Sorry, great correction ... It does require more than one child with many cameras. ;)
my main point was let's get a study going on the observational level, and not rely on heuristics. I've never been a fan of them anyway. -- dave On Dec 27, 2007 11:55 AM, Alan Wexelblat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Dec 27, 2007 8:18 AM, David Malouf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I would love to see someone who has the device slap it down in front of > > their kids (if they have any) don't tell them a thing and see what > happens > > over the course of days and weeks and video tape the whole thing. There > is > > the child observation project in Berkeley which has a ton of cameras for > > just such testing. It would be amazing to do that type of observational > > research on the tool. > > I think this would lead to interesting, but distorted, results. > Here's the point: nobody uses these things in isolation. They're used > in the contexts of classrooms and homes where adults are present. > They're given by people with knowledge who share some of that > knowledge to get the children started. They're shared with other > children, possibly around the world, who share a pool of knowledge. If > you strip away that context you miss the crucial success criteria. > It's like taking a car from the showroom floor and complaining it > doesn't go anywhere because you didn't put fuel in its tank. > > > -- David Malouf http://synapticburn.com/ http://ixda.org/ http://motorola.com/ ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
