The truly world-wide reach of the Web has brought with it a new realisation of the enormous
importance of usability and user interface design. In the last ten years, much has become …

Since its creation, the Cooperative Inquiry method of designing technology with and for
children has been refined, expanded, and sometimes questioned. Cooperative Inquiry has …

Children are increasingly using computer technologies as reflected in reports of computer
use in schools in the United States. Given the greater exposure of children to these …

Today's mobile devices are equipped with a variety of tools that enable users to capture and
share their daily experiences. However, designing authoring tools that effectively integrate …

In this paper, we present the state of the art in the field of information retrieval that is relevant
for understanding how to design information retrieval systems for children. We describe …

Children frequently make use of the Internet to search for information. However, research
shows that children experience many problems with searching and browsing the web. The …

Abstract Elementary‐age children (ages 6–11) are among the largest user groups of
computers and the Internet. Therefore, it is important to design searching and browsing tools …

Given the rapid evolution of social networks and online communities, interest in participatory
cultures--online and offline social spaces with low barriers to entry and support for creating …

Participatory Design (PD) gives users a voice in the design of technologies they are meant
to use. When PD methods are adapted for research with children, design teams need to …

Through this paper we examine children's literacy groupware, cloud-based reading
management systems that combine digital reading collections with behaviour tracking and …