%0 Conference Paper %1 cibrian2016collective %A Cibrian Franceli, Linney %A Weibel, Nadir %A Tentori, Monica %B Proceedings of Ubicomp 2016, ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing %C Heidelberg, Germany %D 2016 %K imported %T Collective Use of a Fabric-based Musical Surface to Support Early Development in Toddler Classrooms %X Music plays a crucial role in supporting the early development of toddlers. However, the interaction with live music inside toddler classrooms is rare and limited, as both toddlers and teachers lack of musical training and rapidly disengage when using musical instruments. In this paper, we hypothesize that interactive surfaces could facilitate the use of live music inside toddler classrooms. We evaluated the impact of BendableSound, a fabric-based musical surface that enables young children to play piano sounds. We conducted a 9-weeks deployment study where twenty-two toddlers and five teachers used BendableSound during free-play activities inside their classroom. Our results show BendableSound was successfully adopted and integrated into toddler classrooms, and could positively impact cognitive, social and physical development. These results offer implications for the design of deformable surfaces and for their integration into the activities to support the early development of toddlers.

@inproceedings{cibrian2016collective, abstract = {Music plays a crucial role in supporting the early development of toddlers. However, the interaction with live music inside toddler classrooms is rare and limited, as both toddlers and teachers lack of musical training and rapidly disengage when using musical instruments. In this paper, we hypothesize that interactive surfaces could facilitate the use of live music inside toddler classrooms. We evaluated the impact of BendableSound, a fabric-based musical surface that enables young children to play piano sounds. We conducted a 9-weeks deployment study where twenty-two toddlers and five teachers used BendableSound during free-play activities inside their classroom. Our results show BendableSound was successfully adopted and integrated into toddler classrooms, and could positively impact cognitive, social and physical development. These results offer implications for the design of deformable surfaces and for their integration into the activities to support the early development of toddlers.}, added-at = {2016-08-25T16:21:42.000+0200}, address = {Heidelberg, Germany}, area = {ubicomp_health}, author = {Cibrian Franceli, Linney and Weibel, Nadir and Tentori, Monica}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2db2be17cc284ff6a9bf6d4e6dadf7ce4/weibel}, booktitle = {Proceedings of {Ubicomp} 2016, {ACM} {International} {Joint} {Conference} on {Pervasive} and {Ubiquitous} {Computing}}, interhash = {527c76ca76b5a636a6fcfc80f38c6937}, intrahash = {db2be17cc284ff6a9bf6d4e6dadf7ce4}, keywords = {imported}, month = sep, note = {In Press}, projects = {kinect, bendablesound}, timestamp = {2017-01-24T07:32:22.000+0100}, title = {Collective {Use} of a {Fabric}-based {Musical} {Surface} to {Support} {Early} {Development} in {Toddler} {Classrooms}}, year = 2016 }