How do you use a pelican crossing?
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Unit 23 – Human Computer Interaction: PAL #1 How Do You Use A Pelican Crossing? Task 1: In your pairs or small groups, create a step-by-step guide on how you would cross the road, using a pedestrian crossing, given the following circumstances. 1. You and a friend need to get from one side of the road to another. 2. You are colour-blind and need to cross from one side to the other. 3. You are blind and need to cross from one side of the road to another. 4. You are deaf and need to cross from one side to the other. 5. You are deaf and blind and need to cross from one side to the other. 6. You can’t read and need to get from one side of the road to another. 7. You are a wheelchair user and need to cross from one side to the other. 8. You can’t don’t speak English and need to cross from one side to the other. Task 2 The Panda crossing was introduced into Britain in 1962. Use at the following demonstration tool to see how it worked: http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/pedestriancrossings/panda_swf.html Now read the following article from the BBC’s ‘On This Day’ website: http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/2/newsid_2840000/284 0919.stm What relevance does this have to HCI?
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Unit 23 – Human Computer Interaction: PAL #1
How Do You Use A Pelican Crossing? Task 1: In your pairs or small groups, create a step-by-step guide on how you would cross the road, using a pedestrian crossing, given the following circumstances.
1. You and a friend need to get from one side of the road to another. 2. You are colour-blind and need to cross from one side to the other. 3. You are blind and need to cross from one side of the road to another. 4. You are deaf and need to cross from one side to the other. 5. You are deaf and blind and need to cross from one side to the other. 6. You can’t read and need to get from one side of the road to another. 7. You are a wheelchair user and need to cross from one side to the other. 8. You can’t don’t speak English and need to cross from one side to the other. Task 2 The Panda crossing was introduced into Britain in 1962. Use at the following demonstration tool to see how it worked: http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/pedestriancrossings/panda_swf.html Now read the following article from the BBC’s ‘On This Day’ website: http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/2/newsid_2840000/2840919.stm
What relevance does this have to HCI?
