Background The growing capabilities of technology are enabling increased support for
communication and meaningful interactions that span distance, cultures, and generations …

Citizen sensing is an approach that develops and uses lightweight technologies with local
communities to collect, share and act upon data. In doing so it enables them to become …

In this paper, we describe the challenges we encountered and solutions we developed
while collecting mobile touch and gesture interaction data in laboratory conditions from …

With millions of teenagers on the Internet, millions of parents are trying to understand what
their teens are doing and why. Understanding how technology use impacts teens' learning …

Today's mobile devices are equipped with a variety of tools that enable users to capture and
share their daily experiences. However, designing authoring tools that effectively integrate …

Significant research has demonstrated the crucial role that parents play in supporting the
development of children's literacy, but in contexts where adults may lack sufficient literacy in …

HCI projects are increasingly evaluating technologies in the wild, which typically involves
working with communities over extended periods, often with the goal of effecting sustainable …

Grandparents and grandchildren that live apart often rely on communication technologies,
such as messengers, video conferencing, and phone calls for maintaining relationships …

Partnering with parents and children in the design process can be important for producing
technologies that take into consideration the rich context of family life. However, to date, few …

Mobile devices are quickly becoming devices powerful enough to run personal computers
with the advancement of wireless and mobile technology. Learning by means of mobile …