The flexible nature of the software supports many styles of use and interaction, depending on the preference of the user.
Offering a very high level of engagement and "fun", which can be a very rare commodity, but in turn can enable expression and the practise of valuable skills like communication, collaboration and social interaction.
This video shows 3 students, practising communication and conversational skills, taking it in turns to create dialogue for the characters. This way of working together is favoured by their school as the students are additionally practicing collaboration to jointly create their movie, each writing the dialogue for their respective characters, helping each other, and discussing together what should happen in the scene they are creating.
"This student with limited verbal skills is thoroughly enjoying communicating through the virtual characters. He was immediately entranced with working with the software, and quickly progressed from simple one word interactions to more expressive short phrases. He has readily participated in conversational exchanges with his teacher using nawmal and has offered new information about his likes and preferences, all while having a lot of fun". Ross, teacher.
This may be "in-app" - during live particpation, in and around the app, facilitating interaction and communication, with 1 or 2 parties creating the dialogue for their character. A means to facilitate communication, the practise of conversation, joint-attention and social interaction. This capitalizes on the appeal of communication through the avatars, in a virtual environment, at a "distance" and in a "safe place", controlled by the user.
A second typical use of the software results in an exported video - a means of communication that can be shared with others. This has been used by individuals with communication difficulties to express frustation, creativity, humour, personality in the form of short messages or more sophisticated stories.
