Tangicons: Algorithmic reasoning in a collaborative game for children in kindergarten and first class

Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, IDC 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 242-249

  Scharf, Florian ^a   Winkler, Thomas ^a   Herczeg, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Iterative design; Learning; Programmable environments; Tangible media; Tangicons; User centered design

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMIC REASONING; EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ITERATIVE DESIGN; PHYSICAL GAMES; PHYSICAL PROGRAMMING; REAL-WORLD OBJECTS; TANGIBLE COMPUTING; TANGIBLE MEDIA; USER CENTERED DESIGNS; YOUNG CHILDREN;

BRICK; BRICKMAKING; BUILDING MATERIALS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; EDUCATION; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; STANDBY POWER SYSTEMS;

DESIGN;

EID: 70450225659     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1463689.1463762     Document Type: Conference Paper

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