Student Event
What are the aims of a student event?
This event aims to:
- Encourage female students to interact with role models from the ICT industry.
- Inform female students of the range and diversity of ICT career pathways and ICT enabled career pathways.
- Encourage students to realise their capabilities using ICTs.
- Provide a safe and supportive environment for girls to ask questions and increase their knowledge.
- Help students understand that working in the ICT industry is a fully human discipline that, while highly technical, is linked to other arenas and to people.
What time of year should a student event be held?
When deciding on the time of year to run the event, consider:
- The calendar of all educational institutions involved with event.
- Scheduling the event when
there are:
- less school events,
- no report cards due
- school subject selection processes occurring
- high levels of student enthusiasm (traditionally this is earlier in the school year)
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What day should a student event be held?
It
is recommended that your event be held on a school day
What should be considered
when deciding on the time of day for the student event?
It is recommended that the following be considered:
- Timetables of the target group
- Transport facilities for students
Advantages and disadvantages of timing during the school day are listed in the table below.
| Session Time | Advantages | Disadvantages |
| Morning |
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| Afternoon |
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What would happen at a student event?
Below is a basic outline of a student event to encourage more girls to consider
ICT careers and studies.
| Time allotted | What happens |
| 5 mins | Opening speaker welcomes participants and explains the program and purpose of the event. |
| 8 mins | Explain to the students the purpose of the pre and post surveys and how to data will be used.Get students to complete a pre-survey. |
| 2 mins | Introduce speakers. |
| 4 mins per role model | Role models address students. |
| 15 mins | Question and answer time (students to role models). |
| 10 mins | Display students’ ICT work. |
| 5 mins | Excerpt of IT & T Stuff video. |
| 15 mins | Demonstration of ICT innovation(s). |
| 5 mins | Gift giving and thanks to role models. |
| 5 mins | Prize draws for participants. |
| 5 mins | Thanks to sponsors and participants. |
| 5 mins | Students complete a post-survey. |
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What variations / additions are possible for this type of event?
Girls and ICTs Competition:
The event can be used to launch, promote or announce the winner of local Girls
and ICTs Competitions. If your event is going to involve a competition, plan
this early and distribute information about it early. Information that participants
will require includes:
- terms and conditions
- closing date
- criteria
- date drawn/judged.
It is important to send reminders.
Other ideas include:
- Giving participants an item that they can refer to during the event and take away with them after the event that will display the speakers’ backgrounds and a photograph of the role models. Items include placemats, coasters, calendars or bookmarks
- Giving participants a mentor booklet that contains further information about the mentors. This is best used for speakers who are prepared to continue contact with students.
- Having roving microphones for question and answer sessions between students and speakers.
- Giving students lollies or other novelty items as an incentive for engagement with speakers.
- Supplying role models with thank you gifts.
- Having a hands-on ICT workshop for girls. The girls really enjoy this.
- Allowing students to interview role models and prepare a presentation about them “on the fly”. This can be uploaded to the school’s website throughout the event.
- Giving away lucky door prizes.
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