Child's play: A comparison of desktop and physical interactive environments

Proceedings of: Interaction Design and Children 2005, IDC 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 48-55

  Fails, Jerry Alan ^a   Druin, Allison ^a   Guha, Mona Leigh ^a   Chipman, Gene ^a   Simms, Sante ^a   Churaman, Wayne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Desktop; Educational applications; Games; Physical interactive environments; Stories

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; DATA COLLECTION; DESKTOP COMPUTER; EDUCATIONAL APPLICATIONS; INTERACTIVE ENVIRONMENTS; PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS; QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE METHODS; YOUNG CHILDREN;

PERSONAL COMPUTERS;

EID: 70450234978     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1109540.1109547     Document Type: Conference Paper

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