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Fig. 2.9
Sock puppets,
avatars and imaginary avatars
Fig. 2.10
No power play at
Rudrayanee
2.3.4
The t-words
The t-words workshop organized by Cristina Sylla and Sérgio Gonçalves of the
University of Minho and Valentina Nisi of the University of Madeira explored narra-
tive creation from the oral perspective by presenting children with new possibilities
through which they can express themselves and explore the nature of language
composition.
t-words consists of a set of rectangular blocks that can be used to record and play
audio, supporting a variety of language related activities such as creating rhymes,
recording sounds, words or sentences, inventing and playing language games, ex-
ploring tongue twisters, or creating narratives. The system has two functions, one
enables the children to record and store audio; the other enables them to play the
recorded sounds. Children can record audio in one or more blocks depending on the
proposed activities (Fig.
2.11
).
