Gender Tech Personal Memories

Title of the tutorial	Personal memories of technology
Attributions
Kind of learning session	Gender and Tech
Tutorial category	Icebreaking
Duration (hours)	1
Learning objectives	To think about participants own personal relationships with technology, and when gender stereotypes started to play a role.
Prerequisites	None
Methodology	* Get everyone to sit in a circle Distribute sticky notes and pens Ask everyone to write your earliest memory of using, seeing, or interacting with technology, with your rough age, and the device you used. Then go round the circle and (depending on how many people are present) – ask people to read out their answers. If there are too many people present, ask for volunteers to put their hands up, and read out their answers. If the exercise stimulates discussion around certain stereotypes, the facilitator can also make a list of these at the front of the group.
Number of facilitators involved	1
Technical needs	None
Theoretical and on line resources	[[Theoretical and on line resources::Science: it's a girl thing – video, aiming to get more women in STEM fields. A bad example of how to address this problem, as it's catering to the stereotypes we're trying to get rid of.]]