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CHI
2010
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
Homeless young people's experiences with information systems: life and work in a community technology center
This paper explores how homeless young people, aged 1325, make use of information systems in daily life. Observed in a community technology center, four different examples of uses...
Jill Palzkill Woelfer, David G. Hendry
TEI
2010
ACM
126views Hardware» more  TEI 2010»
14 years 2 months ago
Light bodies: exploring interactions with responsive lights
“Light bodies” are mobile and portable, hand-held lights that respond to audio and vibration input. The motivation to build these devices is grounded in a historical reinterpr...
Susanne Seitinger, Daniel M. Taub, Alex S. Taylor
CHI
2009
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
Pathfinder: an online collaboration environment for citizen scientists
For over a century, citizen scientists have volunteered to collect huge quantities of data for professional scientists to analyze. We designed Pathfinder, an online environment th...
Kurt Luther, Scott Counts, Kristin B. Stecher, Aar...
ICMI
2009
Springer
106views Biometrics» more  ICMI 2009»
14 years 2 months ago
Towards adapting fantasy, curiosity and challenge in multimodal dialogue systems for preschoolers
We investigate how fantasy, curiosity and challenge contribute to the user experience in multimodal dialogue computer games for preschool children. For this purpose, an on-line mu...
Theofanis Kannetis, Alexandros Potamianos
INDIASE
2009
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
An effective learning environment for teaching problem solving in software architecture
A software architect engages in solving Software Engineering (SE) problems throughout his career. Thus inculcating problem solving skills should be one of the learning objectives ...
Kirti Garg, Vasudeva Varma