Warp speed design: a rapid design method for use with children

  • Authors:
  • Janet C. Read

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Central Lancashire, Preston, United Kingdom

  • Venue:
  • CHI '09 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

This paper introduces a new design method - Warp Speed Design - for use with older children (aged 9+) for the design of workable tangible games. The rationale for the method is presented and then a workshop, in which the method was evaluated, is described. The method introduced children to basic programming concepts and worked surprisingly well. Almost all of the designs made by the children were so well specifies at the end of the brief workshop that they were able to be developed with very little uncertainty.