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Update from #CHI 2011 - much more to come.

Update from #CHI 2011 - much more to come.

Update from #CHI 2011 - much more to come.

Posted: 10 May 2011 10:53 PM PDT


I've been attending CHI 2011 for the past few days and have been impressed by the depth and breadth of the conference.  In addition to attending a number of interesting, high-quality presentations, I had the chance to interview several key contributors to the HCI field, explore a variety of awesome interactive applications,  and participate in an interactive musical multimedia performance.  Below is a video taken of part of the performance, taken by someone at the conference:


I also had a chance to explore Bill Buxton's exhibit of his historical archive of input and interactive devices.  To see the interactive online version of the exhibit, take a look at  Buxton Collection.  You won't be disappointed.

I will be sharing my "take aways" from the conference in a series of posts on this blog over the next couple of weeks. I meantime,  take a look at some of the CHI "Madness" videos below. The video clips are about 20-seconds long and are created by CHI presenters as previews to help conference attendees plan their schedules, since there are many sessions that are held concurrently. 


Gamification: Using Game Design Elements in Non-Gaming Contexts


CHI 2011 Accessible Games SIG




Games for your cat:


Don't forget Grandma!











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Press Pass for CHI 2011! - Today's Highlights from the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Press Pass for CHI 2011! - Today's Highlights from the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Press Pass for CHI 2011! - Today's Highlights from the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Posted: 09 May 2011 06:06 AM PDT

I'm happy to share that I was approved for a press pass for the CHI 2011  conference I'm attending in Vancouver, Canada.   (I was one of the organizers for a pre-conference workshop held on Saturday, "Child Computer Interaction: Workshop on UI Technologies and Educational Pedagogy" and will share more information from the workshop in future blog posts.)


The press pass will provide me the opportunity to meet a number of key thinkers/researchers related to the field of Human Factors/Human Computer Interaction.  Here are a few of today's press highlights:


A conversation with ...Howard Rheingold
CHI 2011's opening session features Howard Rheingold, an acknowledged authority on mobile communications, discussing the evolution and future of social media in teaching and learning. Rheingold, the author of Smart Mobs, innovator, and Stanford University lecturer, explains, "use of social media in higher education teaching sessions can provide opportunities for innovative and meaningful interactions that extend far beyond the traditional face-to-face classroom experience." -CHI 2011


A conversation with...the "PaperPhone Team"
Hang up the iPhone - here comes the paper phone: Bending the device will allow users to make calls and play music Gillian Shaw, Vancouver Sun, 5/5/11
UltraThin 'PaperPhone' bends to user's will Emily Chung, CBC News, 5/5/11


An Interview with Conference Organizers and Interaction Researchers ...
Desney Tan, Conference Chair and Microsoft Research
Bo Begole, Technical Program Co-Char and XEROX Palo Alto Research Center (PARC)
Wendy Kellogg, Technical Program Co-Chair and IBM


I can't wait until 4:00 PM - a special tour of the interactive demonstrations - here is the information I received from the CHI 2011 PR coordinator:



SPECIAL PRESS PREVIEW of the Interactive Demonstrations 4:00 - 5:30 PM  INTERACTIVITY PRESS TOUR
"This event will be highly visual & interactive http://chi2011.org/program/interactivity.html Press Release: Interactive Technologies Showcased at ACM Conference on Computer-Human Interaction http://chi2011.org/press/presskit/interactivity.html"


I'm sure this will be interesting:
Collecting the History of Interactive Devices
"An exhibit of interactive devices from the past 35 years that point to ways of interacting with computers in the future. First shown at the Vancouver Art Gallery in 2004 (and updated for 2011), the collection documents the history of pen computing, pointing devices, touch technologies, and illustrates the nature of how new technologies emerge." - CHI 2011


Stay updated!
To keep up with my blog posts during the CHI 2011 conference and afterwards, sign up for the RSS feed.  Another option is to follow me on Twitter,  and you'll receive an automatic "tweet" with a link whenever I post something on this blog. 

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Allison Druin's Workshop Keynote: "Mining the Imagination from Time Travel to Anti-Gravity" - CHI 2011, Vancouver, Canada

Allison Druin's Workshop Keynote: "Mining the Imagination from Time Travel to Anti-Gravity" - CHI 2011, Vancouver, Canada

Allison Druin's Workshop Keynote: "Mining the Imagination from Time Travel to Anti-Gravity" - CHI 2011, Vancouver, Canada

Posted: 07 May 2011 09:30 PM PDT

The Future... thoughts shared by Allison Druin at CHI 2011:
  • Rethinking the meaning of interaction- well beyond the mouse,  beyond the icon
  • Rethinking our relationships we have with our technologies
  • Rethinking how to transform technology
  • Rethinking ho transforming technology can change learning, to really change the future...
Paraphrasing ....."It starts with the experience of the child.  Have you ever asked them what they think about the future?  Backpacks with ice cream, storytelling machines that fly...  layered stories that are tall as building?

How do you get from low-tech prototyping to what gets on tech devices?  It's not about data analysis, analyzing things that are easy to analyse."

Allison works with kids and adults together, in a participatory manner, at her lab at the University of Maryland... 

Video demonstrating design techniques, including low-tech prototyping, involving children and ideas:

http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-kidsteam-dana-video


The researchers look at what children are doing today, in homes and in schools.  More recently, children's use of search at home, away from the eyes of their teachers.  


How do we figure out how designs and ideas become new technologies?  


Here is one example:  
Story kit is a freely available app for the iPhone that can be used as a prototyping tool.  Kids are asked to design music and create what it might sound like. It is considered to be a "mid-tech" tool, and supports creativity in the design process.


Three things that will happen in the future, according to Druin:

  1. Technology Ecology -  apps are cross platforms and technologies.  Where ever kids are and need it (tech agnostic)
  2. Physical/Virtual Switching --- interaction "bursts".    Designing for an activity that can be interrupted, in a good way.
  3. Creation of new neighborhood for learning.  A blur between the local and the global,  "Local 2.0",  beyond the walls.  Technologies need to accept this, and embrace this.

Allison's inspiration comes from her many years of working with children in innovative and creative ways.


RELATED
From the Q and A:
Kids now know that technology rapidly changes.
Kids continue to be creative.
Kids seem to be more confident in their creativity, and that it matters. 
Kids aren't given enough opportunities to be creative these days, given all of the testing that they endure at school.


There is a feeling that anything is possible....it does happen.


LINKS
Children as Design Partners


Workshop Website
CHI 2011 Workshop Program and Related Links:  UI Technologies ant Impact on Educational Pedagogy, Related Child-Computer Interaction Papers and Courses

Cross-post: TechPsych blog
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At CHI 2011 - workshop starts soon!

Posted: 07 May 2011 07:22 AM PDT


The workshop agenda has been changed slightly, and I will update the blog to reflect the changes soon.  Here is a link to a previous post about the workshop:


CHI 2011 Workshop Program and Related Links: UI Technologies and Impact on Educational Pedagogy, Related Child-Computer Interaction Papers and Courses
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Posted: 07 May 2011 12:00 AM PDT


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