PD is an approach to design. It actively involves current and future users of a space in the design and decision making process. PD is a dynamic and continuous process. Sometimes designers may revisit a site and start another PD process because the needs of the site's users have changed. Open Road uses PD to design sites and in many of its other projects. We follow the five step participatory design process described below.
Alice is an innovative 3D programming environment that makes it easy to create an animation for telling a story, playing an interactive game, or a video to share on the web. Alice is a teaching tool for introductory computing. It uses 3D graphics and a drag-and-drop interface to facilitate a more engaging, less frustrating first programming experience.