Changes

Line 48: Line 48:     
=====Event=====
 
=====Event=====
 +
 +
Taking the temporal aspect of the Journal one step further, Events act like "future" journal entries.  By specifying a name for the event, a brief description, and a time, these Journal entries serve as a basic planning system.  A control within the entry also enables an audible alert, so that events can act as alarms.  Events also tie in closely with some implicit actions of the laptops.  For instance, a child might want to go on a photo safari with her friend after school.  While still in class, she sends him an invitation to join a photo capture activity, but schedules a time of 3:00.  He then receives an invitation, as usual, but upon accepting it receives an event entry in the journal, with a reference to the scheduled activity, instead of immediately entering it.  When 3:00 arrives, both children receive notifications that their scheduled event is about to start, and join each other both physically outside and virtually in the referenced capture activity.
    
====The Power of Metadata====
 
====The Power of Metadata====
87

edits