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Ubiquitous and mobile technologies provide opportunities for designing novel learning experiences that move out of the classroom. Information can be presented and interacted with in a variety of ways while exploring a physical environment. A key issue ...

We describe Webkit, an application which uses a large-screen graphical user interface and a tangible user interface to teach children important rhetorical skills. We discuss our evaluation of this application and possible future directions for computer-...

Traditionally, the notion of "educational technology" has been equated with "educational computing". While computer technology is, and will continue to be, a central focus of educational technology, its importance is likely to be rivaled in the coming ...

This paper describes the use of the Wizard of Oz (WOz) method in the design of computer vision based action games controlled with body movements. A WOz study was carried out with 34 children of ages 7 to 9 in order to find out the most intuitive ...

This paper sets forth a new technique for working with young children as design partners. Mixing ideas is presented as an additional Cooperative Inquiry design technique used to foster effective collaboration with young children (ages 4-6). The method ...

This paper discusses two aspects of usability testing with children: First, the problems uncovered by children who have worked with the software for some time, experts, are compared with the problems uncovered by novices. Second, the suitability of ...

This paper describes exploratory research on how to evaluate concepts for new computer games with small samples of eight- and nine-year-old children. There were two phases to the research, one to validate the methodology with existing games and one to ...

Recent research into the educational applications of computer games has focused on the skills which children can develop while playing games. Various benefits of computer game playing have been recorded, such as increased motivation; development of ...

In this paper, we highlight the issue of integrating the audio and tactile sensory experience into the design process of toys and computer games. Our approach is to address and incorporate design issues for the sensory impaired at the beginning of the ...

Augmented tabletops can be used to create multi-modal and collaborative environments in which natural interactions with tangible objects that represent virtual (digital) information can be performed. Such environments are considered potentially ...

This paper describes how the design of a novel writing interface for children was informed by requirements gathering. The derivation of a set of system requirements from observations of children using early prototypes of the interface and from modelling ...

As each generation of children grows up in a world shaped by the affordances available to them in both physical and digital environments, their expectations of tools to support changing literacy practices make new demands on technologists and designers. ...

Children are routinely exposed to adult-oriented news and current events. Outside of their families, they rarely have forums in which they can explore and express their reactions to and feelings about these events. This paper introduces OutBurst (<u>...

Often, researchers use data from past studies to inform the design of current products, However, whereas these "past studies" typically include prior usability tests and other formative research on interactive technology, they often do not include ...

We describe an experimental study of different strategies for obtaining verbalization data, when conducting a usability test with children. Two software products were evaluated by 25 children of ages 9-11, at their school, using think aloud and post-...

The primary purpose of this case study was to examine whether force feedback within a computer simulation had an effect on reasoning by fifth grade students about concepts of gravity, mass, force, and motion. This study used a computer-based paddleball ...

This study introduces Chemation, a handheld application developed for middle school students learning chemistry concepts. We report on an initial study to examine the impact of Chemation on classroom activities and determine the added value over ...

This poster describes a research project aiming to formulate a set of guidelines for designing software for children aged five to six. The primary research method is a comprehensive literature study that will cover two research disciplines, namely ...

The effects of games on learning and skill development are being examined by a number of researchers [1], although with the notable exception of Kafai [3], much research places children in the role of game consumers. In line with a constructionist ...

This poster considers the use of storyboards, in a classroom setting with children in the 8-12 age group. The storyboarding method allowed children to both generate and evaluate scenarios for a virtual world populated by synthetic characters for ...

One component of cooperative inquiry partners children and adults in the design of new technology. An ethnomethodological perspective will be used to analyze existing ethnographies of children as design partners. This analysis will generate questions ...

In this poster, I present findings from a descriptive case study investigating the use of two computer-based programming environments (CPEs), Microworlds™ Logo (MW) and Stagecast Creator™ (SC) as tools for collaborative fifth grade modeling in science. ...

One aspect of children's moral development yet to be adequately addressed in the literature concerns how preschoolers' perceptions of fantasy-based events, particularly moral transgressions presented in televised cartoon violence, are interpreted from a ...

This poster presents the early stages of developing a new self-documentation application for children ages 10-13.

This demo shows BattleBoard 3D which is an Augmented Reality (AR) based game prototype featuring the use of LEGO for the physical and digital pieces. Design concepts, the physical setting and, user interface for the game is illustrated and described. ...

CodaChrome is an interactive system for children to design and create their own electronic jewelry using both digital and traditional craft materials. Specifically, it describes the software and hardware components used for the jewelry design activity, ...

Providing a child-appropriate interface to an arithmetic package with large numbers and exact fractions is surprisingly challenging. We discuss solutions to problems ranging from how to present fractions such as 1/3 to how to deal with numbers with tens ...

DigiQuilt is a software system intended to allow children to design patchwork quilt blocks in the context of learning about symmetry and fractions. It combines the benefits of virtual manipulatives and learning through design. In the following pages, we ...

Chemation, a simple 2-D modeling and animation tool for handhelds (e.g., PalmOS computers), was developed to help teach important chemistry concepts, such as chemical reaction, conservation of mass, and the particulate nature of matter (as specified in ...

Icicle is a programming environment that allows children to produce games and simulations. It features programmable objects that have more realistic behaviour than those in similar systems and uses a parallel production system approach to programming.