Thanks so much for this, Elizabeth! It is indeed very encouraging :) Thanks to everyone else for their notes of interest and pointers to resources as well. It's clear that a lot of people are passionate about teaching the young about technology. I promise to get back to people individually (it might take a few days as I'm suddenly a bit swamped), but in the long term I will definitely keep the list updated about my project. I'm very excited about what the possibilities are!
Meredith > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:discuss- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Elizabeth > Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2008 4:15 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] teaching young people about usability > > Interestingly enough I was just reading a report I was sent yesterday: > > Being Human: Human-Computer Interaction in the Year 2020 > http://research.microsoft.com/hci2020/download.html > which makes various recommendations, including number 4 which is > summarised in the reader%u2019s guide as: > > "Teach HCI to the young. > The report argues that changes in computers and computing have a > significant impact on all our lives. Consequently, the study of HCI > should be introduced to the young as soon as possible. This goes > beyond traditional educational concepts of %u2018computer > science%u2019 %u2013 not just teaching children about how computers > and applications work, but about their wider impact." > > -so sorry, it's not really helpful to you, Meredith, but I was just > excited to see that people are already on it and thought it might be > of interest and encouragement! > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > Posted from the new ixda.org > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=28169 > > > ________________________________________________________________ > 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
