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To learn more about the Women and Computers course, see the

• About the Course - 5 minute promotional speech Nov. '09 or watch the video at YouTube
  
• Required Readings for Spring 2011
• Assignments for Spring 2011
  
• For more info about free software, online Web tools, portable apps and other techniques covered in this course, see the Computer & Web Skills section of this wiki.
  

And for an example of how to examine the Web through the lens of race, gender and class, see the "Digital Divide or Digital Diversity" slide show at Zoho Show.

Web Content/Resources for this Course
See the Good URLs section of this Wiki to explore how feminists and social justice activists use the Web – links to feminist web sites and blogs, to networks for social justice activists, to how-to’s and web toolkits for nonprofits and advocacy groups, etc.

Examples of Student Work

• An eye-catching video on YouTube about MorgueFile.com - where you can get free pictures to use in your productions - by Emily
  
• A website "How to Get Involved in Local Government" created by Nichole using Weebly.com
• Video about Corvida Raven, young black social media guru, on YouTube. Original PowerPoint created by Kerri, transformed into video by Pat.
  
• A Voicethread presentation about the women co-founders of Meebo (a web-based IM client) by Rachel
• A slideshow about Scrapblog and the women who founded, prepared by Beth in Sp.08 using Google Docs to create her slideshow.
  
• A slideshow about Admiral Grace Hopper, early computer pioneer who developed the Cobol language, created using Zoho Show by Kelli.
• A tutorial on how to create cartoons using ToonDoo by Beth - a PDF file (Wetpaint Attachment)
  
• Quick Guide to using Zoho Show to create your slideshows online (alternative to PowerPoint). An example of how students use screenshots to illustrate tutorials by Alexis.
• A Voicethread about BlogHer – the women’s blogging collective – by Pat. Compare video at Blip TV (created with Windows MovieMaker software on desktop PC, then uploaded to Blip TV which incorporates clips from videos found on Blip TV)
• Video Tutorial (made using the free CamStudio software) on Using XnView to Edit Photos for OnScreen Use - at BlipTV (best quality, most readable) or at YouTube by Pat

Please help us find each other's work on the Web. Everytime you post a slideshow, a video at BlipTV or add some bookmarks at Delcicious (assuming relevant to this course), please add theTag or Keyword ws445. I have done this for the materials I've posted at Zoho Show, Flickr, YouTube, etc. That way we can all find stuff related to this course by just typing ws445 into search boxes - we don't have to remember URLs or find which Wiki page had the link.