Gender and tech. I read this article with interest as I am a woman who teaches online publishing and production. In my current teaching setting, I don't have enough lab space and time for students, but the interest on the part of the students is there. The way lots of my colleagues pay lip service to the need for tech skills, but then don't model them, give students the opportunity to use them by giving reporting assignments where students can produce their content in a variety of output forms, and don't value content presentations on the web undermines our program. Personally, I still get "attitude" from men of all ages, even those many years my junior who know far less about computing than I do, simply because I am a woman. This is changing in some areas, like phone support for DSL, but at computer stores and in my day to day work, I still encounter this. My current boss defers to men with far less education and experience than I have, for example, and the result seeps into the educational fabric of our program. Tech-savvy women seek support in classroom and newsroom