Please note: In order to keep Hive up to date and provide users with the best features, we are no longer able to fully support Internet Explorer. The site is still available to you, however some sections of the site may appear broken. We would encourage you to move to a more modern browser like Firefox, Edge or Chrome in order to experience the site fully.

Supporting your high street Find out how »
Computationally Enhanced Toolkits for Children : Historical Review and a Framework for Future Design, Paperback / softback Book

Computationally Enhanced Toolkits for Children : Historical Review and a Framework for Future Design Paperback / softback

Part of the Foundations and Trends (R) in Human-Computer Interaction series

Paperback / softback

Item not Available

Description

Robotics toolkits and physical computing devices have been used in educational settings for many decades.

Based on a techno-historical analysis of the development of 30 years of development of these devices, this monograph examines their design principles and presents a framework for the analysis and future design, based on the analytic construct of “selective exposure,” which examines what is foregrounded or backgrounded in hardware and software design. Selective exposure has two sub-dimensions: usability, which examines how the material communicates rules for its use, and power, which looks at how cognitive and physical operations are mapped to each other, and how the design can make these connections more explicit.

This monograph shows how these dimensions crucially impact what children can achieve with these materials, and make the case for the design of toolkits in synchrony with the child’s developmental trajectory.

Information

Save 17%

£66.50

£55.19

Item not Available
Item not Available
Sign in to add to wishlist
 
Free Home Delivery

on all orders

 
Pick up orders

from local bookshops

Information