A Case Study of Tangible Flags: A Collaborative Technology to Enhance Field Trips

Gene Chipman; Allison Druin; Dianne Beer; Jerry Alan Fails; Mona Leigh Guha; Sante Simms

doi:10.1145/1139073.1139081

A Case Study of Tangible Flags: A Collaborative Technology to Enhance Field Trips

Gene Chipman, Allison Druin, Dianne Beer, Jerry Alan Fails, Mona Leigh Guha, Sante Simms

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Abstract

This paper describes research that investigates the use of a technology designed to support young children's collaborative artifact creation in outdoor environments. Collaboration while creating knowledge artifacts is an important part of children's learning, yet it can be limited while exploring outdoors. The construction of a joint representation often occurs in the classroom after the experience, where further investigation and observation of the environment is not possible. This paper describes a research study where collaborative technology was developed, used by children, and evaluated in an authentic setting --- a U.S. National Park.

Original language	American English
Title of host publication	IDC '06 Proceedings of the 2006 Conference on Interaction Design and Children
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/1139073.1139081
State	Published - 2006
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

children
collaboration
cooperative inquiry
digital augmentation
mobile learning
tangible interfaces

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Computer Sciences

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