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Parents have an important role in improving their children's educational experience by providing them with learning opportunities Free online informal learning resources are available more than ever; however, research shows that people who may need these resources the most are not able to find them. In this study, we go beyond a binary definition of access to examine technology practices and level of access to information technologies among African-American parents in financially depressed communities in Westside Atlanta.

Automated safety systems, a first step toward autonomous vehicles, are already available in many commercial vehicles. These are systems such as adaptive cruise control, which has the capability to slow down due to traffic, and automatic lane keeping, which maintains position within a lane without driver intervention. In order to ensure that these systems are properly used by drivers it is essential that they understand and appropriately trust the technology.

How can we use AR in combination with Comic Artwork to shift attention from the page to the screen and back? The project combines HCI with the ninth art: comics. It applies design criteria from comic scholars and practitioners such as Will Eisner and Scott McCloud to develop effective AR designs for hybrid comic pieces. We will present a prototype sample of this project at work.