[Fwd: simplified UI for children]

[Doug Loss <dloss@csrlink.net>]

I received this this morning.  I've glanced through the websites listed
and at least the first two are rich with items of value to our efforts. 
At the MIT Media Lab, look in the section Research, subsection
Epistemology and Learning.  There are some things here (particularly at
the hi-ce site) that may be immediately useful in a Linux environment. 
Please take a look at them and give us your comments, everyone.

One more thing.  We could use a contact between the LUIGUI Project
(which Charles is a principal member of) and seul-edu, so we can
"cross-fertilize" our efforts to both groups' benefit.  I'm afraid I'm
too busy otherwise to be effective in that role; could someone volunteer
to act as such a contact?  Please contact me directly if you're
interested.

T Charles Yun wrote:
> 
> >    I'd like to suggest that you establish a project for designing such a
> > simplified UI.  Has there been much (or any) HCI research done on
> > children?  I don't know if the results would necessarily be different,
> > but I suspect that they could.
> 
> A friend of mine wrote back saying...
> --- begin ---
> Hi Charles- interesting question.  I don't have a definitive source to
> point
> to about this, but I can give a few starters.
> 
> Elliot Soloway's group is developing the methodology of
> Learner-Centered-Design, a takeoff on user-centered design, which focus
> on
> the unique needs of school children and learners.  Their web site has
> some
> papers and demos: http://hice.eecs.umich.edu
> 
> The MIT Media Lab does work in education and is also a good place to
> look
> around- http://www.media.mit.edu/
> 
> And this is less appropriate, but useful nonetheless:  ESI online
> http://www.edsoft.com/ is a large database of K-12 education software.
> --- end ---
> 
> Hope this is of some help.
> (btw, i have met Dr. Soloway and his stuff for kis is fairly
> impressive.  It is good, well-thought out software made for kids.)
> 
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