<div dir="ltr"><div>@Barrack<br><br>Children present an interesting and unique user group who has in the
past received minimal attention from UI/UX experts.
The conventional Interaction design guidelines (for adult users) may not be applicable when designing for children.<br><br></div>
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include:-<p>*� Development of age-appropriate content -
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A good example of age-appropriate content is <b>BBC's
Bitesize</b>.</p><ul style="margin-left:40px"><li><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/bitesize/">http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/bitesize/</a><br></li><li> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/maths/division/play/">http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/maths/division/play/</a></li>
</ul><p>*� Understanding children's mental models - Children and Adults don't have same mental models when it comes to understanding the world around them. For instance, in understanding� of mathematical concepts, children might not visualize subtraction in terms of <b>2-1=1</b><font color="rgb(0, 0, 238)"><font color="rgb(0, 0, 238)"> bu<font color="rgb(0, 0, 238)">t</font> may best</font> understand pictorial representation as follows<font color="rgb(0, 0, 238)">.</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-left:120px"><a href="/"><img alt="Inline image 2" src="cid:ii_13f398344f27a895"></a><a href="/"></a><br></p><p>* Use of appropriate language that children can understand.</p><p>*Consider ergonomic constraints that children will face while interacting with educational content. e.g font size and color contrast.</p>
<p>The above guidelines are by no means exhaustive but its a clear pointer that designing for children require careful planning.</p><p>Mutuvi.<br></p><p><br>��
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</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 9:46 PM, Barrack Otieno <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:otieno.barrack@gmail.com" target="_blank">otieno.barrack@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Listers,<br><br></div>Many thanks to all that have contributed to day ones discussion, feel free to continue posting your comments as we proceed. Day 2 will focus on education content:<br>
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<b>Question<br>What Educational Content would support the Knowledge Objectives above(examples of educ. content/software used)</b>?<br><br></div>The floor is open.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br><div><div><div>
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