Use of SketchBook Pro with Tablet PC (TabSketch™) as a design thinking tool in the teaching and learning of design and technology
Chia Soo Chin
Jason Tan
2134/3293
https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/online_resource/Use_of_SketchBook_Pro_with_Tablet_PC_TabSketch_as_a_design_thinking_tool_in_the_teaching_and_learning_of_design_and_technology/9345350
This paper shares the preliminary findings from the first two
phases of an exploratory study on the potential of Tab-Sketch™
as i) a design-thinking tool for design and technology (D&T)
teachers and pupils in secondary schools; ii) a teaching and
learning tool for D&T teachers; and iii) a platform to document
design-thinking in the form of digital design journal. Tab-Sketch
is an acronym derived from Tablet PC and SketchBook Pro, a
computer software. The study, which is naturalistic in approach,
was initiated in Nov 2004 and has evolved into three phases.
Phases 1 and 2 were completed. Phase 3 has commenced in
Aug 2006 and will end in Dec 2007. The insights and
experiences gained from the first two phases include:
• the concept of ‘growing ideas’ conveniently and
dynamically;
• the potential of the software for quick sketches and editing
via features like layer and the range of rendering tools
available;
• Tab-Sketch as a tool for the teacher-designer to dialogue
with self and to practise rapid visualisation;
• capturing design conversations graphically and digitally
between teacher and pupil; and
• ease in manipulating images and ideating presentation
drawings.
These preliminary findings have shaped Phase 3 of the study
which is still on-going.
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