Allison Druin

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Most Recent Affiliation(s):

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Visiting Research Scientist

Other / Past Affiliation(s):

Scitex America

Location:

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Bio:

SIGGRAPH 1993

Ms. Drune is recognized for her work in developing multimedia environments for children. She is best known for NOOBIE. a five foot computer/Muppet creature that replaces the mouse and keyboard. This was developed while she was a Master’s student at the MIT Media Lab with support from Apple Computer’s Vivarium Research Group. For the past years she has taught elementary school children part-time, as well as consulted for various educational institutions developing multimedia environments. Currently she is a visiting Research Scientist at New York University’s Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, developing experimental room-sized multimedia environments.

Course Organizer:

SIGGRAPH 1993, "MM: Designing Multimedia Environments for Children"

Artwork(s):

Noobie
Artist(s): [Druin ] [Gordon ]
[SIGGRAPH 1987 ]

Learning Category: Presentation(s):

Type: [Courses ]
MM: Designing Multimedia Environments for Children Organizer(s): [Druin] [Solomon]
Presenter(s): [Druin ] [Solomon ]
Entry No.: [27 ]
[SIGGRAPH 1993]

Type: [Panels ]
Virtual Environments and Interactivity: Windows to the Future Presenter(s): [Lanier ] [Minsky ] [Fisher ] [Druin ]
Entry No.: [01 ]
[SIGGRAPH 1989]

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