Children Exploring a 'Fun' Web-site: Sites of Learning and Roles of Being

Somekh, B.

This paper draws on the evaluation of an 'edutainment' web-site for seven to eleven year old children. Learning Indicators were developed from recent research and used as a framework for data collection to 'track' learning. The paper discusses the nature of children's learning, GridClub and the impact of teachers and parents in mediating (enabling or constraining) their experience.

Cite as: Somekh, B. (2003). Children Exploring a 'Fun' Web-site: Sites of Learning and Roles of Being. In Proc. Young Children and Learning Technologies. Selected papers from the International Federation for Information Processing Working Group 3.5 Open Conference, Melbourne, Australia. CRPIT, 34. Wright, J., McDougall, A., Murnane, J. and Lowe, J., Eds. ACS. 89-93.

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