http://60foot.edublogs.org/2007/01/31/video-games-in-school/ Just another Edublogs.org weblog Fri, 17 Aug 2007 06:34:02 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 http://60foot.edublogs.org/2007/01/31/video-games-in-school/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Dustin Swanson Fri, 02 Feb 2007 16:47:29 +0000 http://60foot.edublogs.org/2007/01/31/video-games-in-school/#comment-15 To date I have seen no difference in their enthusiasm. However, my classes are not balanced - usually 60-80% males in the class. I know historically the gaming market has been predominantly male. However, that statistic is slowly changing. I recently read that girls outnumber boys in the playing of web-based games (http://www.pbs.org/kcts/videogamerevolution/impact/myths.html). You bring up a new issue though - about encouraging more females to take my course. To date I have seen no difference in their enthusiasm. However, my classes are not balanced – usually 60-80% males in the class. I know historically the gaming market has been predominantly male. However, that statistic is slowly changing. I recently read that girls outnumber boys in the playing of web-based games (http://www.pbs.org/kcts/videogamerevolution/impact/myths.html). You bring up a new issue though – about encouraging more females to take my course.

]]> http://60foot.edublogs.org/2007/01/31/video-games-in-school/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Shelly Stamm Fri, 02 Feb 2007 15:07:03 +0000 http://60foot.edublogs.org/2007/01/31/video-games-in-school/#comment-14 Do you notice a difference between males and females as far as their enthusiasm for gaming? Do you notice a difference between males and females as far as their enthusiasm for gaming?

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