Children as computer users: the case of collaborative learning
Computers & Education
The design of children's technology
The design of children's technology
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Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
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Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Mobile Technology for Children: Designing for Interaction and Learning
Mobile Technology for Children: Designing for Interaction and Learning
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Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services
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Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
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Please enjoy!?: 2nd workshop on playful experiences in mobile HCI
Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services
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INTERACT'11 Proceedings of the 13th IFIP TC 13 international conference on Human-computer interaction - Volume Part II
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BCS '10 Proceedings of the 24th BCS Interaction Specialist Group Conference
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We present the results of a study on how Swedish children aged 10--12 use their mobile phones in public indoor and outdoor settings, and in particular how these are taken into use in unsupervised social play. Through a combination of ethnographic observations and focus group interviews we report on how existing mobile phone functionalities were handled in these settings, as well as how the children themselves described their own and each other's mobile phone usage. Our findings illustrate a general pattern of appropriating and utilising commonly available technical features to extend existing play activities, and also to invent new ones based on the functionalities that they discovered. An important observation was also the extensive sharing of media content, which played an essential role in social interactions.