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The effects of visual contextual structures on children's imagination in story authoring interfaces

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Sharon Lynn Chu,

Francis QuekAuthors Info & Claims

IDC '14: Proceedings of the 2014 conference on Interaction design and children

Pages 329 - 332

https://doi.org/10.1145/2593968.2610484

Published: 17 June 2014 Publication History

Abstract

This paper investigates how the presentation of contextual visual images may influence a child's imagination during the use of authoring systems to create digital content. This issue is particularly significant to understand what supports the child's creativity in authoring systems in creative storytelling. We address specifically children aged 8 to 10 because of the "FourthGrade Slump" phenomenon whereby children experience a decrease in creative engagement at this period. We carried out a study in which children used a storytelling system that allows the user to physically enact stories in a digitallyaugmented space contextualized by either a contextual background image or a blank screen. Using methods of video coding and analysis, we uncovered themes relating differences between children's enactment in the presence of a digital background and without in terms of both the process and product of storytelling. We discuss implications that the themes have for the design of story authoring systems for children.

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The effects of visual contextual structures on children's imagination in story authoring interfaces
1. Computing methodologies
  1. Artificial intelligence
    1. Philosophical/theoretical foundations of artificial intelligence
      1. Cognitive science
2. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Empirical studies in HCI
    2. Interaction devices
      1. Touch screens
  2. Interaction design

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IDC '14: Proceedings of the 2014 conference on Interaction design and children

June 2014

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DOI:10.1145/2593968

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