Designing for or designing with? Informant design for interactive learning environments
Proceedings of the ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human factors in computing systems
Cooperative inquiry: developing new technologies for children with children
Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Ubi-learning integrates indoor and outdoor experiences
Communications of the ACM - Interaction design and children
Inquiring materials for tangible prototyping
Proceedings of the 2nd international conference on Tangible and embedded interaction
Technology at work to mediate collaborative scientific enquiry in the field
Proceedings of the 2005 conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education: Supporting Learning through Intelligent and Socially Informed Technology
Expressive interactions: tablet usability for young mobile learners
Proceedings of the 23rd Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference
Technology for promoting scientific practice and personal meaning in life-relevant learning
Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children
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In this paper we present an account of children's interactions with a mobile technology prototype within a school context. The Noise Detectives trial was conducted in a school setting with the aim of better understanding the role of mobile technology as a mediator within science learning activities. Over eighty children, aged between ten and twelve, completed an outdoor data gathering activity using a mobile learning prototype that included paper and digital components. They measured and recorded noise levels at a range of locations throughout the schools. We analyzed the activity to determine how the components of the prototype were integrated into the learning activity, and to identify differences in behavior that resulted from using these components. We present design implications that resulted from observed differences in prototype use and appropriation.