wProjects : Dynamic Web Development Projects for Female High School Students

We report new developments for wConnect, an action research project aimed at recruiting more women into computer and information science. A key outreach activity for wConnect has been high school workshops, where we deliver hands-on web programming experiences. Over the past three years we have fielded and evaluated 11 workshops; nine used a Bridgetools enduser platform and two used wProjects, a Drupal-based tool. We report design and evaluation of the new tool, including some evidence that it improves on the earlier tools. We also report on new features allowing teachers to design their own workshop projects. Keywords-component; End-User Web Development; K-12 Education; Content Management Systems; Action Research