Abstract
Multi-touch interactive tables are becoming increasingly
affordable and are likely to become commonplace in both schools
and homes. Despite many advances in technology, interaction and
co-located collaboration, there is little to no knowledge of how
people communicate around these interactive tables.
Communication is vital for humans as it is a necessary part of our
everyday life and an important tool for humans to express
themselves. This paper presents the findings of a study that
observed the conversation styles of teenagers working on
interactive and non-interactive tables. We looked at five types of
utterances: identification, proposals, responses, interdependence
and instructions. We describe the implications of these results for
designers of interactive tables for educational purposes.
Translated title of the contribution | Talking Teenagers and Tables: Communication Styles of Teenagers around Interactive and Non-Interactive Tables |
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Original language | English |
Publisher | Department of Computer Science, University of Bristol |
Publication status | Published - 2010 |
Bibliographical note
Other page information: -Other identifier: 2001237