The stereotype that girls do not play digital games is outdated, according to the latest report from the Speak Up 2013 survey of students, teachers, administrators and parents released today. In 2013, approximately 42 percent of girls in grades 3-5 and 37 percent of girls in grades 6-8 said they regularly play games on tablets compared to 38 percent of boys in grades 3-8.
The latest report, The New Digital Learning Playbook: Understanding the Spectrum of Students’ Activities and Aspirations, is available via: www.tomorrow.org/speakup/SU13DigitalLearningPlaybook_StudentReport.html
The companion infographic on mobile learning is available via: http://www.tomorrow.org/speakup/pdfs/SU2013_MobileLearning.pdf
