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Communications of the ACM archive
Volume 36 , Issue 7 (July 1993) table of contents
Special issue on computer augmented environments: back to the real world

Pages: 64 - 71

Year of Publication: 1993

ISSN:0001-0782

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Mitchel Resnick

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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	Mitchel Resnick , Fred Martin , Robert Berg , Rick Borovoy , Vanessa Colella , Kwin Kramer , Brian Silverman, Digital manipulatives: new toys to think with, Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems, p.281-287, April 18-23, 1998, Los Angeles, California, United States
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	Mitchel Resnick , Brian Silverman, Some reflections on designing construction kits for kids, Proceeding of the 2005 conference on Interaction design and children, p.117-122, June 08-10, 2005, Boulder, Colorado
	Henry Newton-Dunn , Hiroaki Nakano , James Gibson, Block jam: a tangible interface for interactive music, Proceedings of the 2003 conference on New interfaces for musical expression, May 22-24, 2003, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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	John Bowers , Nicolas Villar, Creating ad hoc instruments with Pin&Play&Perform, Proceedings of the 2006 conference on New interfaces for musical expression, June 04-08, 2006, Paris, France
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	Michael Eisenberg , Julie DiBiase, Mathematical manipulatives as designed artifacts: the cognitive, affective, and technological dimensions, Proceedings of the 1996 international conference on Learning sciences, p.44-51, July 25-27, 1996, Evanston, Illinois
	Mitchel Resnick, Distributed constructionism, Proceedings of the 1996 international conference on Learning sciences, p.280-284, July 25-27, 1996, Evanston, Illinois
	Mitchel Resnick , Natalie Rusk, The computer clubhouse: helping youth develop fluency with new media, Proceedings of the 1996 international conference on Learning sciences, p.285-291, July 25-27, 1996, Evanston, Illinois
	Timothy S. McNerney, From turtles to Tangible Programming Bricks: explorations in physical language design, Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, v.8 n.5, p.326-337, September 2004
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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
J. Computer Applications
J.7 COMPUTERS IN OTHER SYSTEMS

Additional Classification:
K. Computing Milieux
K.3 COMPUTERS AND EDUCATION
K.3.m Miscellaneous

General Terms:
Experimentation, Human Factors

Keywords:
education

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Overall, this issue provides an interesting and informative look at current research in an emerging area. The papers discuss a variety of projects that reflect a shared view of how the future of computing could unfold. Although the directions more...

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