Gears of our Childhood: Constructionist toolkits, robotics, and physical computing, past and future

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 173-182

  Blikstein, Paulo ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Constructionism; Education; Interaction design; Physical computing; Robotics

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTIONISM; EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS; ENVIRONMENTAL SENSING; HISTORICAL ANALYSIS; HISTORICAL REVIEW; INTERACTION DESIGN; MICROCONTROLLER-BASED; PHYSICAL COMPUTING;

EDUCATION; ROBOTICS;

ARTS COMPUTING;

EID: 84880535697     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2485760.2485786     Document Type: Conference Paper

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