Sitting at the Service Desk in Swem with a lull in the action so decided to do some googling\/searching for information related to gender theory. Our next paper in 604 has to apply a theory to a problem. I decided my problem is gender and technology. How do we get\/keep girls more interested in technology as a subject and career?<\/p>\n
I googled “gender theory” and happened upon Things Change<\/a>, the media theory site. There was a link on the front page to the Lego Theorists<\/a>. Of course, considering my current interest in all things Papert, I had to click! There were several pictures of Lego creations including the ArtLab Research Centre, where they explained some of their work:<\/p>\n “ArtLab<\/a> (see www.artlab.org.uk<\/a>) explores new ways of researching social experience, by asking participants to make creative artefacts. The set LEGO 5420 includes participants exploring self-expression through video, photography, drawing, and collage.”<\/p>\n There it is…constructionism. The focus on creating and making as a way of developing individual and social identity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sitting at the Service Desk in Swem with a lull in the action so decided to do some googling\/searching for information related to gender theory. Our next paper in 604 has to apply a theory to a problem. I decided my problem is gender and technology. How do we get\/keep \u2026 Continue reading