Sponsor: Division G - Social Context of Education.
Building/Room: New Orleans Marriott / La Galerie 3

Session Participants:
What Is COMPUGIRLS?--*Kimberly A. Scott (Arizona State University)
Culturally Relevant Computing and Videogames--*Elisabeth R. Hayes (Arizona State University)
COMPUGIRLS Speak!--*Kimberly A. Scott (Arizona State University)
Discussant: James Paul Gee (Arizona State University) ; Chair: Margaret A. Eisenhart (University of Colorado - Boulder)

Abstract:
Girls of color are greatly underrepresented in STEM fields. This point stands in stark contrast to the rising number of students of color entering our public schools systems. With technology serving as the fastest growing STEM discipline, the lack of gender-race diversity in technology portends theoretical, pedagogical, and methodological implications for how we discuss, measure, and challenge digital equity. COMPUGIRLS, an NSF-funded technology program for adolescent girls from underrepresented groups, shares its successes and challenges in attending to these issues. As a culturally relevant multimedia initiative, presenters will share two-years’ of data that include: the theoretical foundations of the program; the construction of the courses; and its effectiveness as told by participants.

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