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Welcome to CIS 109!
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GraphicExplorer Demo
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GIMP-Change Picture
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Introduction to Audacity
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Introduction to Audacity-fall11.pdf
Creating a Graph wiht GeoGebra
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Pair-programming
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Women in computing
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Women Entrepreneurs in IT
Interviews of successful women entrpreneurs in IT companies, large and small, even non-profit.
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IBM WIT external links page
IBM Women in Technology external links page. Provide links to a number of of website concerning women and technology.
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www-03.ibm.com
IBM WIT Persona page
Links to two pages full of interviews and portraits of women who made significant contributions at IBM.
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Grace Hopper Celebration Awards Winner
Short portraits of the awards winner of the 2009 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing.
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gracehopper.org
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Computing Careers
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NCWIT resource page
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www.ncwit.org
ACM Computing careers
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computingcareers.acm.org
Computing carreer site
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www.careercornerstone.org
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Alice Notes
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