I spent a weekend in New Hampshire with some very good friends from Connecticut. One family has three girls…
(they are in the front). Half the time I never even saw them. When I asked where they were, I was informed they were creating “worlds” in Minecraft. These was very interesting spaces, very detailed.
At BU Academy I was the “founder” of the VGC – Video Gaming Club. One of my student “Technology Associates” built a Minecraft server…they loved it. In fact, so much so it began to take a toll on their academics, and I was forced to disband the club.
However, the role of coding and girls involvement is crucial. Here’s a link from a recent NPR story about this.