Focus

There are several things that I am interested in pursuing for this project. Here are a few of the primary ones:
-interface design (how we can optimize the space so that the tools are easy to use and navigate)
-how students use the UP and NB to learn (study trends of usage such as times used, which functions are most utiilized, etc) so that we know what to concentrate on improving
-possible additions to the UP or NB (such as a search task: perhaps find a way for the NB to be able to categorize and search for key words in the notes so that when a student goes back to study, they do not need to search through each set of notes but can more easily find the related topics)
-long term impact on learning (a quarter is a short amount of time to research this, but perhaps interview/survey people to see their perspectives on if/how the UP and NB might sacrifice traditional methods of teaching)
These are the ideas that I would ideally like to focus on. However, I am very open minded and I'm sure that we can use all of our initial ideas as seeds for bigger ideas. I'm interested to hear about all of your ideas too!
~Jill