Computers in Entertainment, Volume 1

Volume 1, Number 1, October 2003

• Newton Lee:
  Welcome. 1
  
• Newton Lee:
  A word from the editor. 2
  
• Kim Rose:
  Squeakers: a report on real kids using real computers to learn real math. 3
  
• Lauren Davis:
  Liemandt Foundation launches hidden agenda contest: university students vie for a $25, 000 prize by building video games that secretly teach middle school subjects. 4
  
• Rachel Kaseroff:
  Toshiba's NAND flash utilized in unique entertainment application for voice and control of theme park animatronic robots: elaborate theme park dark rides developed by Sally Corporation use Simon Kaloi controller systems that feature Toshiba's NAND flash technology. 5
  
• Doug Twilleager:
  Java Games Technologies. 6
  
• Edward Grossman:
  ACM Queue. 7
  

• Alan C. Kay:
  Interview with Alan Kay. 8
  
• Roy E. Disney:
  Interview with Roy E. Disney. 9
  

• Miguel de Aguilera, Alfonso Mendiz:
  Video games and education: education in the face of a "parallel school". 10
  
• Miki Baumgarten:
  Kids and the internet: a developmental summary. 11
  
• Krystina S. Madej:
  Towards digital narrative for children: from education to entertainment, a historical perspective. 12
  
• Leslie Wilson:
  Breaking into the universe: computer science is interactive entertainment. 13
  
• John Crocker:
  Active learning systems. 14
  

• Mark R. Mine, Joe Shochet, Roger Hughston:
  Building a massively multiplayer game for the million: Disney's Toontown Online. 15
  
• Glenda Revelle:
  Educating via entertainment media: the Sesame Workshop approach. 16
  
• Henry Jenkins, Eric Klopfer, Kurt Squire, Philip Tan:
  Entering the education arcade. 17
  
• Jason Everett:
  Building a business simulation for kids: the making of Disney's hot shot business. 18
  
• Christopher Romero:
  Wildlife rescue as a framework for learning. 19
  

• James Paul Gee:
  What video games have to teach us about learning and literacy. 20
  
• Marc Prensky:
  Digital game-based learning. 21