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Download full textKafai, Yasmin; Marshall, Sue; Ching, Cynthia Carter – 1998
This paper presents and discusses the results of a project in which seven teams of elementary school students were involved in designing and implementing interactive multimedia resources in science for younger children. During a period of 3 months, students in grades 5 and 6 were divided into teams and met regularly to program the multimedia…
Descriptors: Animation, Computer Software Development, Cooperative Learning, Grade 5
Ching, Cynthia Carter; Marshall, Sue; Kafai, Yasmin – 1998
This study examines a 3-month software design activity in which mixed teams of girls and boys designed and implemented multimedia resources. Mixed-gender teams of fifth and sixth graders used Logo MicroWorlds in their classroom to design multimedia encyclopedias about their astronomy unit for use by younger children. In this context, students'…
Descriptors: Computer Software Development, Cooperative Learning, Encyclopedias, Females
Kafai, Yasmin; Bates, Marcia J. – School Library Media Quarterly, 1997
The SNAPdragon (School Network Action Project) project investigated how elementary school children interact with the Internet by asking them to build an annotated directory of World Wide Web sites for other children. Describes instructional arrangements and development of searching skills; and discusses critical thinking skills and interschool…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education, Critical Thinking, Directories
