When play works: Turning game-playing into learning

Proceeding of the 2006 Conference on Interaction Design and Children, IDC '06

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 137-140

  Steiner, Brittany ^a   Kaplan, Nancy ^a   Moulthrop, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Collaborative work; Computer games; Game design; Learning and education

Indexed keywords

ANIMATION; GROUPWARE; LEARNING SYSTEMS; TEACHING; USER INTERFACES;

COLLABORATIVE WORK; COMPUTER GAMES; GAME DESIGN;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 34247347387     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1139073.1139107     Document Type: Conference Paper

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