Rick, Jochen; Harris, Amanda; Marshall, Paul; Fleck, Rowanne; Yuill, Nicola and Rogers, Yvonne
(2009).
| URL: | http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1551788.1551... |
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Abstract
Applications running on multi-touch tabletops are beginning to be developed to enable children to collaborate on a variety of activities, from photo sharing to playing games. However, little is know as to how children work together on such interactive surfaces. We present a study that investigated groups of children's use of a multitouch tabletop for a shared-space design task, requiring reasoning and compromise. The OurSpace application was designed to allow children to arrange the desks in their classroom and allocate students to seats around those desks. A number of findings are reported, including a comparison of single versus multiple touch, equity of participation, and an analysis of how a child's tabletop position affects where he or she touches. A main finding was that children used all of the tabletop surface, but took more responsibility for the parts of the design closer to their relative position.
| Item Type: | Conference Item |
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| Copyright Holders: | 2009 The Authors |
| Extra Information: | Pages: 106-114
ISBN:978-1-60558-395-2 |
| Academic Unit/Department: | Mathematics, Computing and Technology > Computing |
| Interdisciplinary Research Centre: | Centre for Research in Computing (CRC) |
| Item ID: | 19509 |
| Depositing User: | Jochen Rick |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Jan 2010 10:21 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Dec 2012 11:09 |
| URI: | http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/19509 |
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