Aug
8
3 More days to W.TEC Girls’ Technology Camp
August 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment
How time flies After the completion of the 1st phase of NFS project</a>. A project designed to teach women how to effectively use web 2.0 tools. We moved on to W.TEC Summer Camp. The so much anticipated 1st Womens’ Technology Empowerment Centre Summer Camp in Technology for secondary school girls will start in 3 days time. The plans started a long time ago with nominees from the invited schools and other nomines via the internet writing the pre-selection test to be able to pick the best 15 girls.
W.TEC conducted both written and oral tests for the brilliant secondary school girls. 35 girls wrote the test and all of them were fantastic!!! The oral test gave us insight into how intelligent the girls are. They reall are intelligent. All of them did well but we could only pick the top 15 for the SUMMER CAMP.
W.TEC is rocking this wonderful initiative in 3 days time. All the young girls will be at the camp to learn new things and develop themselves.
GO W.TEC!!! Impart and impact the next geek of our generation!!!
Jul
31
W.TEC Featured on Global Voices
July 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment
W.TEC has been featured by Rising Voices on its home page, as one of its Del.icio.us links.
Rising Voices, an outreach initiative of Global Voices, aims to help bring new voices from new communities and speaking new languages to the global conversation by providing resources and funding to local groups reaching out to underrepresented communities.
Jul
18
W.TEC Featured in Business Day
July 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment
W.TEC was featured in Business Day. Among other things, the article focuses on W.TEC’s objectives and it’s ongoing Networking for Success program. Read the article in full.
Jul
9
Charities & NGOs Should Explore Social Media
July 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment
This is an interesting article from Guardian exploring charities and other non-governmental organisations to explore how they can use social media, such as blogs and social networking sites like Facebook in their work. The article talks about how some organisations have used blogs, social networking sites and online video to promote their brand and fundraise.
Jul
8
W.TEC Works with Kenyan Women
July 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment
W.TEC is working with young women based in Nairobi, Kenya in a project being organised by Fahamu. The aim of the Blogs for African Women (BAWo) project is to show women how to use blogs for advocacy. There are 2 sets of women being trained: the facilitators of the project; and the project participants.
Ore has been in Nairobi training the facilitators since yesterday, some of who were already familiar with blogs though none was a blogger. Now, all 4 facilitators have set-up blogs.
Today we discussed how the women can incorporate web 2.0 technology in their work empowering and mentoring young women. We talked about how to introduce certain tools like blogs to young women for discussing important issues, especially when they are used to using other tools or perhaps are not even regular internet users.
One strategy we discussed was using the tools that they are familiar with. For instance many of the project participants use Facebook regularly, so perhaps one way to get them actively using technology is by creating a Facebook group and using the discussion feature.
There were quite a few insights that emerged from our discussion on implementing ICTs in our individual projects.
Oreoluwa
Jul
8
W.TEC Column in Technology Times
July 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Gender and technology is a field not typically read about in most Nigerian mainstream publications - until now, that is.
Technology Times, a leading Nigerian-based technology newspaper, has invited Oreoluwa Somolu (W.TEC Executive Director) to write a regular column. Each Technology & Society column will explore an aspect of how technology affects the world in which we live in and vice-versa. Of course, gender is a major determinant in who access technology and how they use it; so this is one factor that we will pay particular attention to.
Check out the first column in Technology Times.
Jul
7
W.TEC is making great Impact
July 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment
W.TEC is at the final phase of its 3 Months Networking for Success Project where young women are learning out to use web 2.0 tools for professional and personal growth. By the end of this month, W.TEC would have trained 25 women and equipped them with the relevant skills to be more relevant in their world.
After this training program, W.TEC will embark on its Technology Summer Camp for secondary school girls within Lagos State. The nominees are currently writing pre-selection test which will usher in the best 15 students that are academically sound and have good interest in learning new things and they will partake in the summer camp which is stipulated for August.
W.TEC is making a terrific impact!
Jun
25
‘Geek Girl’ keeping Firefox safe
June 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment
This is an interesting article about Mozilla’s chief security something-or-other (yes, that’s her official title), Window Snyder. She’s the lady who coordinates the efforts of the thousands of volunteers who work on identifying and fixing security flaws in Mozilla’s Firefox browser.
Jun
25
Full Scholarships Available for Boarding School and Undergraduate Education
June 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment
This looks like a wonderful opportunity. There are scholarships being offered for international students for admission into the Emma Willard School, located in Troy, New York, in the United States. The Emma Willard School is the oldest girls’ school in the United States and educates girls in grades 9–12 (JSS3 – SSS3). Emma Willard fosters in each young woman a love of learning, the habits of an intellectual life, and the character, moral strength, and qualities of leadership to serve and shape her world.
The goal of this scholarship programme is to attract highly motivated, potential future leaders who will benefit from the educational opportunities of select American boarding schools. The grants are need-based, and each successful candidate will have her full need met by grants from the Davis family and from Emma Willard School. Students may enroll in the 10th, 11th, and 12th grades as well as during the postgraduate year. Upon graduation from Emma Willard, Davis Scholars are eligible for continued scholarship support at any of the 89 Davis United World Scholars colleges and universities which now support more than 1,400 students from 126 countries.
Successful candidates for the Davis Scholars Program will be excellent students in their current academic setting, demonstrate leadership and service potential, and possess a strong command of English. The application deadline is February 1, 2009. Admissions information can be found at www.emmawillard.org/admissions.
For further information about the Davis Scholars Program, please contact Christine Hoek at choek@emmawillard.org or at + 1 518 833 1362.
Jun
13
‘Geek Girls’
June 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Here’s an article from Newsweek on the rising ‘coolness’ of girls who love science and technology, aka geek girls.
Read Revenge of the Nerdette.
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