EduWear: Smart textiles as ways of relating computing technology to everyday life

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

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 9-17

  Katterfeldt, Eva Sophie ^a   Dittert, Nadine ^a   Schelhowe, Heidi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Children; Construction kits; Education; Smart textiles

Indexed keywords

CHILDREN; COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY; CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES; CONSTRUCTION KIT; CONSTRUCTION PROCESS; DIGITAL MEDIA; EUROPEAN PROJECT; PROGRAMMING ENVIRONMENT; SMART TEXTILES; THOUGHT PROCESS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DIGITAL STORAGE; EDUCATION; FABRICS; STANDBY POWER SYSTEMS; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

TEXTILE PROCESSING;

EID: 70450279021     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1551788.1551791     Document Type: Conference Paper

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