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Using the blended spaces framework to design heritage stories with schoolchildren
We describe how the framework was used to guide four design workshops with schoolchildren. The evaluation of a heritage story designed and acted out by the schoolchildren themselves and evaluated by another group of schoolchildren provides evidence that the experience was enjoyed. The outcomes of all four workshops gave us insights towards how to not only design blended spaces with and for schoolchildren, but also how to teach complex theoretical design methodologies that enable schoolchildren to become the designers of blended spaces. (Source: International Journal of Child Computer Interaction)
Source: International Journal of Child Computer Interaction - March 4, 2016 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Children (and adults) benefit from visual feedback during gesture interaction on mobile touchscreen devices
Publication date: Available online 29 January 2016 Source:International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction Author(s): Lisa Anthony, Quincy Brown, Jaye Nias, Berthel Tate Surface gesture interaction styles used on mobile touchscreen devices often depend on the platform and application. Some applications show a visual trace of gesture input being made by the user, whereas others do not. Little work has been done examining the usability of visual feedback for surface gestures, especially for children. In this paper, we extend our previous work on an empirical study conducted with children, teens, and adults to ...
Source: International Journal of Child Computer Interaction - January 31, 2016 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Digital fabrication in education: Expanding the research towards design and reflective practices
Publication date: Available online 8 January 2016 Source:International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction Author(s): Ole Sejer Iversen, Rachel Charlotte Smith, Paulo Blikstein, Eva-Sophie Katterfeldt, Janet C. Read (Source: International Journal of Child Computer Interaction)
Source: International Journal of Child Computer Interaction - January 12, 2016 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Learning to work together: Designing a multi-user virtual reality game for social collaboration and perspective-taking for children with autism
Publication date: Available online 19 December 2015 Source:International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction Author(s): Sarah Parsons Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) find it difficult to engage in reciprocal, shared behaviours and technology could be particularly helpful in supporting children’s motivations and skills in this area. Designing educational technologies for children with ASD requires the integration of a complex range of factors including pedagogical and cognitive theories; the affordances of the technology; and the real-world contexts of use. This paper illustrates how these factors in...
Source: International Journal of Child Computer Interaction - December 19, 2015 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Teaching children digital literacy through design-based learning with digital toolkits in schools
Publication date: Available online 3 December 2015 Source:International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction Author(s): Tilde Bekker, Saskia Bakker, Iris Douma, Janneke van der Poel, Koen Scheltenaar The paper presents our work on how to teach digital literacy and design thinking to children at primary and secondary schools, with a particular focus on exploring the tools that may support children’s learning in these domains. We have conducted design explorations with input from diverse stakeholders, such as teachers, children, publishers and educational scientists to examine how to develop an integrated de...
Source: International Journal of Child Computer Interaction - December 3, 2015 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Design thinking for digital fabrication in education
Publication date: Available online 7 November 2015 Source:International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction Author(s): Rachel Charlotte Smith, Ole Sejer Iversen, Mikkel Hjorth In this paper, we argue that digital fabrication in education may benefit from design thinking, to foster a more profound understanding of digital fabrication processes among students. Two related studies of digital fabrication in education are presented in the paper. In an observational study we found that students (eleven to fifteen) lacked an understanding of the complexity of the digital fabrication process impeding on the potentials ...
Source: International Journal of Child Computer Interaction - November 9, 2015 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Investigating the use of digital manipulatives for storytelling in pre-school
Publication date: Available online 23 October 2015 Source:International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction Author(s): Cristina Sylla, Clara Coutinho, Pedro Branco, Wolfgang Müller Research has identified a need for design of interactive products for children, as well as long-term studies that investigate the effects of its use in the classroom environment. Following the design and development of a digital manipulative system for storytelling, which involved preschool children and teachers, the investigation presented here reports findings from a four-month evaluation of the system that was carried in a Port...
Source: International Journal of Child Computer Interaction - October 23, 2015 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Kids and thermostats: Understanding children’s involvement with household energy systems
We present a study of family practices around the use of thermostats to control residential heating and cooling systems. Our analysis is focused on the role of children and adolescents and factors that affect their participation in the management of household energy consumption. As “smart” technologies become more common in homes, our goal is to understand how we might involve parents and children together in learning about issues of environmental sustainability. Based on interviews with families, thermostat installers, and a thermostat designer, our findings suggest that thermostats tend to be adult-only devices. Chil...
Source: International Journal of Child Computer Interaction - September 22, 2015 Category: Child Development Source Type: research