Information Technology Reference
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Fig. 2.14
Children at
Rudrayanee exploring an iPad
application
Fig. 2.15
Small group
ideation phase at Ullens
media practitioners with a glimpse into the lives, perceptions and expectations (or
lack thereof) of children in Nepal, with the hope that this glimpse would act as
a catalyst to the development of new media or the initiation of new research work
geared towards the needs of the local children in particular and children in developing
countries in general.
Overall these aims were successfully met as the children got to explore new games
and technologies, which brought about great pleasure and enjoyment. Researchers
were also able to glance at the ways the children interacted with these games and
technologies.
The socio-economic differences between the schools and the resultant differences
in exposure to and use of digital technologies were a defining element in the ways
through which the children interacted with the games and technologies. This influ-
enced the ways in which the workshops panned out in each of the schools, sometimes
in expected ways and sometimes in totally unexpected ways.
The research literature on technology use (Yardi and Bruckman
2012
; Livingstone
and Helsper
2007
) suggests that higher exposure and access to technology leads to
higher adoption and more openness to technology, as those familiar with it are more
