On Girls, Boys, and IT Careers

Google TechTalks
April 06, 2006

Dr. Cornelia Brunner
Associate Director, Center for Children & Technology Education Development Center

Dr. Brunner has been involved in the research, production, and teaching of educational technology in a variety of subject areas for thirty years. In addition to conducting research projects about the relationship between learning, teaching, and technology, she has designed and implemented educational materials incorporating technologies to support inquiry-based learning and teaching in science, social studies, media literacy, and the arts. ABSTRACT
Research over the past two decades has pointed to a strong, persistent, gendered difference in technological desire…