An ecological approach to children's playground props

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

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 117-120

  Seitinger, Susanne ^a  

^a MIT MEDIA LAB   (United States)

Author keywords

Outdoor play; Props for play; Theories of play

Indexed keywords

OUTDOOR PLAY; PLAYGROUND PROPS;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; ECOLOGY; TEACHING; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 34247399127     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1139073.1139103     Document Type: Conference Paper

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