Computer as Paintbrush: Technology, Play, and the Creative Society

Play = Learning: How Play Motivates and Enhances Children's Cognitive and Social-Emotional Growth

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Resnick, Mitchel ^a  

^a MIT MEDIA LAB   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Computers; Creativity; Edutainment; Learning; Paintbrushes; Play; Playful learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920490740     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195304381.003.0010     Document Type: Chapter

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