This project centers on the potential for improving literacy in under-developed regions. This is explored through low-tech social interactions, ones that enable collaborative creation & understanding of learning content. A selection for the CHI 2011 Student Design Competition.
Dustin York designer in media, interaction, and research
Project partner Zhengxin (Ina) Xi and I traveled to Vancouver to present our Sharing the Knowledge project at the CHI Conference’s Student Design Competition.
I was fortunate to have been selected to represent Design Matters for the summer UNICEF design fellowship. This video is a description of my experience, process, and projects — which hopefully is useful for interested parties and subsequent fellows.
Child Friendly Technology is a framework designed to help guide the proper use of technology in UNICEF-driven educational programs. This project was created to be a discursive and descriptive (rather than proscriptive) ICT for Education framework.