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Digital Libraries for Children:
Computational Tools that
Support Children as Researchers
The
University of Maryland has begun a partnership with elementary school children
(ages 5-10) and teachers from Yorktown Elementary School to develop a children’s
digital library environment containing rich multimedia resources.
Our project will develop visual interfaces that support young children
in querying, browsing, and organizing multimedia information. In
doing so, we will work with children as “design partners” to develop new
digital library technologies that support the learning challenges of young
children. Throughout our design experience, we hope to understand
how new technologies can have an effect on learning, communicating, and
collaborating in school environments.
This
3-year research project is supported by the
National
Science Foundation's Digital Library Initiative-2
Project
Description......When we began......How
we work with children.....Technology Development.....Download KidPad
Our
Project Team:
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The University
of Maryland:
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Principal Investigator, Professor
Allison Druin
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(The team leader and Professor at University
of Maryland's HCIL, UMIACS, & College of Education who thinks about
how children can help create new technology)
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Professor
Ben Bederson
(A Professor at University of Maryland's
UMIACS & Computer Science Dept. who makes cool zooming software)
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Professor
Ben Shneiderman
(A Professor at University of Maryland's
UMIACS & Computer Science Dept. who started the HCIL)
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Dr.
Glenda Revelle
(A Research Scientist at University of Maryland's
UMIACS who thinks about making new technologies for children)
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Dr.
Dana Campbell
(A biologist who is our team expert on animals)
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Juan
Pablo Hourcade
(A computer science graduate student who
helps makes cool zooming software that people can share)
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Lisa
Sherman
(An undergraduate Art student)
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Michele
Platner
(An undergraduate American Studies student)
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Stacy Weng
(An undergraduate computer science student who happens to teach in the College of Education)
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Child
Design Partners at the University of Maryland
(7 children, ages 7-11 years old, at University
of Maryland's HCIL who help create new technology for kids)
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Yorktown
Elementary School, Bowie, Maryland:
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Carol
Poundstone
(The technology coordinator who we work
with to make new digital libraries)
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Elementary
School
(Where we will be working)
Our digital collection of video, text and images is being developed
with the generous support of the Discovery Channel,
the Patuxant Wild Life Research
Center, and the Baltimore Learning Community/Maryland Electronic Learning Community
project (BLC/MELC), a
Technology Innovation Challenge Grant Project funded by the
U.S. Department of Education. The BLC/MELC project, a collaboration
between the Baltimore City Public School System, the University of
Maryland, and Johns Hopkins University as well as several private
sector partners, is designed to investigate how an electronic learning
community could be created around the development and use of a
multimedia digital library for teacher-generated lesson plans and
activities.
For
more information on our research, contact:
Professor
Allison Druin: allisond@umiacs.umd.edu
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