Connected Play
Subtitle: Tweens in a Virtual World
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: Oct 11, 2013
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780262019934
Description: "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."
Notes: Source title: Connected Play: Tweens in a Virtual World (The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series on Digital Media and Learning)