SIDES: a cooperative tabletop computer game for social skills development Export

@inproceedings{citeulike:977765, abstract = {This paper presents a design case study of SIDES: Shared Interfaces to Develop Effective Social Skills. SIDES is a tool designed to help adolescents with Asperger's Syndrome practice effective group work skills using a four-player cooperative computer game that runs on tabletop technology. We present the design process and evaluation of SIDES conducted over six months with a middle school social group therapy class. Our findings indicate that cooperative tabletop computer games are a motivating and supportive tool for facilitating effective group work among our target population and reveal several design lessons to inform the development of similar systems.}, address = {New York, NY, USA}, author = {Piper, Anne M. and O'Brien, Eileen and Morris, Meredith R. and Winograd, Terry}, booktitle = {CSCW '06: Proceedings of the 2006 20th anniversary conference on Computer supported cooperative work}, citeulike-article-id = {977765}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1180875.1180877}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1180875.1180877}, doi = {10.1145/1180875.1180877}, isbn = {1-59593-249-6}, keywords = {aspergers, autism, boardgame, game, interaction, interactive, multiplayer, social, table}, location = {Banff, Alberta, Canada}, pages = {1--10}, posted-at = {2006-12-07 11:35:18}, priority = {0}, publisher = {ACM}, title = {SIDES: a cooperative tabletop computer game for social skills development}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1180875.1180877}, year = {2006} }

TY - CONF ID - citeulike:977765 L3 - citeulike-article-id:977765 N2 - This paper presents a design case study of SIDES: Shared Interfaces to Develop Effective Social Skills. SIDES is a tool designed to help adolescents with Asperger's Syndrome practice effective group work skills using a four-player cooperative computer game that runs on tabletop technology. We present the design process and evaluation of SIDES conducted over six months with a middle school social group therapy class. Our findings indicate that cooperative tabletop computer games are a motivating and supportive tool for facilitating effective group work among our target population and reveal several design lessons to inform the development of similar systems. CY - Banff, Alberta, Canada SN - 1-59593-249-6 AD - New York, NY, USA EP - 10 TI - SIDES: a cooperative tabletop computer game for social skills development PB - ACM T2 - CSCW '06: Proceedings of the 2006 20th anniversary conference on Computer supported cooperative work SP - 1 KW - aspergers KW - autism KW - boardgame KW - game KW - interaction KW - interactive KW - multiplayer KW - social KW - table AU - Piper, Anne AU - O'Brien, Eileen AU - Morris, Meredith AU - Winograd, Terry PY - 2006/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1180875.1180877 ER -