This paper focuses on the main goals, as well as the planned and actual output of Vill@ge (Virtual Language Learning through Edutainment Activities), a European, multilateral, language-learning project. The paper offers an overview of the on-line environment, describes a variety of learning tasks and their effectiveness; furthemore, it outlines some possible future applications.

Interactivity is an integral part of engaging children with what they are learning. We address this engagement by creating an interactive entertainment and learning tool for children to use in the classroom or at home using a painting scenario. We do this by coalescing music, multimedia and electronics together through the real-time mapping of painting gestures into musical output and feedback....

Eine Experten-Checkliste für die Beurteilung von Software für Kinder ist entwickelt und an Kindern einer 2. Klasse validiert worden. Im ersten Teil der Untersuchung beurteilten zehn Studenten der Psychologie mit der Checkliste drei EdutainmentTitel unterschiedlicher Qualität. Aufgrund der Ergebnisse wurden die Items der Checkliste analysiert und selektiert (Varianzanalyse, Itemanalyse) und die ...