TY - GEN
T1 - Children's storytelling and programming with robotic characters
AU - Ryokai, Kimiko
AU - Lee, Michael Jongseon
AU - Breitbart, Jonathan Micah
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright 2009 ACM.
PY - 2009/10/26
Y1 - 2009/10/26
N2 - We introduce mixed physical and digital authoring environments for children, which invite them to create stories with enriched drawings that are programmed to control robotic characters. These characters respond to the children's drawings as well as to their touch. Children create their stories by drawing props and programming how the robotic character should respond to those props and to physical touch. By drawing, programming the robotic character's behaviors, and organizing and negotiating the order and meanings of the props, children's story events unfold in creative ways. We present our iterative design process of developing and evaluating our prototypes with children. We discuss the role technology can play in supporting children's everyday creative storytelling.
AB - We introduce mixed physical and digital authoring environments for children, which invite them to create stories with enriched drawings that are programmed to control robotic characters. These characters respond to the children's drawings as well as to their touch. Children create their stories by drawing props and programming how the robotic character should respond to those props and to physical touch. By drawing, programming the robotic character's behaviors, and organizing and negotiating the order and meanings of the props, children's story events unfold in creative ways. We present our iterative design process of developing and evaluating our prototypes with children. We discuss the role technology can play in supporting children's everyday creative storytelling.
KW - Children
KW - Programming
KW - Robotic toys
KW - Storytelling
KW - Tangible
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U2 - 10.1145/1640233.1640240
DO - 10.1145/1640233.1640240
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:79957947119
T3 - C and C 2009 - Proceedings of the 2009 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Creativity and Cognition
SP - 19
EP - 28
BT - C and C 2009 - Proceedings of the 2009 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Creativity and Cognition
PB - Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
T2 - 7th ACM SIGCHI Conference on Creativity and Cognition, C and C 2009
Y2 - 27 October 2009 through 30 October 2009
ER -