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TEI
2010
ACM
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13 years 11 months ago
TessalTable: tile-based creation of patterns and images
In this paper we introduce the TessalTable, a collaborative play system for learning about tessellations and symmetry through augmented pattern blocks. Children use tiles to pick ...
Abel Allison, Sean Follmer, Hayes Raffle
CSCW
2010
ACM
14 years 1 months ago
Socialization tactics in wikipedia and their effects
Socialization of newcomers is critical both for conventional groups. It helps groups perform effectively and the newcomers develop commitment. However, little empirical research h...
Boreum Choi, Kira Alexander, Robert E. Kraut, John...
ACMIDC
2010
13 years 8 months ago
Gifts for intertwining with modern nature
Inspired by Froebel’s Gifts for kindergarten, we propose a new category of gifts for modern preschools. Modern Nature Gifts are meta-manipulatives, inviting deeper exploration o...
Jay S. Silver, Eric Rosenbaum
CANDC
2009
ACM
13 years 10 months ago
Children's storytelling and programming with robotic characters
We introduce mixed physical and digital authoring environments for children, which invite them to create stories with enriched drawings that are programmed to control robotic char...
Kimiko Ryokai, Michael Jongseon Lee, Jonathan Mica...
DIGRA
2003
Springer
13 years 9 months ago
Participatory design and opposing interests in development of educational computer games
In this study we have followed a participatory design process in a class of children aged 11 and 12. The development team, a group of Danish schoolteachers, invited the children t...
Rikke Magnussen, Morten Misfeldt, Tasha Buch