Exploring the XO Laptop as a Platform for Encouraging Creative Writing By Children
Date
2012-05
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University of Delaware
Abstract
Creative Writing is an important expression of creativity, and there currently
exists no satisfactory Learning Software for the widely-distributed XO Laptop Platform
to fill this niche. This study created two new Creative Writing Learning Activities for
the XO Laptop and intervened in a classroom to test their effect on the Intrinsic
Motivation of children to write creatively using the XO laptop. The quantitative and
qualitative results indicate that children were motivated to write using the software,
leading the way to further improvements to the software for future benefit.
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creative writing, XO laptop platform, children, learning software, learning activities