Webinar to focus on getting girls interested in engineering
Project Lead The Way® (PLTW®) is joining forces with Engineer Your Life (EYL), to increase the participation of girls in Gateway To Technology® (GTT®) and HS engineering courses.
PLTW® and EYL will present the online webinar:
Focus Your Future: Getting Girls Interested in Engineering
Thursday, October 22
4:00 pm EST, 1:00 pm PST
Join us for this one-hour webinar and you will receive the tools you need to increase your participation of girls in your program.
Topics include:
• free resources
• what girls want in a career
• why girls aren’t choosing engineering
• how to talk to girls about engineering
TO REGISTER, copy the following link into your browser:
https://wgbh.webex.com/wgbh/onstage/g.php?d=666235096&t=a
On WGBH site under event status, click “register” on left side of page.
EVENT PASSWORD (case sensitive): Engineer2009
If you can’t attend this webinar live, register and you will receive the links for the archived webinar and free resources.
TECHNICAL INFO:
Presentation can be seen and heard through your computer. There is no need to call into the teleconference unless you have difficulty with your computer’s audio.
TECHINICAL REQUIREMENTS: QuickTime player
(To view a 2-minute video during the presentation, you will need the current version of QuickTime. You may download and install this free player on your Mac or PC by visiting http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/)
EYL is a national campaign to showcase engineering as an exciting and rewarding career choice for high school girls. Seventy-nine percent (79%) of girls who are familiar with the EYL web site report engineering as their number 1 job choice.
FOR INFORMATION ON EYL AND PLTW, VISIT:
o Engineer Your Life: www.EngineerYourLife.org
o Project Lead The Way®: www.pltw.org
