Mobile Technology for Children

Mobile Technology for Children
Author: Allison Druin
Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann
Total Pages: 399
Release: 2009-03-16
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 008095409X

Children are one of the largest new user groups of mobile technology -- from phones to micro-laptops to electronic toys. These products are both lauded and criticized, especially when it comes to their role in education and learning. The need has never been greater to understand how these technologies are being designed and to evaluate their impact worldwide. Mobile Technology for Children brings together contributions from leaders in industry, non-profit organizations, and academia to offer practical solutions for the design and the future of mobile technology for children. - First book to present a multitude of voices on the design, technology, and impact of mobile devices for children and learning - Features contributions from leading academics, designers, and policy makers from nine countries, whose affiliations include Sesame Workshop, LeapFrog Enterprises, Intel, the United Nations, and UNICEF - Each contribution and case study is followed by a best practice overview to help readers consider their own research and design and for a quick reference

Child Friendly Therapy

Child Friendly Therapy
Author: Marcia B Stern
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2008-08-26
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780393705645

A treasure trove of creative tools and strategies to engage children in therapy. Finding a therapy that “fits” kids--one that cuts through their continuous state of overstimulation and aversion to traditional language-based methods--is not easy. Now in paperback, this books offers clinicians an array of inventive, multifaceted therapy techniques, from brain-based tips to family-oriented exercises.

Children and Families in the Digital Age

Children and Families in the Digital Age
Author: Elisabeth Gee
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 169
Release: 2017-11-06
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1315297159

Children and Families in the Digital Age offers a fresh, nuanced, and empirically-based perspective on how families are using digital media to enhance learning, routines, and relationships. This powerful edited collection contributes to a growing body of work suggesting the importance of understanding how the consequences of digital media use are shaped by family culture, values, practices, and the larger social and economic contexts of families’ lives. Chapters offer case studies, real-life examples, and analyses of large-scale national survey data, and provide insights into previously unexplored topics such as the role of siblings in shaping the home media ecology.

Educational Media and Technology Yearbook 2003

Educational Media and Technology Yearbook 2003
Author: Mary Ann Fitzgerald
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 493
Release: 2003-06-30
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 031302300X

The 28th volume of the Educational Media and Technology Yearbook describes current developments and trends in the field of instructional technology. Prominent themes for this volume include e-learning, collaboration, the standards reform movement, and a critical look at the field in its historical context. The audience for the Yearbook consists of media and technology professionals in schools, higher education, and business contexts, including instructional technology faculty, school library media specialists, curriculum leaders, business training professionals, and instructional designers. The Educational Media and Technology Yearbook has become a standard reference in many libraries and professional collections.

Digital Storytelling

Digital Storytelling
Author: Carolyn Handler Miller
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 474
Release: 2004
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0240805100

The first professional book to explore and analyze digital storytelling across interactive media and genres-this book examines how digital storytelling draws on classic narrative techniques and utilizes interactive digital technologies to create today's entertainment.Digital Storytelling explains key strategies for conveying narrative through digital technologies, based on personal experience and numerous case studies, providing project managers, interactive content designers, and writers with the tools necessary for planning a successful interactive project, including ideas for product development and conceptualization. Detailed planning processes for all types of interactive projects are discussed, including videogames, massively multiplayer online games, the Internet, interactive TV, cross-media productions, smart toys, virtual reality, immersive environments, wireless devices, kiosks, and DVDs. The book also covers topics such as: structure, characters and emotions; tackling projects for children; finding work and staying employed; and more.Miller has written Digital Storytelling for the professional and the student, and details what interactive content developers and project managers need to know in a clear, enthusiastic manner.

Kiplinger's Personal Finance

Kiplinger's Personal Finance
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 104
Release: 2003-06
Genre:
ISBN:

The most trustworthy source of information available today on savings and investments, taxes, money management, home ownership and many other personal finance topics.