Week 9 Reading and Discussion

"Of the total digital stories selected to analyze, which were representative of the body of digital storytelling work done at Las Redes, 80 percent of the girls wrote about their family and personal life aspirations, and 80 percent of the boys created fictional tales of adventure." (Avila pg 47)

I chose this quote simply because I have two small children and when I think about them and the decisions I make that will shape who they become it can be extremely stressful.  I know that as a parent I don’t want to tell my daughters they can’t do something because “only boys” can do that.  However, I am realistic and know that as girls there are some things they can’t do, and of course there are many things they can do boys can’t.  I want them to become confident, caring and intelligent adults and it starts with them knowing who they are and who they want to be early on. 

The YouTube video I found that I think kind of shows these differences

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A74IP6x319U

This simply shows how boys and girls see things differently.  I think the fact that the young man could not do the skate board challenge demonstrates my point about how I do not want my two little girls to feel like they cannot do what boys can do as she did so much better than he did with that part of the challenge. 

Avila, J. & Pandya J. Z. (2012). Critical Digital Literacies as Social Praxis: Intersections and Challenges. Peter Lang: New York.