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Designing for children's physical play

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Tilde M. Bekker,

Berry H. EggenAuthors Info & Claims

CHI EA '08: CHI '08 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Pages 2871 - 2876

https://doi.org/10.1145/1358628.1358776

Published: 05 April 2008 Publication History

Abstract

In this paper we describe preliminary results of our work on designing innovative sport concepts to stimulate children's physical play. We are exploring how embedding sensor and actuator technology in products can stimulate children to practice sport related skills. It incorporates ideas from game design, persuasive technology and sport motivation theories. We illustrate our approach with two case studies, in the context of football and basketball and discuss our experiences with embedding sensor technology to provide a motivating play experience for children.

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Index Terms

Designing for children's physical play
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Interaction design
    1. Interaction design process and methods
      1. User centered design

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