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Kids and Adults Design New Tech Tools
At the University of Maryland's Human-Computer Interaction Lab, Kidsteam pairs students with researchers, who then work together to design new technologies for children.
Release Date: 5/27/2009
Running Time: 05:52 min
Video Credits
Produced, Written, and Directed by
- Ken Ellis
Coordinating Producer
- Lauren Rosenfeld
Editor
- Steve Jensen
Camera Crew
- Brian Buckley
- Brett Wiley
- James Pride
- Ken Ellis
Production Support
- Amy Erin Borovoy
Production Assistant
- Doug Keely
Narrator
- Michael Pritchard
Senior Video Editor
- Karen Sutherland
- © 2009
- The George Lucas Educational Foundation
- All rights reserved.
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Discussion Questions
1. At Kidsteam, kids and researchers are design partners. How can you apply this idea in your school, home, or community?
2. What do you think kids get out of the Kidsteam project? How do the adults benefit?
3. Kidsteam is a collaboration between higher education, businesses, and nonprofit organizations. What are some examples of similar collaborations in your community?
4. What are some specific ways you could collaborate with partners in the future?
5. Does the power dynamic of the classroom inhibit innovation and free thinking?


Reader Comments
How can your child participate in the partnership between children and Marylands Human Computer Interaction Design team? My child is a high functioning LD student in Honors Algebra, Homors English, Honors Drams and Honors Science. She is a gifted writer from a creative perspective. She has a beautiful, unigue turn of phrase and can see a story from beginning to end. she is a passionate writer but has difficulties because when she hand writes her spelling and sometimes words look messed up. She also is really good with math and loves science but once again can get word problems mixed up. She was found to be gifted and talented in 1st grade but around age 9 started having trouble with hand coordination and spelling in the written form. We were told she had a latent learning disability that sometimes does not surface til ages 9-13. She has tried to learn to compensate but still we have had difficulties finding assistaive technologies. Because she is honor role she does not qualify for learning assistance that you could normally get through an IEP. Yet she really really struglles and her talent is often obscured by the lack of technology that can allow her to communicate well in a written form.
Please contact me and let me know if there is some way we can participate in your prgram. She is very goal oriented and would be a great student for you to work with in a research team setting. I can be reached at 703-302-9637 or by email at leticia3112@gmail.com. My daughter is age 14 and is in middle school.
Thank you,
Leticia Willcockson
Contacting Kidsteam
Staff comment:
Hi Leticia,
You may reach the Kidsteam program at the University of Maryland's Human-Computer Interaction Lab through this Web site: http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/kiddesign/
Allison Druin is the best person to contact.
Hope that helps!
Amy