By Lorna | February 16, 2012
Two years ago in 2010 I wrote a blog post in response to a post written by MShaw “Dev8D: where were the women? which commented on the fact that only 7% of the event’s participants were female. I hadn’t gone to Dev8D that year but I felt compelled to comment as this echoed [...]
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By Lorna | January 18, 2012
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Earlier today I had a quick browse around Learning Without Frontiers The Future of Learning Conference website and I couldn’t help finding it somewhat ironic that out of 30 Headline Speakers, only five are women. Of course, not that there is anything wrong with the 25 male speakers, there are many truly individual and [...]
By Lorna | March 24, 2010
Something a bit left field for Ada Lovelace Day this year as the woman I’ve chosen to write about was born 75 years before Ada herself, and I’m perhaps stretching the definition of “technology” a bit. Allow me to introduce Mary Lacy, the female shipwright, whose contemporary autobiography written in 1773 has recently been [...]
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I’m writing this in response to MShaw’s post on DevCSI asking why there were so few women at Dev8D. I’m answering over here rather than over there because this is something I’ve been pondering for a while. And, as my colleague John Robertson pointed out on twitter:
Appropriate for International Woman’s Day? discussion on [...]
By Lorna | February 8, 2010
Ada Lovelace day is coming around again on the 24th March and you can plegde to participate here http://findingada.com/
The following is from the Ada Lovelace Day pledge announcement but I’m more than happy to repeat it here:
We had an amazing day last year, with over 1200 people writing about a woman in technology [...]
We have all been deeply saddened to hear of the death of Rachel Heery, Assistant Director of Research and Development at UKOLN until her retirement in 2007. Some of us in CETIS, particularly Phil Barker, R John Robertson, Sarah Currier and I worked closely with Rachel on a number of JISC projects and initiatives [...]
Several people have already picked up on this on twitter. Meet della from Dell for all you girlies needing to “simplify your life with technology”.
“Tech tips” include:
Get healthier: Use your mini to track calories, carbs and protein with ease, watch online fitness videos, map your running routes and more.
Eat better: Find recipes [...]
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By Lorna | March 24, 2009
….but an illustrious one! For Ada Lovelace day a list of all the women I’ve worked with in the domain of educational technology since 1997, all of them inspiring in their own unique way.
Julie Allinson, Helen Beetham, Kerry Blinco, Rachel Bruce, Joanna Bull, Gayle Calverley, Jackie Carter, Lisa Corley, Sarah Currier, Jenny Delasalle, Susan, [...]
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By Lorna | November 30, 2008
Qotd from two year old daughter in response to seven year old boy:
7 year old boy: “Rhuna you’re a genius!”
2 year old daughter: “I’m not a genius, I’m a girl.”
Girl being one step up from genius obviously….
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