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5th Annual
Virtual Take Our Daughters to Work Day
Thursday, April 27, 2000
[SCHEDULE] [PROFILES] [OVERVIEW]
The fifth annual Virtual Take Our Daughters to Work Day, sponsored by
the NASA Quest's
Women of NASA project, features select female leaders from a broad
spectrum of professions within NASA who will meet online with hundreds
of students, parents, and schools worldwide to discuss and celebrate opportunities,
as well as gain insight into the professional and personal aspects of
their lives. We invite boys and girls to join us and learn more about
these exceptional women. The day is devoted to giving young people anywhere
in the world who have Internet access the opportunity to share the Take
Our Daughters to Work Day experience and gain insight into their own future
choices. This day of online conversations coincides with the national
initiative, Take Our Daughters to Work Day sponsored by the Ms. Foundation.
Participants may engage in conversations with the women by either a
live QuestChat or QuestForum. The live Questchats will feature one
select woman each hour on the hour from 7:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. PDT / 10:00
a.m. - 6:00 p.m. EST and require preregistration. The QuestForum is open
throughout the day from 7:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. PDT / 10:00 a.m. - 6:00
p.m. EST and will feature a panel of eight women. Registration is not
necessary for the Forum and you may join in when it is most convenient.
An observation room is also available for both the QuestChat and QuestForum.
All dialogue will be archived and available as a link from the featured
women's profile and the schedule page. Visit the archives from our previous
years: (1997),(1998),
(1999)
The Virtual Take Our Daughters to Work Day is comprised of four interrelated
components:
- Research
Profiles and biographies of the featured women are available for research
prior to the event, and can be found by linking from the featured woman's
name on the schedule or on
the profiles
page. You are strongly encouraged to research the featured women prior
to the chats in order to form appropriate questions that cannot be answered
by another source. Archives and links to additional interactive events
and resources are also included in their profiles.
- Preregistration
Preregistration for the QuestChats is essential. Although an unlimited
number of participants can take part in the chats as observers, the
number of students able to submit questions live during the chat is
limited. Therefore, once you have researched the featured women and
have decided which chat(s) you wish to participate in, you must preregister
from the schedule page. The registration
is done by filling out a web-based form and takes approximately 3 minutes.
If you have participated in our Questchats before and remember your
user name and password the process is expedited. There are specific
chat directions
that you should become familiar with prior to the chats.
- Interacting
To chat, enter the URL, user name and password you were given
when you preregistered for the chat at the specified time. To observe,
link to the observe room from the schedule page at any time. To participate
in the Forum, link to the Forum room from the schedule page at
any point throughout the day to post or read answers.
- Follow-up
All contents and information from these pages and this event will be
archived and available as a link from the Women of NASA archives page. Please see
the individual links for the particular mentor and chat you are interested
in reviewing for the date: April 27, 2000. The archived chats and profiles
are a rich source of information when studying careers, gender equity,
women's issues, and information specific to each woman's profession.
Teaching tips on how you may use this event and the Women of NASA project
are available on our teaching tips page.
Visit the archives from our previous years (1997),(1998),(1999)
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