<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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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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