Multiplatform games for Dyslexia identification in preschoolers

Author

Facoetti, A. ; Franceschini, S. ; Gaggi, O. ; Galiazzo, G. ; Gori, S. ; Palazzi, C.E. ; Ruffino, M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Gen. Psychol., Univ. of Padua, Padua, Italy

fYear

2014

fDate

10-13 Jan. 2014

Firstpage

1152

Lastpage

1153

Abstract

Dyslexia is a learning disability affecting the ability to process written and sometimes even spoken language. It affects educational opportunities of about 10^% of children, regardless of their intelligence. One of the main challenges is to be able to identify Dyslexia in preschoolers. To this aim we have developed a set of serious games that are the core of this demo. Our games have been created with a multiplatform approach so as to generate, in a single effort, game versions for mobile platforms and the Web. They have also been designed to be adequately challenging and fun for their target users, as well as effective.

Keywords

Internet; cognition; computer aided instruction; mobile computing; natural language processing; serious games (computing); Web mobile platforms; dyslexia identification; educational opportunities; learning disability; multiplatform approach; multiplatform games; serious games; spoken language; Browsers; Computers; Conferences; Educational institutions; Games; Pediatrics; Visualization; dyslexia; mobile; multiplatform; serious game;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC), 2014 IEEE 11th

Conference_Location

Las Vegas, NV

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-2356-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CCNC.2014.6940496

Filename

6940496