Click!: Pre-Teen Girls and a Mixed Reality Role-Playing Game for Science and Technology

Click!: Pre-Teen Girls and a Mixed Reality Role-Playing Game for Science and Technology

Click! Urban Adventure Game was a mixed-reality role-playing game where girls worked in teams to solve a fictional mystery based on a real-world issue, using technology and science to conduct their investigation. In this article we describe the design of the experience and present evidence that the...

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Main Authors: Lauren Giarratani, Anuja Parikh, Betsy James DiSalvo, Karen Knutson, Kevin Crowley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitetsforlaget 2011-01-01
Series:Nordic Journal of Digital Literacy
Online Access:https://www.idunn.no/dk/2011/03/art03
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