Title Engineering play : a cultural history of children's software / Mizuko Ito

Published Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 234 pages) : illustrations Series The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation series on digital media and learning John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation series on digital media and learning. Contents Academics -- Entertainment -- Construction -- Conclusion Summary How the influential industry that produced such popular games as Oregon Trail and KidPix emerged from experimental efforts to use computers as tools in child-centered learning Analysis EDUCATION/Digital Media & Learning GAME STUDIES/Games in Education SOCIAL SCIENCES/Media Studies Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Children's software -- Development -- United States -- History Computer-assisted instruction -- United States Computers and children. Entertainment computing -- United States SPORTS & RECREATION -- General. EDUCATION -- Computers & Technology. Children's software -- Development Computer-assisted instruction Computers and children Entertainment computing United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780262258913 0262258919 1282694561 9781282694569

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