GameLog: Fostering reflective gameplaying for learning

Sandbox Symposium 2007 - ACM SIGGRAPH Video Game Symposium, Sandbox '07

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 31-38

  Zagal, Jose P ^a   Bruckman, Amy S ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

blogs; learning; reflection; videogames; writing

Indexed keywords

BLOGGING; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; COURSE CONTENTS; EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH; GAME DESIGN; GAMELOG; LEARNING AND UNDERSTANDING; LEARNING EXPERIENCES; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; REFLECTIVE WRITING; UNIVERSITY LEVELS; VIDEO GAME;

BLOGS; CURRICULA; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; INTERNET; REFLECTION; STUDENTS;

TEACHING;

EID: 77954014889     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1274940.1274950     Document Type: Conference Paper

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