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TEI
2010
ACM
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13 years 11 months ago
Toys keeping in touch: technologies for distance play
Collaborative pretend play is significant in the emotional and social development of young children yet traditional remote communication systems do not support this type of intera...
Natalie Freed
CHI
2008
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
Keeping in touch by technology: maintaining friendships after a residential move
Many observers have praised new communication technologies for providing convenient and affordable tools for maintaining relationships at a distance. Yet the precise role of media...
Irina Shklovski, Robert E. Kraut, Jonathon N. Cumm...
CHI
2009
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
Desiring to be in touch in a changing communications landscape: attitudes of older adults
This paper offers an exploration of the attitudes of older adults to keeping in touch with people who are important to them. We present findings from three focus groups with peopl...
Abigail Sellen, Richard H. R. Harper, Siân E...
CANDC
2009
ACM
13 years 11 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...
CANDT
2009
13 years 8 months ago
Hometown websites: continuous maintenance of cross-border connections
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) become particularly relevant in contexts where place-based communities get dispersed and migrants look for ways to keep strong con...
Luís A. Castro, Victor M. Gonzalez