Ten design lessons from the literature on child development and children's use of technology

Proceedings of IDC 2009 - The 8th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 52-60

  Gelderblom, Heléne ^a   Kotzé, Paula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Children's technology; Cognitive skill development; Design guidelines; Interaction design for children

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC JOURNAL; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILDREN'S TECHNOLOGY; COGNITIVE SKILL; COMPUTER INTERACTION; DESIGN GUIDELINES; EXTENDED RESEARCHES; INTERACTION DESIGN; KNOWLEDGE BASE; RESEARCH PAPERS; RESEARCH RESULTS; WEALTH OF INFORMATION;

COMPUTER HARDWARE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES; DESIGN; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; RESEARCH; STANDBY POWER SYSTEMS; TECHNOLOGY;

EDUCATION;

EID: 70450273412     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1551788.1551798     Document Type: Conference Paper

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