Informing design for tangible interaction: A case for children with learning difficulties

Proceedings of IDC2010: The 9th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 190-193

  Falcão, Taciana Pontual ^a   Price, Sara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ICT; Learning difficulties; Tangible technologies

Indexed keywords

CLASSROOM STUDY; EXPLORATORY LEARNING; FIELD STUDIES; ICT; LEARNING DIFFICULTIES; LEARNING EXPERIENCES; LITTLE RESEARCH; NEW TECHNOLOGIES; TANGIBLE INTERACTION; TECHNOLOGICAL RESOURCES;

TECHNOLOGY;

DESIGN;

EID: 77954935921     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1810543.1810568     Document Type: Conference Paper

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