Gender, Technology, and Education

Scholarly Readings

Learning in Context: Digital Games and Young Black Men Betsy James DiSalvo, Kevin Crowley, Roy Norwood Feb 13, 2008 ABSTRACT: The authors present an exploratory study of Black middle school boys who play digital games. The study was conducted through observations and interviews with Black American middle school boys about digital games as an informal learning experience. The first goal of the study is to understand the cultural context that Black students from economically disadvantaged inner-city neighborhoods bring to playing digital games. The second goal of the study is to examine how this cultural context affects the learning opportunities with games. Third, the authors examine how differences in game play are potential factors in the discrepancy between White male gamers and Black male gamers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Finally, the authors address several opportunities within the field of informal learning to augment game play by bridging the learning that takes place within game play to the real world. DiSalvo, B. J., Crowley, K., & Norwood, R. (2008). Learning in context: Digital games and young black men. Games and Culture.

Betsy DiSalvo Google Scholar Sep 1, 2015 Assistant Professor, School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Tech computer science education, learning sciences, motivation, culture and technology Verified email at cc.gatech.edu (2017-04-09) Google Scholar. (n.d.) Betsy DiSalvo. Retrieved from: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=BXEDBDUAAAAJ&hl=en

Ongoing Projects

Girls Who Code We're a national non-profit organization dedicated to closing the gender gap in technology.

In the Media

Whistling Vivaldi and Beating Stereotypes Neal Conan Apr 12, 2010 Women taking a math test will perform worse when reminded that women aren't expected to do well in math. Social psychologist Claude Steele calls this an example of the "stereotype threat." In his book, Whistling Vivaldi, he lays out a plan to reshape those expectations. The book is available on Amazon in paperback, Kindle, and Audible formats.

Interviews

Gender, Technology, and Education: Jessica Uelman Interview (watch on YouTube) David Joyner Jun 6, 2016 David Joyner interviews Jessica Uelman, Program Manager at Udacity, about Gender, Technology, and Education. Joyner, D. & Udacity. (2016, June 6). Gender, Technology, and Education: Jessica Uelman Interview. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkMi2nc6OB4

Gender, Technology, and Education: Kathleen Mullaney Interview (watch on YouTube) David Joyner Jun 6, 2016 David Joyner interviews Kathleen Mullaney, VP of Careers at Udacity, about Gender, Technology, and Education. Joyner, D. & Udacity. (2016, June 6). Gender, Technology, and Education: Kathleen Mullaney Interview. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQe18PkBJTA