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Children designing together on a multi-touch tabletop: An analysis of spatial orientation and user interactions

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posted on 2023-06-07, 18:44 authored by Jochen Rick, Amanda Harris, Paul Marshall, Rowanne Fleck, Nicola YuillNicola Yuill, Yvonne Rogers
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 multitouchtabletop 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. Copyright 2009 ACM.

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Publication status

  • Published

Page range

105-114

Pages

10.0

Presentation Type

  • paper

Event name

8th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, IDC 2009; Como; 3 June 2009 through 5 June 2009

Event location

Corno

Event type

conference

ISBN

978-160558395-2

Department affiliated with

  • Psychology Publications

Notes

Proceedings of IDC 2009

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-06

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