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Interaction Design and ChildrenJune 1-3, 2004
Maryland, USA


 
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Conference Program
Wednesday, June 2

8:30 - 17:00

Registration  

09:00 - 10:00

Demos/Posters/Morning coffee  
10:00 - 10:30 Conference Video/Welcome
Allison Druin, University of Maryland
 

10:30 - 12:30

Opening Keynote Panel
The Challenges of Interaction Design and Children: What have we learned from our past?

Moderator:
David Kestenbaum, National Public Radio

Panelists:
Marvin Minsky, MIT
Alan Kay, Hewlett Packard
Seymour Papert, MIT/University of Maine

 
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch  

14:00 - 15:30

Paper Session 1
Exploring the Physical Space
Chair: Juan Pablo Hourcade, U.S. Bureau of the Census

Designing New Forms of Digital Augmentation for Learning Outdoors
Y. Rogers, S. Price, G. Fitzpatrick, R. Fleck, E. Harris, H. Smith , C. Randell, H. Muller, C. O'Malley, D. Stanton, M. Thompson, M. Weal
University of Sussex, Bristol University, University of Nottingham, University of Southampton

Teaching Rhetorical Skills with a Tangible User Interface
M. Stringer, E.F. Toye, J.A. Rode and A.F. Blackwell University of Cambridge

Tangible Ideas for Children: Materials Science as the Future of Educational Technology
M. Eisenberg
University of Colorado, Boulder

 
15:30 - 16:00 Break- Demos/Posters  
16:00 - 17:30 Paper Session 2
Designing for Children

Chair: Ben Shneiderman, University of Maryland

Prototyping of Computer Vision Based Action Games for Children
J. Höysniemi, P. Hämäläinen, L. Turkki. Wizard of Oz
University of Tampere, Helsinki University of Technology

Mixing Ideas: A New Technique for Working with Young Children as Design Partners Mixing Ideas
M.L. Guha, A. Druin, G. Chipman, J.A. Fails, S. Simms, A. Farber
University of Maryland

Usability Testing with Young Children
A. Donker, P. Reitsma
PI Research - VU Amsterdam

 
18:00 - 21:00 Conference Reception at the College Park Aviation Museum:

All conference attendees are invited to for a special night of food, airplanes, and conference fun!

Shuttle buses will leave directly from the Clarice Smith
Performing Arts Center at the close of the conference day. Shuttle buses will also be available to take conference attendees from the reception back to the three conference hotels.