Is Technology Just For Boys? Article 1

This article takes an interesting viewpoint. I chose it because it blends together the current topics in both classes I am currently enrolled in: Today's Learner and Issues and Ethics in Technology. The articles claims that boys are more apt to benefit from use of technology in schools. I somewhat agree with this mindset, but only to a point. I see that boys may be drawn to the gaming aspects of computers and technology, but lately I am seeing girls drawn to computers as well. This article was written in 2000. Over the last 7 years, computers (mostly the internet) have undergone a transformation of sorts. It has become a very, very social place. Entire sites dedicated to creating and maintaining cirlcles of friends and contacts have sprouted up in this timeframe. Just about every female I have in class has a myspace page and checks it with much more regularity than the males. This is showing that women are drawn to the internet technology, too. It just took the social draw of friend sites to do it.