From bbair at cse.ohio-state.edu Mon Jun 4 19:37:52 2007 From: bbair at cse.ohio-state.edu (Bettina Bair) Date: Mon Jun 4 19:38:08 2007 Subject: [OCWIC] A Few Good Women Are Needed in Computer Gaming In-Reply-To: <5d1a6f030706041633h29a33525o35a67e36a495a00f@mail.gmail.com> References: <5d1a6f030706041200t1e4707caxb2fe0925fa367c85@mail.gmail.com> <5d1a6f030706041633h29a33525o35a67e36a495a00f@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <5d1a6f030706041637i59c22958n4907b01eac61e28@mail.gmail.com> The article (below) talks about how the computer game industry is finally coming to grips with their lack of diversity in development. If you think that you'd like to learn how to develop computer games, consider competing in the Games4Girls (G4G) programming competition, hosted by University of Illinois. The competition is open to all college women currently residing in the United States. Each student team must submit an on-line application (date announced soon). Visit the web site to complete an application: www.cs.uiuc.edu/g4g ---------- Forwarded message ---------- A Few Good Women Are Needed in Computer Gaming Computerworld (06/04/07) Pratt, Mary K. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyId=10&articleId=293317&intsrc=hm_topic Women are highly valued by the gaming industry for the fresh insight they can bring, and this is creating opportunities for female tech professionals looking for job options outside of the usual corporate IT departments. "If we want to have [game] titles that reach a diverse audience, our workforce has to reflect that diversity," argues Sirenia Consulting game designer and developer Sheri Graner Ray, who is also chairwoman of Women in Games International's steering committee. Peter Gollan of Iceland's CCP Games believes adding more female game designers could result in the production of content that draws more female gamers, while University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts professor Tracy Fullerton suggests that more women would become game designers if there were more games on the market that appeal to them. According to the International Game Developers Association, only 11.5 percent of the gaming industry workforce was female as of 2005. Graner Ray points out that most game designer tutorials follow a distinctly male learning paradigm, that of jumping right in and playing with the game environment, while women are more inclined to first understand games before they experiment with them. Also discouraging to female game designers are negative portrayals of women and a strong anti-female bias in popular games, notes ECD Systems CEO Jack Hart. Meanwhile, JupiterResearch analyst Michael Gartenberg observes that women and girls have a greater affinity for games that involve strategy and puzzles than in violent first-person shooter scenarios. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.cse.ohio-state.edu/pipermail/ocwic/attachments/20070604/be7425d6/attachment-0001.html From bbair at cse.ohio-state.edu Wed Jun 20 16:44:17 2007 From: bbair at cse.ohio-state.edu (Bettina Bair) Date: Wed Jun 20 16:44:36 2007 Subject: [OCWIC] Fwd: IT Summer Internship at MentorNet In-Reply-To: <20070620-10485746-80-0@MNDB> References: <20070620-10485746-80-0@MNDB> Message-ID: <5d1a6f030706201344x2acd1b2sdd893a7df922442a@mail.gmail.com> This internship is in San Jose, CA, so it may be tough for someone to relocate?but apply if you're interested. Or go ahead and send a copy to someone else. :-) Bettina ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Stephanie Fox Date: Jun 20, 2007 2:48 PM Subject: IT Summer Internship at MentorNet To: Bettina Bair Bettina, I am the Director of Technology at MentorNet, and we are excited to offer an IT Summer Internship opportunity for someone interested in gaining some valuable experience! See the inner workings of MentorNet systems and programs; Get experience working for a nonprofit organization; Work in a fun, small team environment; Help make a difference! The internship will offer a variety of tasks/projects/areas, including systems administration, web site development, graphics work, and more. The MentorNet office is in San Jose, CA. See the full job description at: http://www.mentornet.net/documents/about/organization/jobs.aspx If you are interested in the internship, please email me a cover letter and resume. We are trying to fill this position as soon as possible, so get your resume in soon! Thanks, Stephanie ----------------- Stephanie Fox Director of Technology MentorNet, the E-Mentoring Network for Diversity in Engineering and Science www.MentorNet.net tel: 408.296.4405 fax: 408.296.4404 sjfox@mentornet.net MentorNet 1275 S. Winchester Blvd., Suite E San Jose, CA 95128-3910 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.cse.ohio-state.edu/pipermail/ocwic/attachments/20070620/efa40322/attachment.html From bbair at cse.ohio-state.edu Thu Jun 28 08:43:22 2007 From: bbair at cse.ohio-state.edu (Bettina Bair) Date: Thu Jun 28 08:43:43 2007 Subject: [OCWIC] Women in IT Survey In-Reply-To: <20070628011902.8158EE8081@barracuda2.cse.ohio-state.edu> References: <20070628011902.8158EE8081@barracuda2.cse.ohio-state.edu> Message-ID: <5d1a6f030706280543sf81f5e4p8cad981f15089169@mail.gmail.com> Please help out. Complete this survey and pass it on. :-) Bettina ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >Girl Scouts of the USA >420 5th Avenue >New York, NY 10018 >V 212-852-5049 F 212-852-6515 >rfarmer@girlscouts.org >www.girlscouts.org > >What influenced you to pursue a career in information technology? >What could we learn from you and other women working in IT that will >increase the number of girls and women who are interested in the field? > >The K-12 Informal Education Hub of the National Center for Women & >Information Technology (NCWIT), led by the Girl Scouts of the USA >(GSUSA), is conducting a three-phase study to determine what >experiences or factors influence females to pursue work in >information technology (IT). Study results will help guide efforts >to increase the number of women entering the IT field. > >This 20 minute survey is intended for women who work in IT. For the >purposes of this study, IT is defined as all forms of technology >used to create, store, exchange and use information in all its >forms; the design and use of computers and communications to improve >the way we live, learn, work and play. If this describes your work, >please consider participating in the study by completing this >survey. Your responses are anonymous and the results will only be >reported in aggregate form. > >Please follow the link to the online survey: > > http://www.erasurvey.org/input/womeninit.htm>www.erasurvey.org/input/womeninit.htm > >We would appreciate your help in disseminating the survey to as many >technical women as possible. Please forward this email to other >women you know working in IT. > >Survey results will be available online at www.NCWIT.org >in November 2007. If you have technical problems, or have questions >about the study, please email cliston@psctlt.org. 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