Exploring ambient sound techniques in the design of responsive environments for children

TEI'07: First International Conference on Tangible and Embedded Interaction

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 171-178

  Droumeva, Milena ^a   Antle, Alissa ^a   Wakkary, Ron ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Collaboration; Interaction; Participatory design; Responsive environments; Sound feedback

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EMBEDDED INTERACTIONS; PARTICIPATORY DESIGN; RESPONSIVE ENVIRONMENTS; SOUND FEEDBACK;

TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

EID: 34748813066     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1226969.1227005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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