Designing a smart toy interactive setting for creating stories: From free play to story structure and reflection support

Silke ter Stal; Alejandro Catala; Mariët Theune; Dennis Reidsma

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-53294-9_44

Designing a smart toy interactive setting for creating stories: From free play to story structure and reflection support

Silke ter Stal, Alejandro Catala^*, Mariët Theune, Dennis Reidsma

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Abstract

Smart and robotic toys introduce more possibilities than ever for building interactive settings for playful learning. Here we explore their use for supporting the development of storytelling skills in children. Previous research on interactive storytelling prototypes has already shown their potential to this end. However, the focus has often been set on technical implementation issues or using very specialized hardware that may limit their potential to go outside the lab. The lack of a general and integrated application with off-the-shelf affordable components has encouraged our research on how to combine a tablet application with an existing smart robotic toy, so that it supports the creation of structured stories and children’s reflection on them. Thus, this paper reports on the design and development of a multimedia storytelling application that includes a smart robotic toy, adopting a user-centric approach with iterative design and user-testing cycles.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Interactivity, Game Creation, Design, Learning, and Innovation
Subtitle of host publication	8th EAI International Conference, ArtsIT 2019, and 4th EAI International Conference, DLI 2019, Aalborg, Denmark, November 6–8, 2019, Proceedings
Editors	Anthony Brooks, Eva Irene Brooks
Publisher	Springer
Pages	601-610
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Print)	9783030532932
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53294-9_44
Publication status	Published - 2020
Event	8th EAI International Conference: ArtsIT, Interactivity & Game Creation, ArtsIT 2019 - Aalborg, Denmark Duration: 6 Nov 2019 → 8 Nov 2019 Conference number: 8 https://www.en.aau.dk/events/event/artsit-2019---8th-eai-international-conference--artsit--interactivity---game-creation.cid409167

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST
Publisher	Springer
Volume	328
ISSN (Print)	1867-8211

Conference

Conference	8th EAI International Conference: ArtsIT, Interactivity & Game Creation, ArtsIT 2019
Abbreviated title	ArtsIT 2019
Country/Territory	Denmark
City	Aalborg
Period	6/11/19 → 8/11/19
Other	Co-located with 4rd EAI International Conference on Design, Learning & Innovation, DLI 2019
Internet address	https://www.en.aau.dk/events/event/artsit-2019---8th-eai-international-conference--artsit--interactivity---game-creation.cid409167

Keywords

Application for primary school children
Interactive digital storytelling
Smart toys and robots
Structured narrative support
22/2 OA procedure

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ter Stal, S., Catala, A., Theune, M., & Reidsma, D. (2020). Designing a smart toy interactive setting for creating stories: From free play to story structure and reflection support. In A. Brooks, & E. I. Brooks (Eds.), Interactivity, Game Creation, Design, Learning, and Innovation: 8th EAI International Conference, ArtsIT 2019, and 4th EAI International Conference, DLI 2019, Aalborg, Denmark, November 6–8, 2019, Proceedings (pp. 601-610). (Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST; Vol. 328). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53294-9_44

ter Stal, Silke ; Catala, Alejandro ; Theune, Mariët et al. / Designing a smart toy interactive setting for creating stories : From free play to story structure and reflection support. Interactivity, Game Creation, Design, Learning, and Innovation: 8th EAI International Conference, ArtsIT 2019, and 4th EAI International Conference, DLI 2019, Aalborg, Denmark, November 6–8, 2019, Proceedings. editor / Anthony Brooks ; Eva Irene Brooks. Springer, 2020. pp. 601-610 (Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST).

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ter Stal, S, Catala, A, Theune, M & Reidsma, D 2020, Designing a smart toy interactive setting for creating stories: From free play to story structure and reflection support. in A Brooks & EI Brooks (eds), Interactivity, Game Creation, Design, Learning, and Innovation: 8th EAI International Conference, ArtsIT 2019, and 4th EAI International Conference, DLI 2019, Aalborg, Denmark, November 6–8, 2019, Proceedings. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST, vol. 328, Springer, pp. 601-610, 8th EAI International Conference: ArtsIT, Interactivity & Game Creation, ArtsIT 2019, Aalborg, Denmark, 6/11/19. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53294-9_44

Designing a smart toy interactive setting for creating stories: From free play to story structure and reflection support. / ter Stal, Silke; Catala, Alejandro; Theune, Mariët et al.
Interactivity, Game Creation, Design, Learning, and Innovation: 8th EAI International Conference, ArtsIT 2019, and 4th EAI International Conference, DLI 2019, Aalborg, Denmark, November 6–8, 2019, Proceedings. ed. / Anthony Brooks; Eva Irene Brooks. Springer, 2020. p. 601-610 (Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST; Vol. 328).

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ter Stal S, Catala A, Theune M , Reidsma D. Designing a smart toy interactive setting for creating stories: From free play to story structure and reflection support. In Brooks A, Brooks EI, editors, Interactivity, Game Creation, Design, Learning, and Innovation: 8th EAI International Conference, ArtsIT 2019, and 4th EAI International Conference, DLI 2019, Aalborg, Denmark, November 6–8, 2019, Proceedings. Springer. 2020. p. 601-610. (Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST). Epub 2020 Jul 28. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-53294-9_44

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