Evaluating accessibility in fabrication tools for children

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 617-620

  Leduc Mills, Ben ^a   Dec, Jaymes ^b   Schimmel, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Marymount School of NY   (United States)

^c DIYAbility ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Assistive Technology; Digital Fabrication; Do It Yourself; Making Pedagogy for Children; Rapid Prototyping

Indexed keywords

ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; BEST PRACTICES; DIGITAL FABRICATION; DO-IT-YOURSELF; FABRICATION TOOL; INTERACTION DESIGN AND CHILDREN; MAKING PEDAGOGY FOR CHILDREN; THROUGH THE LENS;

RAPID PROTOTYPING;

FABRICATION;

EID: 84880566109     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2485760.2485882     Document Type: Conference Paper

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