For those of you who don't read the comics anymore, you missed a rather brilliant insight in the comic strip called "Zits" today. 

"Zits" sketches the life of a teenager named Jeremy, his friends, and his parents.  It chronicles Jeremy's crushes, sleep habits, prolific food consumption, apathy for household chores, and forays into driving and curfew-breaking, among other topics; its characters may be stereotypes, but they are stereotypes whose behavior rings true. 

In my reading,  I have learned that many women do not take more advanced computer science classes in high school because they are not counted academically when competing for college admissions slots.  Typically computer science courses, such as programming, are labeled as elective or technical art courses, which have no or very little competitive value in the college admissions process.  Given this reality, it is not surprising that most women enter college without considering computer science as a course of study or a career, even if they have an interest in computing. 

NCWIT has officially entered the world of social networking with our official NCWIT Supporters Facebook Group.  We encourage you to join.  Just search "NCWIT" within groups.  The group is open and membership is not restricted. As always, important information will always be available on the NCWIT website, but the Facebook group is a great way to have discussions and get to know one another (put faces to names).

During the last week of June, thousands of educators, administrators, and policy-makers poured into San Antonio, Texas for the ISTE’s National Educational Computing Conference (NECC).