ICT Go-Girls! project
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The document describes the ICT-Go-Girls project, which aims to promote entrepreneurship among secondary school girls through information and communication technology (ICT). The project is coordinated by the Galicia Supercomputing Centre in Spain and involves partners from Spain, Germany, Austria, Poland, and Belgium. It seeks to empower girls with ICT skills and knowledge to create future opportunities.
ICT Go-Girls! project
- 1. ICT-Go-Girls! Promoting Entrepreneurship among Secundary School Girls through ICT 526590-LLP-1-2012-1-ES-COMENIUS-CMP Multilateral Project co-funded by the European Commision, under LLP programme / Comenius ICT-Go-Girls! Project. 526590-LLP-1-2012-1-ES-COMENIUS-CMP Image: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nastolatki2.JPG
- 2. Project Partners Galicia Supercomputing Centre, Spain Franhoffer IAO- (Coordinator) Stuttgart Uni, Germany Santiago de Donau-Universität Compostela Uni, Spain Krems, Austria Die Berater, Austria CVO Antwerpen-Zuid. Belgium Społeczna Akademia Nauk, Poland ICT-Go-Girls! Project. 526590-LLP-1-2012-1-ES-COMENIUS-CMP
- 3. Project Partners Galicia Supercomputing Centre, Spain Franhoffer IAO- (Coordinator) Stuttgart Uni, Germany Santiago de Donau-Universität Compostela Uni, Spain Krems, Austria Die Berater, Austria CVO Antwerpen-Zuid. Belgium Społeczna Akademia Nauk, Poland ICT-Go-Girls! Project. 526590-LLP-1-2012-1-ES-COMENIUS-CMP
- 4. Associated Partners • Educational Administrations: – Galicia Ministry of Education. Spain – Galician Gender Equality Office. Spain – Dept of Education and Training of Queensland (Australia) • 2 Public Secondary Schools – from each country: Spain, Austria, Poland, Germany, Belgium • Companies: – IBM Spain • Associations: – Galicia Computer Engineers Association. Spain ICT-Go-Girls! Project. 526590-LLP-1-2012-1-ES-COMENIUS-CMP
- 5. Main Goal Empowering girls with the knowledge, skills and values to help them be able to create future opportunities for innovation and quality ICT related employment. Assorted-photo-guy CC-BY-SA-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0, via Wikimedia Commons ICT-Go-Girls! Project. 526590-LLP-1-2012-1-ES-COMENIUS-CMP By Geoff Stearns,, via Wikimedia Commons
- 6. Objectives (I) • Produce a methodology and learning toolkit for secondary schools to promote ICT and entrepreneuship among their female students • Improve teachers methodologies to promote entrepreneurship and ICT skills among school girls and deliver them support tools • Increase ICT skills for educational issues among school girls • Show the empowerment potential of ICTs to girls in order to face their future choices in studies and work. ICT-Go-Girls! Project. 526590-LLP-1-2012-1-ES-COMENIUS-CMP
- 7. Objectives (II) • Improve the following cross-curricular skills: Initiative, Group work, Language learning • Encourage cooperation between the worlds of education, training and work. • Establish a sustainability plan involving business, ICT related institutions, schools and administrations to create a stable network to pursue the main goal of the project Europe- wide. ICT-Go-Girls! Project. 526590-LLP-1-2012-1-ES-COMENIUS-CMP
- 8. Working methodology • Research and analysis of previous initiatives. • Develop methodology • Development of social platform & pilot course contents • 2 pilots in 5 countries for secondary school girls • Evaluation of experience, tools, project • Dissemination & exploitation plan ICT-Go-Girls! Project. 526590-LLP-1-2012-1-ES-COMENIUS-CMP
- 9. European added value ICT-Go-Girls has a European approach rather than a national approach. Many national studies and experiences have been made, but today work and entrepreneurship cannot be understood locally but Europewide or Worldwide, learning methodologies should also focus this way. ICT-Go-Girls! Project. 526590-LLP-1-2012-1-ES-COMENIUS-CMP
- 10. Work Packages WP1. Project Management WP2. Analysis previous studies / initiatives WP3. Methodology Development WP4. Learning and Teaching Resources WP5. Social Web Based Platform WP6. Pilot experiences in Schools WP7. Evaluation WP8. Exploitation WP9. Dissemination & Outreach ICT-Go-Girls! Project. 526590-LLP-1-2012-1-ES-COMENIUS-CMP
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