Gaming for middle school students: Building virtual worlds

Proceedings - 3rd International Conference on Game Development in Computer Science Education, GDCSE 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 21-25

  Hardnett, Charles R ^a  

^a SPELMAN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer graphics; Computer Science education; Games; Interactive media

Indexed keywords

BROADENING PARTICIPATION IN COMPUTING; COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION; COMPUTER SCIENCE STUDENTS; COMPUTING INDUSTRY; COURSE SEQUENCES; GAME DEVELOPMENT; GAMES; HIGH SCHOOL; IMPLEMENTATION ASPECTS; INTERACTIVE MEDIA; MIDDLE SCHOOL; MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS; RESEARCH STUDIES; SUMMER CAMP; VIRTUAL WORLDS;

COLLEGE BUILDINGS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; CURRICULA; EDUCATION COMPUTING; GAME THEORY; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TEACHING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

STUDENTS;

EID: 70349121608     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1463673.1463678     Document Type: Conference Paper

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