Designing tangible programming languages for classroom use

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

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 159-162

  Horn, Michael S ^a   Jacob, Robert J K ^a  

^a Tufts University

Author keywords

Children; Education; Programming languages; Tangible UIs

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EDUCATION; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; USER INTERFACES;

CHILDREN; OFFLINE SETTINGS; PORTABLE SCANNING STATION; TANGIBLE UIS;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES;

EID: 34748874642     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1226969.1227003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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