Session Chair: Allison Druin, University of Maryland
Evolution of the Talking Dinosaur:
The (Not So) Natural History of a New Interface for Children
Kristin Alexander, Erik Strommen, Microsoft
Participatory Simulations: Using Computational Objects to Learn
about Dynamic Systems
Vanessa Colella, Richard Borovoy, Mitchel Resnick, MIT Media Lab
Papers: Dinosaurs and Robots
Wednesday 11:00 - 12:30.
Session Chair: Hiroshi Ishii, MIT Media Laboratory
Digital Manipulatives: New Toys to Think With
Mitchel Resnick, Fred Martin, Robert Berg, Richard Borovoy, Vanessa Colella,
Kwin Kramer, Brian Silverman, MIT Media Laboratory
When the Interface is a Talking Dinosaur:
Learning Across Media with ActiMates Barney
Erik Strommen, Microsoft
PROP: Personal Roving Presence
Eric Paulos, John Canny, University of California, Berkeley