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. 2016 Apr 23;16(4):586. doi: 10.3390/s16040586

Table 2.

Schedule for the workshops.

Duration Description
- Beginning. The group of children arrives to the playground
10 min Children freely play with the elements of the playground. Observation.
5 min Brief talk relating to the games in the playground. Some questions arise, such as:
  • Do you usually play in the playground?

  • What are your favourite elements of the playground?

  • What element do you like the least?

  • Is there any missing element which you would like to play with? Which one?

  • Do you find funny the see-saw, the swing, etc.?

5 min Brief talk relating to the workshop, explaining:
  • The games proposed in HybridPLAY

  • The role of children as avatars

  • The responsibility of children regarding each other and the devices that they carry during the game

  • The organization into two teams

10 min The elements of the game: the way the HybridPLAY sensors are integrated in the different elements of the playground and how do they work.
5 min Creation of gaming teams:
  • Four groups of 3 to 4 players

  • Two groups of observers

These groups rotate, in such a way that every children becomes a player and an observer.
Each group of players has a game coordinador, which is the child that holds the smartphone.
For every mini game, the game responsibility changes, so all the kids will hold the smartphone and coordinate the team. The sensors are handed to the children.
20 min Game experience: Children freely play with the HybridPLAY platform integrated in the elements of the playground. Observation.
The observers do not participate in the game, but only see the actions of their colleagues.
5 min Group rotation. Players become observers and vice versa.
20 min Game experience.
15 min Brief talk. Feedback from children. Some questions arise:
What do you think about the game experience?
Do you find it funny?
Would you like to play more complex games following this system?
Was it easy to understand how it works?
As an observer, what have you seen?
What kind of games would you like to play at the playground?
What others improvements do you suggest for the system?
- End of the workshop