[Challenge]

Aaron J Reichow reic0024 at d.umn.edu
Wed Jun 11 19:29:41 UTC 2003


Looks kind of clumsy to me.  Part of that (for me at least) is probably
because typing notes on a laptop, while clicking around through an app
like this seems like a suboptimal way of taking notes.  Different people,
different styles, I suppose.  There were a couple of features which struck
me as interesting, especially in an ITV-lecture class, but nothing which
couldn't be done with other apps.



Regards,
Aaron

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  "the end of the human race will be that it will eventually
      die of civilization. "                          :: r. w. emerson


On Wed, 11 Jun 2003, Ivan Tomek wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have just seen a demo of Silicon Chalk (see
> http://www.siliconchalk.com/index.htm). It's a lecture (voice, any
> application, etc.) recording, question-and-answer/polling/note-taking/etc.
> supporting tool that, to me, is the first educational application that has a
> chance of growing and becoming useful.
>
> Its main limitations are that it
>
> - is restricted to Windows
> - is not open source, making it, in my opinion, impossible to keep up with
> possible extensions, customizations, etc.
> - is written in C++
>
> It seems to me that this is a perfect application area for those who might
> want to try to apply Squeak's features and create a 'killer application'
> proving its worth. I do not volunteer to implement it :( but there may be
> some volunteers or students waiting for challenging projects or theses that
> might make it really desirable for people to learn, use, and advance Squeak.
>
> Ivan
>



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