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Marina Bers |
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Assistant Professor
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Child Development Department
Computer Science Department
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Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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Math, Science, Technology and Engineering Initiative
Educational technology, new technologies to support positive youth development, collaborative virtual, environments for young children and teachers, impact of new technologies for personal, social and moral development, design of innovative human-computer interfaces for learning and teaching, use of technology in hospitals, museums, schools and communities.
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marina.bers@tufts.edu
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http://www.tufts.edu/~mbers01/
http://ase.tufts.edu/devtech
(Developmental Technologies group directed by Prof. Bers)
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| Scholarship & Research: |
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Directs the interdisciplinary research group Developmental technologies (http://ase.tufts.edu/devtech/) group. See website for current projects. Research at Boston's Children's Hospital using technology to help young patients, families and hospital staff cope with illness. Educational technology projects in both rural and urban educational settings in Argentina, Thailand and Costa Rica. Directed web-based family-tree project at the Computer Clubhouse, Boston's Computer Museum. Directed online educational technology project for bilingual students and teachers in the USA, Argentina, Spain, and Colombia. Designed and implemented innovative human computer interfaces such as virtual environments, storytelling programming languages, robotic contraptions, and tangible interfaces.
Bers, M. (2003) "We Are What We Tell: Designing Narrative Environments for Children" In Narrative Intelligence. Edited by P.Sengers & Mateas. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Bers, M, Gonzalez-Heydrich,G., DeMaso, D. (2003) "Use of a Computer-Based Application in a Pediatric Hemodialysis Unit: A Pilot Study". Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 42:4, April 2003.
Bers, M, Ponte,I, Juelich, K, Viera, A, Schenker, J (2002) "Teachers as Designers: Integrating Robotics in Early Childhood Education" Information Technology in Childhood Education. (2002), AACE 123-145 (PDF at: http://www.tufts.edu/~mbers01/BersITCE.pdf).
Bers, M. (2001) "Identity Construction Environments: developing personal and moral values through the design of a virtual city". The Journal of the Learning Sciences, 10 (4) pp 365-415. NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. (PDF at: http://www.tufts.edu/~mbers01/JLS-Bers.pdf).
Bers, M, Gonzalez-Heydrich,G., DeMaso, D. (2001) "Identity Construction Environments: Supporting a Virtual Therapeutic Community of Pediatric Patients undergoing Dialysis".(PDF) In Proceedings of Computer-Human Interaction (CHI'01) ACM. pp. 380-387 (PDF http://ase.tufts.edu/devtech/bers-chi01.pdf).
Bers, M. & Urrea, C (2000) "Technological Prayers: Parents and Children Working with Robotics and Values". In "Robots for Kids: Exploring New Technologies for Learning Experiences". Edited by A. Druin & J. Hendler. NY: Morgan Kaufman, pp. 194-217.
Bers, M & Cassell, J. (2000) "Children as Designers of Interactive Storytellers: "Let Me Tell You a Story about Myself..." In "Human Cognition and Social Agent Technology".Edited by Kerstin Dautenhahn. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company. pp. 61-83.
Bers, M.; Ackermann, E.; Cassell, J.; Donegan, B.; Gonzalez-Heydrich, J.; DeMaso, D.; Strohecker, C.; Lualdi, S.; Bromley, D.; Karlin, J. (1998) "Interactive Storytelling Environments: Coping with Cardiac Illness at Boston's Children's Hospital" In Proceedings of Computer-Human Interaction (CHI'98) ACM, pp. 603-609.
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