Tag: Fröbel
Week 4 Response—Shelley
by mwill5 on January 27, 2016 10:54 pm
I was drawn to the article by Kafai et al. because I remember, quite clearly, my love of Barbie Fashion Designer when it came out in 1996. I was struck by the line, “Seemingly against conventional wisdom, it demonstrated that girls could be interested in using computers.” (2) This observation speaks to the depth to the stereotype… Read more Week 4 Response—Shelley
DQC - Week 4 - Betsy Anderson
by eanders7 on January 27, 2016 12:41 pm
While reading Fröbel’s Forgotten Gift I did not get the impression that any of the 20 toys and activities he created had distinctively male or female features. All of the toys and activities seemed to be fairly gender-neutral and over time have inspired very gender specific toys like Legos and sewing activities. In Barbie Girls and… Read more DQC - Week 4 - Betsy Anderson
Week 4: Fröbel's Forgotten Gift
by ccolgan on January 25, 2016 12:00 am
In reading “Fröbel’s Forgotten Gift…,” I couldn’t help but remember Barbie Fashion Designer from my own childhood. I didn’t own the game, but I begged my friend Victoria to play whenever I was at her house. As I recall, it was a fairly open-ended design project, though firmly within the Barbie world of “Dream Date”… Read more Week 4: Fröbel's Forgotten Gift