Metadata:

Name

KidPad

Overview

KidPad can be downloaded for free from this site and used by anyone.
KidPad is an interactive storytelling environment for children that was designed in collaboration with children.

Resource Type (choose one category that best describes this Resource. Delete the rest)

• Research Projects, Programs or Centers

Intended Audience (Select all intended audiences for this Resource - choose one or more, delete the rest)

• Elementary School (1st - 5th grade or age 6-10 years)
• Public and continuing education
• Researchers
• Teachers/Educators

Topic Area (Select the general topic area for this Resource- choose sa many as apply, delete the rest. Add new if relevant)

• Technology Studies
• Research
• Teaching

Author(s)

Alison Druin

HCI Lab

University of Maryland 

Copyright Status (choose one - add a new one if needed)

• Material is in public domain

Keywords/Tags

educational technology, story telling, participatory design

Link to resource (add a URL to a resource, demo, etc)

http://www.kidpad.org/

Paper citation. Use this only if the resource is of type "paper or citation" - add the proper citation (preferably in APA format)

Review and Wiki

• Had difficulty using the free version of the software. Would not run on some computers and we could not figure out why.