Book description
Children are one of the largest new user groups of mobile technology -- from phones to micro-laptops to electronic toys. These products are both lauded and criticized, especially when it comes to their role in education and learning. The need has never been greater to understand how these technologies are being designed and to evaluate their impact worldwide. Mobile Technology for Children brings together contributions from leaders in industry, non-profit organizations, and academia to offer practical solutions for the design and the future of mobile technology for children.- First book to present a multitude of voices on the design, technology, and impact of mobile devices for children and learning
- Features contributions from leading academics, designers, and policy makers from nine countries, whose affiliations include Sesame Workshop, LeapFrog Enterprises, Intel, the United Nations, and UNICEF
- Each contribution and case study is followed by a best practice overview to help readers consider their own research and design and for a quick reference
Table of contents
- Cover image
- Table of Contents
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Foreword: Water Jugs and Ring Tones…
- Preface: When a Book Came to be
- Introduction: Defining Mobile Technologies, Children and Learning
- Authors’ Biographies
- Chapter 1. How Mobile Technologies Are Changing the Way Children Learn
- Chapter 2. Harnessing the Potential of Mobile Technologies for Children and Learning
- Chapter 3. Pocket Rockets
- Chapter 4. Social Impacts of Mobile Technologies for Children
- Chapter 5. A Disruption Is Coming
- Chapter 6. Mobile Interaction Design Matters
- Chapter 7. A Child's Mobile Digital Library
- Chapter 8. Adding Space and Senses to Mobile World Exploration
- Chapter 9. LeapFrog Learning Design
- Chapter 10. Designing the Intel-Powered Classmate PC
- Chapter 11. Early OLPC Experiences in a Rural Uruguayan School
- Chapter 12. “It's Mine”
- Chapter 13. Mobile Technologies in Support of Young Children's Learning
- Chapter 14. Mobile Technologies for Parent/Child Relationships
- Chapter 15. Using Mobile Technology to Unite (for) Children
- Chapter 16. Designing the Future
- Index
Product information
- Title: Mobile Technology for Children
- Author(s):
- Release date: March 2009
- Publisher(s): Morgan Kaufmann
- ISBN: 9780080954097
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