IMO it's got a lot to do with many devices now affording the same capabilities as typically high-end digital drawing hardware. Those in creative/design fields who would usually buy a Wacom cintiq or intuos are now more likely to get a surface or ipad pro with a pen or stylus and converge these different features. Previously that wasn't really possible, so I think it's a combination of factors. For sure, people miss writing with their hands, but it's also got to do with cornering a new market :) *www.nannaventer.co.za <http://www.nannaventer.co.za> | www.hackingdesign.org <http://www.anjaresearchblog.wordpress.com>+27 84 929 4647 | @nannaventer* On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 4:05 PM, Davidson, Judith <Judith_Davidson@uml.edu> wrote:
This is an interesting development. I think you may want to look at it in the context of the increasing interest among business and education folks in the area of taking notes by hand/with drawing. There have been Ted Talks on this topic. There is an educational podcast--Cool Cat Teacher--that has had some good episodes on digital notetaking and links to others who are interested in this area. Judy Davidson
-----Original Message----- From: Air-L [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Charles M. Ess Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2017 2:54 AM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] pens, pencils, styli?
Dear AoIRists,
It has gradually come to my lagging attention that pens, pencils, and/or styli seem to be making a bit of comeback? Roughly: Microsoft introduced a Surface Pen in 2012, which interacts with various capabilities in the 8.1 and the most recent 10 OS; Apple introduced its Pencil for the iPad in 2015 - one that works with Microsoft apps as well as Adobe and others; Microsoft; and Lenovo offers a pen technology (either in Android or Windows OS) with one of its recent devices - < http://www3.lenovo.com/us/en/tablets/android-tablets/yoga- book-series/Lenovo-Yoga-Book/p/ZZITZTOYB1F> (Thanks to Rich Ling for the last tip.)
I'm also aware of a growing body of research on handwriting vis-a-vis keyboarding that appears to show that engaging the body via hand and pen, in contrast with solely using a keyboard, entails greater brain activity and thereby greater cognitive benefits, including greater ability to discern and articulate complex conceptual relationships, along with greater recall. (E.g.: A. van der Meer, F.R. van der Weel, Only Three Fingers Write, but the Whole Brain Works: A High-Density EEG Study Showing Advantages of Drawing Over Typing for Learning. Front. Psychol., 09 May 2017. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00706)
My resulting questions: 1) are you aware of any additional research along these lines, i.e., attending to the affordances and potentials of both handwriting and keyboarding vis-a-vis cognitive benefits - especially with a view towards pedagogy, i.e., how we should teach writing, most especially writing for research and publication? 2) Any ideas of what research and/or other interests, etc. might have led Apple, Microsoft, and Lenovo to re-introduce pens and styli - apart from the death of Steve Jobs, who notoriously hated these? (I mean this respectfully.)
Please reply off-list. I'll happily compile a bibliography and resource list for distribution to the list in turn.
Many thanks in advance, - charles -- Professor in Media Studies Department of Media and Communication University of Oslo <http://www.hf.uio.no/imk/english/people/aca/charlees/index.html>
Editor, The Journal of Media Innovations <https://www.journals.uio.no/ index.php/TJMI/>
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