Yesterday I started an evaluation of my Electronic Story Boards. Its been over a year and a half that I first put them together and since then I\u2019ve looked at them occasionally; referred to them when I needed some specific information; and even forgotten that some information I knew I had was actually on one of them. However, I haven\u2019t yet made a methodical assessment of how interesting, useful or effective they are. I\u2019m going to try and do that by looking at a different story board every day starting with No 1 and working my way through to the final one \u2013 No 35.<\/p>\n
No 1 is the Levinson book on Pragmatics, and it\u2019s story board effectively summarises my involvement in the Cosmos project. After looking at it, two words immediately came to mind \u2013 Rich, and Personal. That one single page is rich in content \u2013 every element bringing back powerful memories; and Personal \u2013 because all the content is to do with me.<\/p>\n
Later on yesterday, I took a look at the electronic version on the iPad. It was simple to find \u2013 all 35 story boards are represented as thumbnails on a single Sidebooks screen on the iPad. Selecting the Pragmatics Story Board brought up a full screen image that looked exactly like the laminated version I\u2019d been looking at on the side of my bookcase. It was just as rich and personal, and it also enabled me to click the arrows and bring up further pages of related material. But, interestingly, those further pages didn\u2019t add a great deal to the experience. The sense of wonder and powerful feelings that I felt, were generated by the material on the main story board: the additional material didn\u2019t really augment them. However, I thought, those supporting pages would certainly be useful if you were specifically looking for detailed information.<\/p>\n
That was my initial experience in this 35 day evaluation. I\u2019ll make notes as I go, and summarise my conclusions in 5 or 6 week’s time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Yesterday I started an evaluation of my Electronic Story Boards. Its been over a year and a half that I first put them together and since then I\u2019ve looked at them occasionally; referred to them when I needed some specific … Continue reading