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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778539103321

Autore

Itō Mizuko

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2009

ISBN

0-262-29155-X

1-282-69456-1

9786612694561

0-262-25891-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (247 p.)

Collana

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation series on digital media and learning

Disciplina

790.20285

Soggetti

Children's software - Development - United States - History

Computer-assisted instruction - United States

Computers and children

Entertainment computing - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Series Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Academics; 3 Entertainment; 4 Construction; 5 Conclusion; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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.