Narratives are ubiquitous. Some argue that the fundamental element in life is the story and storytelling can be viewed as a framework for almost all communication. In education, some would also promote that storytelling be acknowledged as fundamental to learning. Within the recently launched i3 ESE framework, there are a number of projects that have a focus on storytelling. Within these projects storytelling is introduced at many different levels. For example, storytelling is used for learning, for collaboration, for creative exploration, for sharing, and for participatory design. As these projects develop, they can benefit from an inter-project awareness, focus and sharing of approach, current work and plans. The proposed workshop would offer an interactive forum where the different I3 members have a chance to present and work out these ideas of narrative with interested colleagues. The workshop will consist, primarily, of presentations from ESE projects and will be followed at the end of the day with a workshop discussion session. Workshop participation from members in the greater i3 community is also encouraged.
Kristian Simsarian, Allison Druin ESE-project KidStory