Globetoddler - Designing for remote interaction between preschoolers and their traveling parents

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 3057-3062

  Modlitba, Paulina ^a   Schmandt, Chris ^a  

^a MIT MEDIA LAB   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Children parent interaction; Domestic communication; Family oriented interaction; Mobile applications; Remote awareness; Remote interaction; Tangible interfaces; User centered design

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; FLOW INTERACTIONS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; PROCESS ENGINEERING;

CHILDREN; CHILDREN-PARENT INTERACTION; DOMESTIC COMMUNICATION; FAMILY-ORIENTED INTERACTION; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; REMOTE AWARENESS; REMOTE INTERACTION; TANGIBLE INTERFACES; USER-CENTERED DESIGN;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 57049168715     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1358628.1358807     Document Type: Conference Paper

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