Sims to Teen Second Life: Transition of the SimSavvy Girls to Tech Savvy Isle

Autor/inn/en	Johnson, Barbara Z.; King, Elizabeth; Hayes, Elisabeth
Titel	Sims to Teen Second Life: Transition of the SimSavvy Girls to Tech Savvy Isle
Quelle	(2008), (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Females; Computer Uses in Education; Computers; Information Technology; Programming; Educational Technology; Student Motivation; Career Development; Computer Literacy; Skill Development; Computer Software; Video Games; Adolescents; After School Programs + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Computernutzung; Digitalrechner; Informationstechnologie; Programmierung; Unterrichtsmedien; Schulische Motivation; Berufsentwicklung; Computerkenntnisse; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Video game; Videospiel; Videospiele; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; After school education; After-school programs; Program; Programs; Programme; Außerschulische Jugendbildung; Programm
Abstract	In its second year, the Tech Savvy Girls Project adopted "Teen Second Life" as a platform for interest-driven learning and designed projects and objects around themes important to them and their futures as technology-using, creative people. By using the building tools in an open-ended virtual world, they were able to pursue interests common to teen-aged girls: art, houses, fashion, social connections, and future careers as entrepreneurs while developing a wide range of IT-related skills. These skills extend far beyond the limits of traditional school's definitions of computer technology as either mastery of particular software packages or computer programming. The participants, through informal "tinkering" activities have developed life-long meta-skills and identities as technology users, which will allow them to continue learning new techniques as computers, computer programs, and information technology continue to change well into the future. (Contains 3 figures.) (As Provided).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10