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(Andreas Formiconi) This video documents 
one of the meetings

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based on the use of Terminal Quest, 
a narrative video game.

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The striking thing is 
the unemployment of the educators:

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both the teachers' and mine. I just sat
in a corner and filmed.

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As you can see, the game consists
of a black screen with some writing.

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Let's now see more in detail how the game
presents itself.

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On the left, the story appears:

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"Beep beep, hello, this is News at Nine.

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Strange rumors are circulating
early this morning in Strada in Chianti.

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Some are talking of people who disappeared
and of ransacked houses in town.

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We'll soon give you updates.

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The mayor called for 
a new emergency meeting.

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We'll refer about it when it happens."

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"Time to wake up, Sleepyhead!"

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Here, the color changes, because 
the player is being addressed.

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And here is the hint 
for the first command:

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"Write ls and hit Send 
in order to look around".

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On the right, players use 
the actual terminal:

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"ls" and "Send"

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We get a series of objects:

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closet, computer, bed, 
bookshelf, desk, chair, alarm clock.

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Meanwhile, on the left:

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"Great! Now you can see the objects
around you.

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There's your bed, the alarm clock.

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Ugh! Switch off that alarm clock!

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"cat sveglia" ("cat alarm clock") to see 
the alarm clock.

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"cat sveglia".

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And on the left:

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"Good, you've switched it off! 
Better get dressed now...

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Write "ls armadio" ("ls closet")" 
and so on.

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In another video, we describe this
in more detail.

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This is what the children are doing.

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Drawings are also made 
via text signs,

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using the so-called ASCII Art,
which the children seem to enjoy a lot.

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They are surprised by these drawings.

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And this is the meeting 
with the other group of 16 children.

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Basically, the situation repeated itself.

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Here we saw that one child 
was still filming

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but in the end, all get involved
and collaborate in the game,

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with a few incursions to see what
the others are doing.

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(Child) But where is the wavy line?

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(AF) "Where is the wavy line?"
i.e. he means the tilde.

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Such rare interventions

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about some strange keyboard shortcut,
happen

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But otherwise, almost nothing.

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They did everything entirely on their own.

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I was amazed when a child dictated
from memory

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a complex command to the others

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after having worked for only half an hour.

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Here, I'd like to describe 
the slow process.

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This little girl follows with her finger

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the command typed on the terminal.

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Then she compares it with the instruction 
written on the left of the screen,

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where the story is narrated 
and commands are indicated.

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Discussion.

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The other child then tries according
to the conclusion they reached.

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In other words: this is group work

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Another type of intervention:

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"How come it does not work?"

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"Ah, Upper case!

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Ah, you see? Correct it!

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If you use lower case 
you'll see it'll work!"

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Because in Unix commands, upper case
and lower case letters are different.

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Again, discussion

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and sharing of the written narrations
and of the drawings,

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as in former meetings.

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Finally , a moving goodbye (applause)

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for what has been indeed 
a beautiful story.