Journal article
Changing the dynamics of preschool children's social play with technology: evaluation of technology-based supports for tools of the mind style play
Behaviour & information technology, Vol.43(8), pp.1554-1579
06/2024
DOI: 10.1080/0144929X.2023.2221747
Abstract
In the context of a pandemic that has had wide-ranging negative impacts on preschool children's socioemotional development it is important to consider uses of technology to support children re-engaging socially with peers. In this article, we review the landscape of systems to support children's face-to-face collaboration and identify an underexplored approach that could be well suited for the current context: using technology in a peripheral role to support activities where the focus is on other children and non-electronic objects and where children are free to engage with the physical space around them with the support of adults. We then present a pre-pandemic evaluation of StoryCarnival, a system with these underexplored characteristics, designed to support preschool children's sociodramatic play, for which there is evidence of numerous benefits that can positively impact children's socioemotional development. The results of the evaluation comparing sociodramatic play with and without StoryCarnival's support suggest that while not being the focus of the activity, StoryCarnival's components changed the dynamics of play for the children in the study during our observations, such that children displayed more mature play characteristics. Our discussion includes implications for child-computer interaction and considerations for the pandemic context.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Changing the dynamics of preschool children's social play with technology: evaluation of technology-based supports for tools of the mind style play
- Creators
- Kyle Diederich - St. Norbert CollegeFlannery Hope Currin - University of IowaKaitlyn Blasi - University of IowaAllyson Dale Schmidt - University of IowaHolly David - University of IowaKerry Peterman - University of IowaJuan Pablo Hourcade - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Behaviour & information technology, Vol.43(8), pp.1554-1579
- DOI
- 10.1080/0144929X.2023.2221747
- ISSN
- 0144-929X
- eISSN
- 1362-3001
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Grant note
- 1908476 / National Science Foundation
- Language
- English
- Electronic publication date
- 06/17/2023
- Date published
- 06/2024
- Academic Unit
- Nursing; Computer Science
- Record Identifier
- 9984437560302771
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