As we may print: new directions in output devices and computational crafts for children

  • Authors:

  • M. Eisenberg;A. Eisenberg;S. Hendrix;G. Blauvelt;D. Butter;J. Garcia;R. Lewis;T. Nielsen

  • Affiliations:

  • University of Colorado, Boulder, CO;University of Colorado, Boulder, CO;University of Colorado, Boulder, CO;University of Colorado, Boulder, CO;University of Colorado, Boulder, CO;University of Colorado, Boulder, CO;University of Colorado, Boulder, CO;University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 2003 conference on Interaction design and children
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

In recent years, educational technologists and designers have begun to explore a variety of ways in which physical and computational media can be integrated---for instance, through the design of "intelligent toys" for children. This paper describes our ongoing efforts at exploring a different sort of physical-computational integration, focusing on children's design activities, output devices, and the notion of "printing out" more generally. We describe several representative systems under development in our group; each of these systems highlights particular possibilities for exploring and experimenting with output devices for children's crafts. We also present a set of design heuristis---useful techniques for those educational designers interested in expanding the range and expressiveness of craft activities for children.