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The electronics Making phenomenon, spearheaded by the introduction of open source microprocessors and 3D printers, has been quickly infiltrating into children’s domains, but how Making interacts with storytelling has not been addressed. This paper achieves the following: it proposes the argument of instrumental interaction for Making-based storytelling, it details a custom Maker kit that integrates Making with storytelling, and it presents a study that investigates the effects of electronics Making-based storytelling on the semantics of children’s puppet stories. Analysis results showed that the LED instrumental interaction contributes significantly to the children’s story meanings.
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Chu, S.L., Quek, F., Saenz, M., Bhangaonkar, S., Okundaye, O. (2015). Enabling Instrumental Interaction Through Electronics Making: Effects on Children’s Storytelling. In: Schoenau-Fog, H., Bruni, L., Louchart, S., Baceviciute, S. (eds) Interactive Storytelling. ICIDS 2015. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9445. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27036-4_31
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