Colleagues/
The Audio Is Now Available For This Most Informative Presentation
I Had The Opportunity To Attend.
/Gerry
Women in HCI Lecture / Allison Druin / University of
Maryland / October 9, 2009 / Noon / Howe Hall / Alliant Energy-Lee Liu
Auditorium / Iowa State University
Abstract > For many children (ages 2-12) in the United
States, mobile technologies are now an integral part of their everyday living
and play experiences. They commonly use mobile phones, netbooks, pen-based
computing, GPSs, computer-enhanced toys and much more.
But this is not the case for all children. There are still
young people who live in places where mobile technologies are just becoming
affordable. Others live in areas where there is no cell phone service at all.
And still other children live in places where basic living necessities outweigh
the need for electronic technologies. There are extreme differences in
children’s opportunities and challenges for learning with new technologies.
Therefore, in my talk I will discuss how to approach
designing for these diverse children. This talk is not about how to make mobile
technologies. It is about how to make BETTER mobile technologies for the
world’s children.
I will demonstrate some of our newest work at the
Human-Computer Interaction Lab in mobile collaboration and intergenerational
mobile storytelling. I will also suggest how these new mobile technologies call
for new approaches to design.
Speaker > Allison Druin is the Director of the
Human-Computer Interaction Lab (HCIL) and an Associate Professor in the University
of Maryland’s College of Information Studies and Institute for Advanced
Computer Studies. Her work includes: developing digital libraries for children;
designing technologies for families; and creating collaborative storytelling
technologies for the classroom.
Druin’s most active research is the International Children’s
Digital Library (ICDL)
[ http://mobile-libraries.blogspot.com/2009/08/international-childrens-digital-library.html
]
now the largest digital library in the world for children
which she and colleagues expanded to a non-profit foundation.
She is the author or editor of four books, and her most
recent book was published Spring 2009: Mobile Technology for Children (Morgan
Kaufmann, 2009).
[ http://mobile-libraries.blogspot.com/2009/07/mobile-technology-for-children.html
]
She received her Ph.D. in 1997 from the University of New
Mexico, her M.S. in 1987 from the MIT Media Lab, and a B.F.A. in 1985 from
Rhode Island School of Design.
Sponsored By > Women in Human Computer Interaction
Series, Women in STEM Speaker Series, and Committee on Lectures (funded by
GSB).
Link To Audio Available At
[ http://tinyurl.com/ykcvmbn
]
Enjoy !
/Gerry
Gerry McKiernan
Associate Professor
Science and Technology Librarian
Iowa State University Library
Ames IA 50011
There Is No Answer, Only Solutions / Olde Irish Saying
The Future Is Already Here, It's Just Not Evenly Distributed
Attributed To William Gibson, SciFi Author / Coined
'Cyberspace