Sökning: "computers and children"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 12 avhandlingar innehållade orden computers and children.
1. Production and Products of Preschool Documentation : Entanglements of children, things, and templates
Sammanfattning : The objective of the present study is to produce knowledge about how children, things, documents, computers, teachers, templates and other entities take part in and produce documentation in preschool systematic quality development work. The thesis asks questions about how and what is produced as quality in preschool documentation. LÄS MER
2. Reading achievement : Its relation to home literacy, self-regulation, academic self-concept, and goal orientation in children and adolescents
Sammanfattning : The studies in this doctoral thesis investigated how home literacy, self regulation, academic self-concept, and goal orientation influence reading ability. Study 1 investigated the effect of family-based prerequisites, reading attitude, and self-regulated learning on reading ability. LÄS MER
3. Learning and Artefacts : On the Use of Information Technology in Educational Settings
Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to develop and apply an empirical approach that can be used in studies of the relationship between different expectations of, and actual use of, information technology in educational settings. The studies focus on meanings of artefacts shaped in people's talk about and/or use of technology. LÄS MER
4. The impact of gaze-based assistive technology on daily activities in children with severe physical impairments
Sammanfattning : Aim: The aim of the thesis was to investigate the impact of gaze-based assistive technology on daily activities in children with severe physical impairments and without speech. The objectives were to develop and pilot a gaze-based assistive technology intervention (GAT intervention) at home and in school for these children and to understand its impact on daily activities as experienced by their parents. LÄS MER
5. Creating new experience for zoo visitors by using media techniques
Sammanfattning : In 2008, the EU project “Digital Djurpark” (Digital Zoo) started as a cooperation between the digital media lab at the department of Applied Physics and Electronics (TFE) at Umeå University and Lycksele Zoo. The technology behind the Digital Zoo project is a wireless sensor network that is placed in the park. LÄS MER