%0 Journal Article
%T Large multitouch screens to enhance collaboration in the classroom of the 21st century: an Italian experiment
%A Alessandra Agostini
%A Elisa Di Biase
%J Interaction Design and Architecture(s)
%D 2013
%I Scuola IaD : F&D
%X Thanks to technology-pervaded learning environments, digital natives can experiment new engaging ways of learning together at school. In particular, large displays with multi-touch technology hold new opportunities for the learning process, through the dialogic interaction between students and the simultaneous physical interaction with the screen. Our research suggests the use of a context-aware platform with multi-touch displays to support digital storytelling, in order to increase students¡¯ involvement, motivation, and participation. We start our work by designing an application to create fairytales using multi-touch screens, to stimulate new collaboration opportunities during everyday classroom activities. The paper presents the results of an experiment with Interactive WhiteBoards (IWBs), carried out in an Italian primary school.
%K Collaborative learning
%K participative learning
%K multi-touch technology
%K single-display groupware
%K technology-enhanced education
%K IWBs
%U http://www.mifav.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/doc/15_4.pdf