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Papers/Notes: Communicating

Tuesday, April 13
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Momentum: Getting and Staying on Topic Before the Brainstorm
Patti Bao, Northwestern University, USA
Elizabeth Gerber, Northwestern University, United States
Darren Gergle, Northwestern University, United States
David Hoffman, Northwestern University, United States

Describes a creativity support tool that invites minimal participation before a brainstorm and then visualizes the results during the brainstorm.

Layered Elaboration: A New Technique for Co-Design with Children
Gregory Walsh, Human-Computer Interaction Lab, University of Maryland, USA
Allison Druin, Human-Computer Interaction Lab, University of Maryland, USA
Mona Leigh Guha, Human-Computer Interaction Lab, University of Maryland, USA
Beth Foss, Human-Computer Interaction Lab, University of Maryland, USA
Evan Golub, Human-Computer Interaction Lab, University of Maryland, USA
Leshell Hatley, Human-Computer Interaction Lab, University of Maryland, USA
Beth Bonsignore, Human-Computer Interaction Lab, University of Maryland, USA
Sonia Franckel, Human-Computer Interaction Lab, University of Maryland, USA

This paper reports on ?Layered Elaboration,? a new co-design technique. It allows design teams to generate ideas through an iterative process in which prior ideas stay intact while extending concepts.

Don't Just Stare at Me!
Ning Wang, University of Southern California, USA
Jonathan Gratch, University of Southern California, USA

Investigates perception of rapport when users interact via avatars in virtual world. Unveils dependencies between components of rapport and informs the design of agents and avatars in computer mediated communication.

Video Playdate: Toward Free Play across Distance
Svetlana Yarosh, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Kori Inkpen, Microsoft Research, USA
A.J. Brush, Microsoft Research, USA

Presents an investigation of remote video-mediated free play between children. Identifies the challenges they faced and design tradeoffs to provide directions for future video-mediated communication systems.


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