Modkit: Blending and extending approachable platforms for creating computer programs and interactive objects

Proceedings of IDC 2011 - 10th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 250-253

  Millner, Amon ^a   Baafi, Edward ^b  

^a FRANKLIN W OLIN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (United States)

^b MIT MEDIA LAB   (United States)

Author keywords

Arduino; computational crafts; construction kit; graphical programming; informal learning; modkit; Scratch

Indexed keywords

ARDUINO; COMPUTATIONAL CRAFTS; CONSTRUCTION KIT; GRAPHICAL PROGRAMMING; INFORMAL LEARNING; MODKIT; SCRATCH;

BLENDING; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; DESIGN;

USER INTERFACES;

EID: 79960244466     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1999030.1999074     Document Type: Conference Paper

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