Also be interesting/cool to see what they could teach us :) * What sites do they visit? * How many friends do they speak to per day using the internet? * Do they use their home phone for speaking to friends or mobile phone? * What technology do they own? * What do they like about it? * What frustrates them about tech at home? * What sites do they visit to help with home work?
etc Perhaps see if they can design a UI for something? (see what they come up with ;) rgds, -- Daniel Szuc Principal Usability Consultant www.apogeehk.com T: +852 2581 2166 F: +852 2833 2961 "Usability in Asia" Quoting Meredith Noble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Has anyone ever run a program that teaches young people (say, grades 6-9 > range, or older teens even) about usability? > > I'm thinking about starting up a program that promotes technology > careers to girls. I want to help correct the common belief that "people > who work in technology sit alone all day in a cubicle and code". I'm > interested in using pair programming methods to show girls that > programming and software design can be social and collaborative. At the > same time I'm interested in exposing them to the concept of user > experience / usability / IxD, and showing that it's a great career for > people who want to be involved in technology but don't necessarily want > to code full time (or at all). > > If anyone has ever tried to teach the basics of what we do to young > people, I'd really love to talk to you about how you approached it. I > did a quick Google search and didn't manage to come up with much! > > Thanks, > > Meredith > > ________________________________________________________________ > 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 > ________________________________________________________________ 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
