Child's Play: A Comparison of Desktop and Physical Interactive Environments

Jerry Alan Fails; Allison Druin; Mona Leigh Guha; Gene Chipman; Sante Simms; Wayne Churaman

doi:10.1145/1109540.1109547

Child's Play: A Comparison of Desktop and Physical Interactive Environments

Jerry Alan Fails, Allison Druin, Mona Leigh Guha, Gene Chipman, Sante Simms, Wayne Churaman

University of Maryland, College Park

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Abstract

The importance of play in young children's lives cannot be minimized. From teddy bears to blocks, children's experiences with the tools of play can impact their social, emotional, physical, and cognitive development. Today, the tools of play include desktop computers and computer-enhanced physical environments. In this paper, we consider the merits of desktop and physical environments for young children (4-6 years old), by comparing the same content-infused game in both contexts. Both quantitative and qualitative methods are used for data collection and analysis.

Original language	American English
Title of host publication	IDC '05 Proceedings of the 2005 Conference on Interaction Design and Children
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/1109540.1109547
State	Published - 2005
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

children
desktop
educational applications
games
physical interactive environments
stories

EGS Disciplines

Computer Sciences

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