New Educational Environments: TechnoMuseum, Discovering the Use of the Technology

Raul Igual, German Carro-Fernandez, Inmaculada Plaza, Ramon Carrasco

2013

Abstract

Experimentation is at the core of the educational process. Learners must actively construct knowledge by drawing it out of meaningful experiences. In this sense, we present the TechnoMuseum project, an interactive educational initiative with a double purpose: to help create a technological culture and to show the important role that technology can play helping disabled people in their daily lives. These objectives will be achieved thought the interaction with technological devices in a museum context. The project is aimed at the general public, but with particular attention to school students. Two interactive prototypes have been developed so far: a device to support the teaching-learning process of the Braille alphabet and an assistive device for dependent people. They are available to be used by the visitors of the museum. The preliminary results are promising since visitors feel that they can experience firsthand how the technology may contribute to facilitate the lives of disabled people.

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Igual R., Carro-Fernandez G., Plaza I. and Carrasco R. (2013). New Educational Environments: TechnoMuseum, Discovering the Use of the Technology . In Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Interaction Design in Educational Environments - Volume 1: IDEE, (ICEIS 2013) ISBN 978-989-8565-65-5, pages 158-165. DOI: 10.5220/0004604501580165


in Bibtex Style

@conference{idee13,
author={Raul Igual and German Carro-Fernandez and Inmaculada Plaza and Ramon Carrasco},
title={New Educational Environments: TechnoMuseum, Discovering the Use of the Technology},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Interaction Design in Educational Environments - Volume 1: IDEE, (ICEIS 2013)},
year={2013},
pages={158-165},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004604501580165},
isbn={978-989-8565-65-5},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Interaction Design in Educational Environments - Volume 1: IDEE, (ICEIS 2013)
TI - New Educational Environments: TechnoMuseum, Discovering the Use of the Technology
SN - 978-989-8565-65-5
AU - Igual R.
AU - Carro-Fernandez G.
AU - Plaza I.
AU - Carrasco R.
PY - 2013
SP - 158
EP - 165
DO - 10.5220/0004604501580165