MOOSE Crossing: Construction, Community, and Learning in a Networked Virtual World for Kids (1997)
Summary
Amy Bruckman's MIT PhD dissertation analyzes MOOSE Crossing, a networked virtual world for kids, focusing on how constructionist learning unfolds through collaborative play, tool-building, and community support. It details the MOOSE language and MacMOOSE client, design decisions that enable empowering technologies, and early explorations of digital learning communities, with case studies and appendices of children's creations.