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Today’s Stories

Walter Van de Veldewvdv@starlab.net

Starlab NV/SAwww.starlab.org

I3-ESE project www.stories.starlab.org 2© Starlab N.V.

Who are we?

I3 - ESE Projectwww.i3net.org / stories.starlab.orgExperimental school environments

Centre for Futurism in Education, Israel

Lambrakis Research Foundation, Greece

Natural Interactive Systems,Denmark

Gotemborg University, Depart. Education, Sweden

Computer Technology Institute, Greece

Social Ethics: School contacts & pedagogy:

Interface Designers : Designers with children:

Technology Development :

Management,co-ordination,exploitation :

School Site

School Site

Co-Design withchildren

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Premisses

Capturing experiences

Children may learn by reflecting on their own experiences

Children may learn by reflecting on other children’s experiences

Children may learn by reflecting on other children’s perspectives on their own experiences

Re-creating experiences

Reflection as negotiating interpretation

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The picture as the trigger

Shuli told her story: “the kid is happy because when I went out in the morning my dad let her take her sister with her. The young sister didn’t want to go with her because she met a lot of old kids but Gal didn’t want her to leave because she had enjoyed being with her. At the end, my sister left and I played with my dolls. I was the mom and I took care of the doll”.

Aylon explained “I played with Amit and Nitai one morning. We built a house for ourselves. We had cooperated and built it together. It made us happy to cooperate and understand each other”.

Maria explains: “I like this picture because I’m in it. I played with Roni. I was the mom and Roni was the child. Mom said: don’t go too far or you might be lost! Her child agreed! I like playing with dolls.

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Same picture, different stories

Yael told this story: “The girl here is called Sivan. She has two friends, Aviv and Tomer. They were tired and went to sleep but their mother woke them up and asked them to help in the kitchen. However, they couldn’t bake so well so mom got mad.”

Niv told a different story: “The kid is happy cause his mom didn’t take him home so Niv can play with his friends and he is winning. His friends ask him to stop winning and he said he would let them win next time.”

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Capturing Experiences: KidsCam

Kidscam: a wearable camera to capture interesting episodes

and without interrupting them.

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Design with children - KidsLab

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KidsCam prototypes

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Magic Mirror: Video Explorer

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A multi-perspective application

Episode management system

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Magic Mirror: Annotation Panel

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A multi-user application

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Premisses

Capturing experiences

Children may learn by reflecting on their own experiences

Children may learn by reflecting on other children’s experiences

Children may learn by reflecting on other children’s perspectives on their own experiences

Re-creating experiences

Reflection as negotiating interpretation

I3-ESE project www.stories.starlab.org 16© Starlab N.V.

Perspective

“The project appears to have created a genuinely new medium for expressing, sharing and editing shared experiences.”

(an independent reviewer)

Technology is operational in two school sites

A human-ecological stance on ethical issues

Specific pedagogical objectives are being developed