Interactive storytelling for children

Since the nineties, storytelling has received increasing attention in the HCI, IDC, and AI communities, exploring the potential of interactivity and multimedia as a means to promote engagement, enjoyment, fun, to foster new forms of children’s creativity, and to increase the educational benefits of traditional storytelling for this target group. The time seems right to look at the field with critical eyes and validate the claims put forward regarding the positive effects of interactive storytelling technology for children, as well as the effectiveness of existing design and evaluation approaches. The purpose of this full-day IDC 2010 workshop is to bring together researchers from a wide spectrum of disciplines who share a common interest in understanding these challenges and to create a research agenda that can orient application and theory in the domain of interactive storytelling for children. Categories and Subject Descriptors H5.2. [Information interfaces and presentation (e.g.,...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2010
• Where: ACMIDC
• Authors: Franca Garzotto, Paolo Paolini, Amalia Sabiescu
• Keywords: ACMIDC 2010, Human Computer Interaction, Interactive Storytelling, Interactive Storytelling Technology, Keywords Interactive Storytelling