1.++Introduction

=INTRODUCTION=

===Our featured article //The Digital Divide: The Special Case of Gender// is written by Joel Cooper, a professor of Psychology at Princeton University. Dr. Cooper has written a very detailed account, summarizing existing research which specifically connects to a digital divide based on gender. His findings hold decided implications for how educators should approach technology instruction in order to meet the needs of all students.===


 * The Home menu toolbar on the left indicates the order of our wiki presentation.
 * To begin our presentation we would like you to complete a little survey which is a variation of an Anticipation Chart. Completing this activity will ready your thinking for the information we wish to present. Several days into the presentation, the results of this summary will be revisited and shared, so be sure to check back for the results of our survey.
 * Dr. Cooper's Featured Article is presented in a brief power point slideshare. However, if your interest is piqued we strongly recommend reading the original article in its entirety (see link to pdf). Our direct communications with Dr. Cooper are included in the Additional Information section.
 * To add further insight into the gender digital divide issue we have included several Supporting Articles, summarized in the interest of brevity.
 * Additional Information has also been made available to further demonstrate how the gender divide directly affects our students today and describe its implications for the future.
 * We have included several questions in the Conclusions section which we hope will stimulate a discussion of the gender digital divide. You will need to become a member of Wikispaces to contribute to this discussion.
 * References are included for your use and to facilitate sharing with colleagues, administrators, or Information Technology teachers. You are most welcome to use any part of our presentation if it will help you to build awareness of the gender digital divide issue with other educators.

Rhonda Morrissette Joanie Proske EDES 545 - Information Technologies for Learning University of Alberta

Developed February 2009.

Click here to go to our Feature Article.