<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> This paper presents a research experience (case study) on the use of digital technologies for the development of the ability to invent stories for images in a collaborative way, in some nurseries (0-3 years) and in some kindergartens in La Spezia. We have involved in the experience: the sections of the older children of the nursery (3 years); the heterogeneous sections of kindergarten, with the aim of presenting different educational activities and technologies (PC, tablet, projector ...) - prepared by educators-teachers and researchers - in an immersive environment to enable children to enter into the image and interact with it. The collaborative activities have also predicted the use of i- Theatre, an interactive integrated system for the narrative creation of multimedia stories. During the activities, educators and researchers conducted free observations that aim to bring out possible elements of transferability of the experience and set the second stage of work (model of research-training).</p></abstract>

This paper presents a research experience (case study) on the use of digital technologies for the development of the ability to invent stories for images in a collaborative way, in some nurseries (0-3 years) and in some kindergartens in La Spezia. We have involved in the experience: the sections of the older children of the nursery (3 years); the heterogeneous sections of kindergarten, with the aim of presenting different educational activities and technologies (PC, tablet, projector ...) - prepared by educators-teachers and researchers - in an immersive environment to enable children to enter into the image and interact with it. The collaborative activities have also predicted the use of i- Theatre, an interactive integrated system for the narrative creation of multimedia stories. During the activities, educators and researchers conducted free observations that aim to bring out possible elements of transferability of the experience and set the second stage of work (model of research-training).

The digital in the nursery and kindergarten: create immersive narratives through collaboration

Research on Education and Media

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This paper presents a research experience (case study) on the use of digital technologies for the development of the ability to invent stories for images in a...

The digital in the nursery and kindergarten: create immersive narratives through collaboration

Published Online: Feb 19, 2016

Page range: 36 - 41

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rem-2015-0014

Keywords
nursery, kindergarten, digital technologies, i-Theatre, narrative

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

The digital in the nursery and kindergarten: create immersive narratives through collaboration

Published Online: Feb 19, 2016

Page range: 36 - 41

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rem-2015-0014

Keywordsnursery, kindergarten, digital technologies, i-Theatre, narrative

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
nursery, kindergarten, digital technologies, i-Theatre, narrative