SIGIA-L Mail Archives: Re: SIGIA-L: Desiging for 9-12 year-olds
Re: SIGIA-L: Desiging for 9-12 year-olds
From: Victor Lombardi (victorlombardi_at_yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Jan 08 2002 - 14:16:06 EST
Generally speaking, what I've seen in usability tests is that kids have
incredible curiosity but low patience. So good interaction makes lots of areas
"clickable" to feed the curiosity and retain the attention.
noggin.com is a fine examples of a sites for that age group.
If you're in the US, you'll want to learn about the Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA). Even if you're outside the US, the guidelines might be
helpful.
<http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/buspubs/coppa.htm>http://www.ftc.gov/b
cp/conline/pubs/buspubs/coppa.htm
At 1/8/2002 -0500 11:18 AM, Nam-ho Park wrote:
>
> I am just about to begin work on a education/activity site that has a
primary
> audience whose ages are between 9 - 12 and looking for any
information/advice
> on the following:
>
> - Reports on web usage by 9-12 year-olds
> - Best practices for good interaction design for 9-12 year-olds
> - Any information architecture tips, lessons, nightmare stories about
> designing websites for this age range
> - List of sites that are successful in engaging this audience
>
> I'm sure there are a lot of things I can't take for granted in this audience
> group, and I would appreciate any thoughts on this matter. Thanks in
advance,
>
> Nam-ho Park
Victor Lombardi
http://www.noisebetweenstations.com/
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