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Tech Report HCIL-2009-15

Druin, A., Bederson, B., Quinn, A. (May 2009)
Designing Intergenerational Mobile Storytelling
HCIL-2009-15

Informal educational experiences with grandparents and other older adults can be an important component of children?s education, especially in circumstances where high quality educational services and facilities are not readily available. Mobile devices offer unique capabilities to support such interactions. We report on an ongoing participatory design project with an intergenerational design group to create mobile applications for reading and editing books, or even creating all new stories on an Apple iPhone.



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