Homemade powerpoint games: A constructionist alternative to webquests

TechTrends

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 54-59

  Barbour, Michael ^a   Rieber, Lloyd P ^b   Thomas, Gretchen ^b   Rauscher, Dawn ^c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Flathead Valley Community College in Kalispell   (United States)

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EID: 72249085421     PISSN: 87563894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11528-009-0326-2     Document Type: Article

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