Nov 2022
Hci and children: consent
From: Empowered and Informed: Participation of Children in HCI. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-67684-5_27
Bernhaupt, R., Girish Dalvi, Anirudha Joshi, Balkrishan, D.K., O’neill, J., Winckler, M. and Springerlink (Online Service (2017). Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2017 : 16th IFIP TC 13 International Conference, Mumbai, India, September 25-29, 2017, Proceedings, Part II. Cham: Springer International Publishing.
“In many situations, when working with children in schools and clubs, children are not always empowered to decline participation if they do not wish to take part.“
Today in class, I referred to a child I was teaching as “kid”. He said, I’m not a kid, I’m a person! And he was right. When creating products for children it’s important to respect them and value their input the same way we’d respect a partner’s input. Creating a product that empowers the child and doesn’t make him or her feel frustrated or undermined. I think that I’d like to make a project for children ages 6 to 10, that focuses on helping a child feel in control and empowered. Maybe empowered to do something overwhelming in the adult world, like coding for example, in a simple way.
I know I want to make something:
– for children ages 6-10
- that makes them feel empowered to be their own people
- that values their input
- That helps them do something from the adult world that they might find overwhelming in a simple way