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Towards Making Children Independent in Design

Authors:

Eftychia Roumelioti,

Rosella Gennari,

Maristella Matera,

Alessandra Melonio,

Mehdi RizviAuthors Info & Claims

DIS' 20 Companion: Companion Publication of the 2020 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference

Pages 227 - 232

https://doi.org/10.1145/3393914.3395849

Published: 06 July 2020 Publication History

Abstract

Supporting children's learning and competence in technology design is a way to empower them. This means enabling them to continue designing in the future, independently. In this paper, a series of workshops is presented, structured around a board game, which aims to support children in becoming competent enough so as to design on their own.

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Index Terms

Towards Making Children Independent in Design
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Interaction design

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DIS' 20 Companion: Companion Publication of the 2020 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference

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ISBN:9781450379878

DOI:10.1145/3393914

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Pellegrino MRoumelioti ED’Angelo MGennari R(2022)Children’s Participation in the Design of Smart Solutions: A Literature ReviewSmart Cities10.3390/smartcities50200265:2(475-495)Online publication date: 2-Apr-2022
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Mahboob Kanafi MIivari NKinnula M(2022)Brave and Kind Superheroes – Children's Reflections on the Design Protagonist RoleProceedings of the Participatory Design Conference 2022 - Volume 110.1145/3536169.3537783(87-97)Online publication date: 19-Aug-2022
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3536169.3537783
Mahboob Kanafi MIivari NKinnula MSharma S(2022)Uncovering Children's Situated Design Capital – A Nexus Analytic InquiryProceedings of the 21st Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference10.1145/3501712.3529732(408-421)Online publication date: 27-Jun-2022
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