info about health care 45% of African Americans 35% of White Americans • African Americans are twice as likely as Whites to use the Web for career networking. (Latinos 1½ times as likely as whites.) • Most common use of Web for African Americans – search for info on jobs, housing, religion & hobbies • Most common use of Web for Whites – keep in touch with friends and family Source: Wright

  9. Global Perspectives

  10. Girls in South Africahttp://womensnet.org.za/GirlsNet/

  11. Palestinian Perspectiveshttp://www.rafahtoday.org/

  12. Women and Media Click here to watch Video WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service An all-woman independent radio production company that produces and distributes news and current affairs programs by and about women around the world.Programs can be heard on local radio stations, on shortwave, on the internet, and on cassettes.

  13. MS Foundation DVDWomen Are the Answer – Award Winning Projects

  14. Improve Computer Skills • Create Web Pages • Graphics – Anyone can be an artist with a computer Above created by someone who can only draw stick figures

  15. I’d have far more time for housework if I weren’t so busy destroying the fascist patriarchal regime. Make Your Own Cartoons Created using Microsoft Office Online ClipArt, adding Text Bubble, and changing colors.

  16. Make Slide Shows & Videos • Use photos to create automated slide shows or faux videosSample – WS Faculty • Use camcorder to create real videos Sample – Why Major in WS

  17. Create Charts in Excel

  18. Software & Non-Profits • How to find free software • Free OpenOffice - $$$ MS Office • Free NVU - $$$ FrontPage • Free GIMPshop - $$$ Adobe Photoshop • Locating help on the Web

  19. The End

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