I spent a wonderful 3 days learning and presenting at Pepperdine University during The Workshop on the Impact of Pen & Touch Technology on Education. The full program with abstracts can be found here. I tried to document some of the awesome stuff that I saw in my session notes. I also storified some highlights. … Continue reading →

CogSketch: http://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/software/cogsketch/index.html Demo of CogSketch: http://videolectures.net/ijcai09_lockwood_csodsure/ Ken Forbus: http://www.cs.northwestern.edu/~forbus/ Sketching is a form of communication, an aid to thinking (and a way of communication with yourself) Intelligent tutoring systems – immediate feedback through software But not in spatially rich STEM subjects because need sketch understanding software One of the key predictors of success in STEM – spacial ability; … Continue reading →

Ivan Sutherland’s Sketchpad: one of the most influential programs in the history of graphical user interfaces – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOZqRJzE8xg One generation does not make the previous generations work obsolete, it augments it. We need to make the interaction between human’s and computers smarter What is the ultimate user interface? It must feel good. Ask a violinist … Continue reading →

Our focus should be pen AND touch, not pen OR touch Let’s not forget about the importance of pen Active reading: writing, sketching, doodling, attaching things with sticky-notes Reading content and repurposing it into your workflow Reading is not a pure consumption activity The pen is a tool that expresses and amplifies thought Crowd sourcing … Continue reading →

I’m very excited to have the wonderful opportunity to be participating at WIPTTE this year. Below are the slides from my presentation, based on the full paper I wrote for this conference. THE FLIPPED CLASSROOM: TOUCH ENABLED, ACADEMICALLY PROVEN -Stacey Roshan

View as slideshow What is going to be the future of learning? -Sugata Mitra Schools as we know them are obsolete So that’s a pretty strong comment there. I said schools as we know them now, they’re obsolete. I’m not saying they’re broken. It’s quite fashionable to say that the education system’s broken. It’s not … Continue reading →