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Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems archive
CHI '02 extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems table of contents

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

SESSION: Short Talks table of contents

Pages: 774 - 775

Year of Publication: 2002

ISBN:1-58113-454-1

Authors

Peta Wyeth	The University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia
Helen C. Purchase	The University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia

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SIGCAPH: ACM SIGCAPH Computers and the Physically Handicapped
SIGGRAPH: ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques
SIGGROUP: ACM Special Interest Group on Supporting Group Work
SIGDOC: ACM Special Interest Group for Design of Communications
SIGLINK: Hypertext, Hypermedia, and Web
SIGCHI: ACM Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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Downloads (6 Weeks): 18, Downloads (12 Months): 87, Citation Count: 18

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ABSTRACT

Tangible programming elements offer the dynamic and programmable properties of a computer without the complexity introduced by the keyboard, mouse and screen. This paper explores the extent to which programming skills are used by children during interactions with a set of tangible programming elements: the Electronic Blocks. An evaluation of the Electronic Blocks indicates that children become heavily engaged with the blocks, and learn simple programming with a minimum of adult support.

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	1	Bredekamp, S., and Copple, C. (eds). Developmentally appropriate practice in early childhood education. (Revised ed.). Washington, D.C.: National Association for the Education of Young Children, 1997.
	2	Seymour Papert, Mindstorms: Children, computers, and powerful ideas, Basic Books, Inc., New York, NY, 1980
	3	Mitchel Resnick , Amy Bruckman , Fred Martin, Pianos not stereos: creating computational construction kits, interactions, v.3 n.5, p.40-50, Sept./Oct. 1996 [doi>10.1145/234757.234762]

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	Tim Gorton , Bakhtiar Mikhak, A tangible architecture for creating modular, subsumption-based robot control systems, CHI '04 extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems, April 24-29, 2004, Vienna, Austria
	Hayes Solos Raffle , Amanda J. Parkes , Hiroshi Ishii, Topobo: a constructive assembly system with kinetic memory, Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems, p.647-654, April 24-29, 2004, Vienna, Austria
	Oren Zuckerman , Saeed Arida , Mitchel Resnick, Extending tangible interfaces for education: digital montessori-inspired manipulatives, Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems, April 02-07, 2005, Portland, Oregon, USA
	Michael S. Horn , Robert J. K. Jacob, Tangible programming in the classroom: a practical approach, CHI '06 extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems, April 22-27, 2006, Montréal, Québec, Canada
	Oren Zuckerman , Mitchel Resnick, A physical interface for system dynamics simulation, CHI '03 extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems, April 05-10, 2003, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA
	Hayes Raffle , Hiroshi Ishii , Laura Yip, Remix and Robo: sampling, sequencing and real-time control of a tangible robotic construction system, Proceedings of the 6th international conference on Interaction design and children, June 06-08, 2007, Aalborg, Denmark
	Andrew C Smith, Using magnets in physical blocks that behave as programming objects, Proceedings of the 1st international conference on Tangible and embedded interaction, February 15-17, 2007, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
	Michael S. Horn , Robert J. K. Jacob, Designing tangible programming languages for classroom use, Proceedings of the 1st international conference on Tangible and embedded interaction, February 15-17, 2007, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
	Michael S. Horn , Robert J. K. Jacob, Tangible programming in the classroom with tern, CHI '07 extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems, April 28-May 03, 2007, San Jose, CA, USA
	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
	Kristina Andersen, Black box: exploring simple electronic interaction, Proceedings of the 2nd international conference on Tangible and embedded interaction, February 18-20, 2008, Bonn, Germany
	Amanda J. Parkes , Hayes Solos Raffle , Hiroshi Ishii, Topobo in the wild: longitudinal evaluations of educators appropriating a tangible interface, Proceeding of the twenty-sixth annual SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems, April 05-10, 2008, Florence, Italy
	Michael S. Horn, Tangible computer programming for informal science learning, Proceedings of the 7th international conference on Interaction design and children, June 11-13, 2008, Chicago, Illinois
	Michael S. Horn , Erin Treacy Solovey , Robert J. K. Jacob, Tangible programming and informal science learning: making TUIs work for museums, Proceedings of the 7th international conference on Interaction design and children, June 11-13, 2008, Chicago, Illinois
	Susan Lysecky , Frank Vahid, Enabling nonexpert construction of basic sensor-based systems, ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI), v.16 n.1, p.1-28, April 2009
	Anuradha Phalke , Miria Biller , Susan Lysecky , Christopher Harris, Non-expert construction of customized embedded systems to enhance STEM curricula, ACM SIGBED Review, v.6 n.1, p.1-11, January 2009
	Leah Buechley , Mike Eisenberg, Boda blocks: a collaborative tool for exploring tangible three-dimensional cellular automata, Proceedings of the 8th iternational conference on Computer supported collaborative learning, p.102-104, July 16-21, 2007, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

INDEX TERMS

Keywords:
children, education, programming, tangible interface

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Peta Wyeth: colleagues

Helen C. Purchase: colleagues

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