8º Congresso Brasileiro de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento em Design
Centro Universitário SENAC — São Paulo (SP)
Outubro/2008
Thinkeringspace: Designing a System of Collaborative Environments for Kids
Thinkeringspace: Designing a System of Collaborative Environments for Kids
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Abstract
ThinkeringSpace (http://www.ThinkeringSpace.com) is a hybrid system, made of networked physical environments, that seeks to bring school-age children together to tinker with things, both physical and virtual, reflect upon what they do and discover, and elaborate their ideas in ways they can share with others. Situated in content rich institutions such as libraries, and connected to a mentorship network, these places within spaces encourage self-directed, productive inquiry, and create new opportunities for face-to-face and stigmergic collaboration through tangible interfaces, and large scale and multi-input technologies. This short paper presents an overview of the ongoing design and development of these collaborative spaces.
Collaborative environment, physical/virtual interplay, design process
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