How to Register

Call for Participation

Interested participants should submit content related to the conference theme. This could include a position paper describing previous work, background, and interest in attending the workshop or a video/demo of an application that helps empower children with media. Position papers should be no longer than 3 printed pages and should be formatted according to the ACM SIGCHI publications format. Please email your submission in pdf format to Juan Rubio or Kori Inkpen. The workshop organizers will review the position papers for pertinence to the workshop theme, general interest and quality.  Position papers must be submitted by March 25.  

For those interested in participating in a workshop without submitting a workshop paper, please contact the organizers of the workshop you are interested in participating.  Space will be limited, and priority given to those whose papers are accepted for presentation.  All workshop participants must also register for the full IDC conference (June 25-27, 2013).  Please note that discounted early registration for IDC ends on April 30, 2013.


Intended Participants

Intended workshop participants include academics, industrial researchers, designers, practitioners, and teachers who actively work with children in the area of creating, sharing and communicating with media technologies.

Suggested topics include, but are not limited to:
  • children's audio, video or textual communication with family members, friends or teachers
  • audio or video authoring for children
  • design issues for media tools
  • new technologies to enable rich communication
  • how media can impact children's role in society
  • how media can impact children's social relationships
  • children's creative uses of audio, video or text
  • mobile communication platforms for children

Important Dates

• Submission deadline:  25 March 2013
     NOTICE: You may register for this workshop if you are 
     registering for the full ICD conference
• Notification of acceptance:  19 April 2013
• Final submission: 29 April 2013
• Workshop date: 24 June 2013

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Expected Outcomes
There are several anticipated outcomes from this workshop:

1.     A collection of resources related to children’s creation, sharing and communication with media technologies.
2.     Bringing together of people passionate in this area to identification of important research directions.
3.     New collaborations.
4.     A number of active projects that will be continue after the workshop ends.