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CHI
2009
ACM
14 years 10 months ago
Body and mind: a study of avatar personalization in three virtual worlds
An increasingly large number of users connect to virtual worlds on a regular basis to conduct activities ranging from gaming to business meetings. In all these worlds, users proje...
Nicolas Ducheneaut, Ming-Hui Wen, Nicholas Yee, Gr...
CHI
2009
ACM
14 years 10 months ago
Supporting volunteer activities with mobile social software
Many community organizations rely extensively on volunteer work. However, people who wish to help often have difficulties finding the time to volunteer. We are developing mobile s...
Shaun K. Kane, Predrag V. Klasnja
SIGCSE
2009
ACM
111views Education» more  SIGCSE 2009»
14 years 10 months ago
Using daily student presentations to address attitudes and communication skills in CS1
Many CS1 courses lack a breadth in coverage of computing related topics and do not actively engage in nonprogramming computer science topics. In addition, many introductory (and...
Chris Bennett, Timothy Urness
SIGCSE
2009
ACM
119views Education» more  SIGCSE 2009»
14 years 10 months ago
The summer academy for advancing deaf and hard of hearing in computing
Deaf and hard of hearing students are an underrepresented group in computing and face extra challenges in university-level computing courses. This paper describes a 9-week Summer ...
Anna Cavender, Richard E. Ladner, Robert I. Roth
CHI
2008
ACM
14 years 10 months ago
Designs on dignity: perceptions of technology among the homeless
Technology, it is argued, has the potential to improve everyone's life: from the workplace, to entertainment, to easing chores around the home. But what of people who have ne...
Christopher A. Le Dantec, W. Keith Edwards