The Interactive Trampoline - Safety and Enjoyment

This paper addresses the use of technology as a supplement to traditional and well-known dynamics of play. By examining the use of the Interactive Trampoline in the development process of play activities, this paper seeks to emphasise the relationship between physical activity, safety, enjoyment and sociality as factors that will be important to future development of interactive play design for play. The findings show us that, in order to design fun play activities that sustain children’s interest over a prolonged period, we need to consider children´s play practices within their communities of play, and as part of the solution for a safer environment.