Black, J;
Furniss, DJ;
Myketiak, C;
Curzon, P;
McOwan, P;
(2012)
Microwave Racing: An Interactive Activity to Enthuse Students About HCI.
Presented at: CHI 2012: the 30th ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Workshop: A Contextualised Curriculum for HCI, Austin, Texas.
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Abstract
We report on a day of ‘microwave racing’ at a science festival in Brighton, England, as a way of enthusing school-age children about HCI. This transforms an award-winning CHI video showcase idea into an engaging interactive exercise. We describe the concept and setup of the races, as well as feedback from the participants. We discuss how, after engaging with our exhibit, children picked up key messages about HCI in general, and a research project on interface design of medical devices in particular.
| Type: | Conference item (Presentation) |
|---|---|
| Title: | Microwave Racing: An Interactive Activity to Enthuse Students About HCI |
| Event: | CHI 2012: the 30th ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Workshop: A Contextualised Curriculum for HCI |
| Location: | Austin, Texas |
| Dates: | 2012-05-05 - 2012-05-10 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | http://chi2012.acm.org/ |
| Language: | English |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Computer Science |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1347255 |
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