Week 5

Drop Box Article
Hello Everyone,
I chose this article because it looks at the affect of technology on critical thinking and essay writing for students.  It also looks at the influence gender may play on the outcome.  I thought the article was interesting because it addresses the gender difference.  As research shows, learning differences do exist between the two sexes.  I think that as educators the more we know about the differences that do exist, the better we can facilitate knowledge for everyone.  Think of it as differentiated learning.  I do not think one gender is better than the other gender at any given task in learning, I do believe that gender does influence learning, even if it is only to the extent on how individual educators view gender.  Even though the study was relatively small (two different essays written one year apart) and not very extensive (only 80 participants) it does shed some light on the gender difference.  It also begs for more research to be done on the influence of technology on both sexes and learning.  Enjoy!! : ) -Anne