Information Prosthetics for the Handicapped

In this proposal we describe a technological step towards the realization of INFORMATION PROSTHETICS. Our primary focus is on using rather than making the technology. Specifically, our goal is to transpose for the use of cerebral-palsied children a computer-based learning environment we have d...

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Main Authors: Papert, Seymour A., Weir, Sylvia
Language:en_US
Published: 2004
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/6308
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Summary:In this proposal we describe a technological step towards the realization of INFORMATION PROSTHETICS. Our primary focus is on using rather than making the technology. Specifically, our goal is to transpose for the use of cerebral-palsied children a computer-based learning environment we have developed, and to study in this environment a series of issues in developmental psychology, in the psychology of learning, in psycho-diagnostic techniques and in methods of instruction.