Twooter: designing a musical expression tool for use in social networks

Authors:
Asmi Joshi;Greg Walsh
Affiliations:
University of Maryland, MD;University of Maryland, MD
Venue:
Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children
Year:
2011

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Abstract

This paper reports on the design of Twooter, a tool for non-verbal, music-based expression in an online social network. Borrowing ideas from popular social networks and influenced through recent educational endeavors by a large cultural institution, Twooter is being designed with the hope of bridging the gap between the ease of updating one's status in a profile and the difficulty in content creation. Twooter is being designed through the Cooperative Inquiry method. Adults and children are working together to design this technology for use in an online, educational environment. Several design sessions have informed researchers on the features and interactions required to accomplish this goal.