We describe Storytelling Alice, a programming environment that introduces middle school
girls to computer programming as a means to the end of creating 3D animated stories …

Children are increasingly using computer technologies as reflected in reports of computer
use in schools in the United States. Given the greater exposure of children to these …

Story Canvas is a visual authoring tool for the creation of interactive, generative stories.
Aimed at authors without a technical background in computational storytelling, our system …

This paper concerns the design of physical languages for controlling and programming
robotic consumer products. For this purpose we explore basic theories of semiotics …

Analogical representations based on pictures of domain objects can be used in visual
programming to provide a close mapping between the program and the resulting runtime …

Since the computer is more widely used by children, the existing software for children's
amusement and study are not able to satisfy their needs any longer. To solve this problem, a …

The aim of the study was to examine the effects of different cognitive styles on the
elementary students' learning performance and play behavior in a programming board …

Actualmente la tecnología forma parte de la vida cotidiana de las personas permitiendo
nuevas experiencias, enriquecidas, expandidas y aumentadas con dispositivos …

Using the word Patchwork in the title of a doctoral thesis might seem somewhat peculiar,
since in science, a 'patchwork'is otherwise used to describe a construction, or theory, made …

This paper presents a study of how five-year-old preschool children used a behaviour-based
visual programming toolkit called Magic Words. The system represents behaviours with …