Connected play : tweens in a virtual world / by Yasmin B. Kafai and Deborah A. Fields.

By:

Kafai, Yasmin B [author.]

Contributor(s):

Fields, Deborah A [author.]

Series: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation series on digital media and learningPublication details: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2013]Description: xiii, 195 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780262019934 (hbk.) :

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

LOC classification:

LB1029.S53 K34 2013

Contents:

Playgrounds for millions -- Digital footprints -- Identity play -- Social play -- Boundary play -- Science play -- Designing play -- Future play.

Summary: Millions of children visit virtual worlds every day. In such virtual play spaces as Habbo Hotel, Toontown, and Whyville, kids chat with friends from school, meet new people, construct avatars, and earn and spend virtual currency. In 'Connected Play', Yasmin Kafai and Deborah Fields investigate what happens when kids play in virtual worlds, how this matters for their offline lives, and what this means for the design of educational opportunities in digital worlds. Play is fundamentally important for kids' development, but, Kafai and Fields argue, to understand play in virtual worlds, we need to connect concerns of development and culture with those of digital media and learning. Kafai and Fields do this through a detailed study of kids' play in Whyville, a massive, informal virtual world with educational content for tween players.

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Item type	Home library	Class number	Status	Date due	Barcode
2 week loan	Hockney Library Main Floor	794.8/KAF (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		741230073X

Formerly CIP. Uk

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Playgrounds for millions -- Digital footprints -- Identity play -- Social play -- Boundary play -- Science play -- Designing play -- Future play.

Millions of children visit virtual worlds every day. In such virtual play spaces as Habbo Hotel, Toontown, and Whyville, kids chat with friends from school, meet new people, construct avatars, and earn and spend virtual currency. In 'Connected Play', Yasmin Kafai and Deborah Fields investigate what happens when kids play in virtual worlds, how this matters for their offline lives, and what this means for the design of educational opportunities in digital worlds. Play is fundamentally important for kids' development, but, Kafai and Fields argue, to understand play in virtual worlds, we need to connect concerns of development and culture with those of digital media and learning. Kafai and Fields do this through a detailed study of kids' play in Whyville, a massive, informal virtual world with educational content for tween players.

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