Towards a curriculum for electronic textiles in the high school classroom

ITiCSE 2007: 12th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education - Inclusive Education in Computer Science

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 28-32

  Buechley, Leah ^a   Eisenberg, Mike ^a   Elumeze, Nwanua ^a  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder

Author keywords

Computational crafts; E textiles; Electronic textiles; Wearable computing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; E-LEARNING; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS; WEARABLE COMPUTERS;

COMPUTATIONAL CRAFTS; E-TEXTILES;

CURRICULA;

EID: 34548091792     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1268784.1268795     Document Type: Conference Paper

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