In the latest years there is a clear trend towards creating richer educational opportunities for schools in order to increase childrens participation. Constructivism and technology represent an important combination to define innovative educational courses. Storytelling is the fundamental link to convey the use of technology in didactic paths purposely conceived and structured for children, exploiting their natural fondness for using elements of their everyday culture and communication. This paper presents our experience in setting up and using a technology-based methodology for learning, so as to let children discover about drawing, one of the most ancient communication techniques. Starting from texts and stories, selected based on their age, children learn how to interpret and translate into images the content they wish to communicate, building the storyboard of their digital tale and using their creativity on texts, images and other components in order to realize a multimedia application.
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