TSU.MI.KI: Stimulating children's creativity and imagination with interactive blocks

Proceedings - Second International Conference on Creating, Connecting and Collaborating Through Computing

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 62-70

  Itoh, Yuichi ^a   Akinobu, Shintaro ^a   Ichida, Hiroyasu ^a   Watanabe, Ryoichi ^a   Kitamura, Yoshifumi ^a   Kishino, Fumio ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATIVITY; CYBERSPACE; IMAGINATION; WOODEN BLOCKS;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; CYBERNETICS; EDUCATION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES;

EID: 11244275523     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/C5.2004.1314370     Document Type: Conference Paper

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