i-Theatre: Tangible Interactive Storytelling

Jesús Muñoz; Michele Marchesoni; Cristina Costa

Intelligent Technologies for Interactive Entertainment. 4th International ICST Conference, INTETAIN 2011, Genova, Italy, May 25-27, 2011, Revised Selected Papers

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i-Theatre: Tangible Interactive Storytelling

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-30214-5_26,
    author={Jes\^{u}s Mu\`{o}oz and Michele Marchesoni and Cristina Costa},
    title={i-Theatre: Tangible Interactive Storytelling},
    proceedings={Intelligent Technologies for Interactive Entertainment. 4th International ICST Conference, INTETAIN 2011, Genova, Italy, May 25-27, 2011, Revised Selected Papers},
    proceedings_a={INTETAIN},
    year={2012},
    month={10},
    keywords={Storytelling multitouch children education tangible technologies collaboration},
    doi={10.1007/978-3-642-30214-5_26}
}

Jesús Muñoz
Michele Marchesoni
Cristina Costa
Year: 2012
i-Theatre: Tangible Interactive Storytelling
INTETAIN
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-30214-5_26

Jesús Muñoz¹^,*, Michele Marchesoni¹^,*, Cristina Costa¹^,*

1: CREATE-NET

*Contact email: jesus.munoz@create-net.org, michele.marchesoni@create-net.org, cristina.costa@create-net.org

Abstract

Storytelling is fundamental for the cognitive and emotional development of children. New technologies combined with playful learning can be an effective instrument for developing narrative skills. In this paper we describe i-Theatre, a collaborative storytelling system designed for pre-school children: with it, it is possible to use characters and scenarios drawn on paper for creating a digital story, using simple animation techniques and recording voices and sounds. For implementing it, we combined a multitouch surface with a set of tangible objects. This choice allowed lowering the learning effort of a new interface, letting the child to be immersed directly into the storytelling process from the very begining.

Keywords: Storytelling multitouch children education tangible technologies collaboration

Published: 2012-10-22

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30214-5_26