Title :
Multi-language and multi-purpose educational tool for kids: design of Crazipes, a SMAALL project game
Author :
Valente, Andrea ; Holmen, Hee ; Marchetti, Emanuela
Author_Institution :
Aalborg Univ., Denmark
Abstract :
´Crazipes´ is one of the prototype games within SMAALL, a multi-language and multi-purpose games project for young kids of age 3-5 years. The main goal of SMAALL is to expose young learners in multipurpose and multi-module games. In the prototype of Crazipes, the game is designed to teach four different languages and math within a frame of cooking, using mainly visual images and animation. In this paper we introduce the main philosophy and design concept for the prototype.
Keywords :
computer animation; computer games; natural languages; Crazipes; SMAALL; animation; frame of cooking; multilanguage games project; multipurpose games project; prototype games; visual images; Animation; Dairy products; Hardware; Java; Mobile handsets; Natural languages; Personal communication networks; Prototypes; Speech recognition; XML;
Conference_Titel :
Enterprise networking and Computing in Healthcare Industry, 2005. HEALTHCOM 2005. Proceedings of 7th International Workshop on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8940-9
DOI :
10.1109/HEALTH.2005.1500442