O aplicativo Computação Plugada Kids

Abstract

This paper presents a proposal and evaluation of a new interface for the "Computação Plugada" application, adapting it to the target audience of children aged from 7 to 9 years. In the new version, called Computação Plugada Kids, we added characters, musicality, more drawings and audios with children's voices narrating the longest texts. Before developing the new interface, an evaluation of the first version was performed with educators and teachers by using a questionnaire as a research instrument. Usability heuristics specific to children’s educational mobile applications were also used in the new evaluation. After analyzing the obtained data, a second version of the interface was proposed and prototyped for the "Computação Plugada" application. For the evaluation of this version, questionnaires were used with the same teachers who evaluated the first version and the same usability heuristics were considered.