We don't have a TV studio specifically, but I did want to add my voice to
the conversation. Hopefully, Brad Rathgeber will weigh in too as he has a
ton of knowledge about girls and technology. Meanwhile, I can extract this
bit from an article I've written on the Online School for Girls for Teacher
Leaders Network which will probably be published in Teacher Magazine:
"Most girls are wired to highly value relationships and forming connections=
.
Their online style has been described by Romiszowski and Mason as =93rappo=
rt
talk,=94 rather than the =93report talk=94 more commonly favored by boys.
Additionally, girls tend to define computers as multi-use tools, focusing o=
n
communcations and productivity, while boys are more likely to focus on
computers as an informational or thinking tool, or for games."
I teach in an all-girls school, and my students throw themselves happily an=
d
unhesitatingy into blogging, wikis, Skyping, video editing and more. My
office mate says she agrees with me that we have no shortage of techie
girls. I can add that my experiences in the past decade teaching in a co-ed
middle school and an all-girls middle school strongly suggest that girls ac=
t
very differently in the different contexts, as I believe research bears out=
.
So our society in general and our school cultures in particular exert a
strong influence.
Take care,
Bill Ivey
Middle School Dean
Stoneleigh-Burnham School
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