Using the fun toolkit and other survey methods to gather opinions in Child Computer Interaction

Proceeding of the 2006 Conference on Interaction Design and Children, IDC '06

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 81-88

  Read, Janet C ^a   MacFarlane, Stuart ^a  

^a Lancashire Postgraduate School of Medicine   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Evaluation; Fun toolkit; Interviews; Questionnaires; Survey methods

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; SAMPLING;

FUN TOOLKIT; INTERVIEWS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVEY METHODS;

SURVEYS;

EID: 34247390526     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1139073.1139096     Document Type: Conference Paper

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