Collective digital storytelling at school as a whole-class interaction

Blas, Nicoletta Di; Puppa, Paolo; Sabiescu, Amalia

doi:10.1145/1810543.1810546

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“…In particular, emphasizing the school environment where children spend most of their time. While some schools already feature activities (e.g., storytelling) to support the promotion of children's creative thinking [18], current activities can be challenging to integrate into traditional classroom formats as they need preparation time and are not formally included in the school curriculum [19]. Technologies -such as social robots -appear as a more effective tool to apply in these contexts.…”

Section: Background On Creativity Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Software architecture for YOLO, a creativity-stimulating robot

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YOLO is a social robot designed and developed to stimulate creativity in children through storytelling activities. Children use it as a character in their stories. This article details the artificial intelligence software developed for YOLO. The implemented software schedules through several Creativity Behaviors to find the ones that stimulate creativity more effectively. YOLO can choose between convergent and divergent thinking techniques, two important processes of creative thought. These techniques were developed based on the psychological theories of creativity development and on research from creativity experts who work with children. Additionally, this software allows the creation of Social Behaviors that enable the robot to behave as a believable character. On top of our framework, we built 3 main social behavior parameters: Exuberant, Aloof, and Harmonious. These behaviors are meant to ease immersive play and the process of character creation. The 3 social behaviors were based on psychological theories of personality and developed using children's input during co-design studies. Overall, this work presents an attempt to design, develop, and deploy social robots that nurture intrinsic human abilities, such as the ability to be creative.

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Section: Background On Creativity Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Software architecture for YOLO, a creativity-stimulating robot

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“…These types of learning stories are apparent in the work of scholars such as Di Blas, Paolini, and Sabiescu (2012) and Hung, Hwang, and Huang (2012), which is described below.…”

Section: Learning Storiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Di Blas, Paolini, and Sabiescu (2012) investigated how students in Italy, ranging from 4 to 10 years in age, can collaboratively create digital stories that align with typical curricular activities and goals. Their data derives from PoliCultura, a competition for schools that "requires whole classes to create a multimedia digital story about a subject of their own choice" (p. 12).…”

Section: Learning Storiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This may be useful for teachers and their assessment of student development as well as student reflection on and appreciation of their own learning. Furthermore, the work of Di Blas, Paolini, and Sabiescu (2012) and Hung, Hwang, and Huang (2012) illustrates how learning stories have been successful for culturally and linguistically diverse students. While digital learning stories have various benefits, project-based stories, which often connect the students to their community, can also promote learning and engagement.…”

Section: Learning Storiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The research illustrates that reflective stories have the potential for promoting learning through reflection for pre-and in-service teachers in a variety of contexts. More broadly, as Garrety (2008) notes, there are a variety of digital stories and genres, which have the power to empower individuals (Bliss & Fisher, 2014;Hull & Katz, 2006;Lambert, 2013), help them develop valuable skills and knowledge (Di Blas, Paolini, & Sabiescu, 2012;Foley, 2013;Hung, Hwang, & Huang, 2013), and promote reflection that leads to personal and professional development (Kocaman-Karoglu, 2016;Long, 2011;Walters, 2014).…”

Section: Stories Grounded In Reflective Practicementioning

confidence: 99%

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