Paper Based Interaction for Storytelling, is a project, that aims to engage children in creating stories, encouraging their
imagination, helping them to learn building logical sequences as well as develop new vocabulary. The current interface consists of a large format book and a
set of picture cards that children can use to create their own stories.
The right-hand pages of
the book are blank, as it is where the text of the story will be projected. The
left-hand pages have 6 rectangular marks each, the marks have the same diameter as the picture cards, so that each card
feats exactly over it, they are used to define and indicate where the cards
have to be placed. Every picture card has only one element represent on it. At
the moment the picture cards comprise only a reduced number of elements, such
as: animals, toys, food, places, weather conditions and
times of the day, in the future more series of cards will be developed. The children can pick the cards, choosing the
elements they like/need to create a story and place them on the book page, each
card over a mark. When a card is placed on the mark it gives written and audio
feedback according to the element drawn on it. For instance when the dog is
placed it triggers the sound “dog”, and the word “dog” is projected on the
right-hand page. Children can rearrange
the story by changing the sequence of the cards, by adding new ones or by
removing some of the ones they have used. |
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