Abstract

An eight-year-old boy, Adrian, draws subject matter and formats for his writing from a new, digital medium: the video game. (Contains 2 tables and 5 figures.)

Citation

Ranker, J. (2006). "There's Fire Magic, Electric Magic, Ice Magic, or Poison Magic": The World of Video Games and Adrian's Compositions about "Gauntlet Legends". Language Arts, 84(1), 21-33.

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Keywords

• case studies
• Computer Simulation
• Correlation
• creativity
• Critical Viewing
• Freehand Drawing
• inquiry
• Media Adaptation
• Story Telling
• teacher attitudes
• Technology Uses in Education
• video games
• Writing (Composition)
• Writing Instruction