STTR Phase II: Digital eWriter for The Classroom

这个小企业技术转让（STTR）第二阶段项目开发了电子手写板设备，作为一种可持续的纸张替代技术和师生互动的有效工具。 eWriters提供类似纸张的书写体验，并以电子方式捕获、存储和传输手写文本和图像。 在教育方面，eWriters引入了一种可持续的纸张替代技术，其成本低于其他课堂技术。 eWriters使手写的学生作业能够无线上传到教师和虚拟白板。 积极的社会影响来自改进的教学方法和师生互动，特别是对于高质量的科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）教学法，手写笔记是有利的。 教育eWriters最直接的社会效益是显著减少纸张使用量，碳足迹和学校成本。 扩大国内高科技电子书写器的卷对卷生产有利于灵活的电子供应链和材料开发。在俄亥俄州开发和制造的电子手写板显示技术出口到世界各地。 该项目有助于维持美国经济和环境。 现有的电子手写板产品、分销、零售渠道和营销为商业化提供了强大的平台。 该项目将对教育、环境改善、国内制造、材料改进和工艺开发等众多领域产生深远影响。该项目将为K-12和中学后课堂提供数字化写作沿着提供无缝的信息和通信系统，使教师和学生能够有效地以数字方式交换手写作品，减少纸张使用。 研究目标包括开发电子手写板技术（耐用性，性能，设计），开发教室软件生态系统（使用模型，用户界面系统），以及开发新教学技术的使用策略。 多学科的方法将用于涉及教育，液晶显示技术，工程和软件开发的研究人员，以成功地实现项目目标。 教育技术应用专家将根据年级和教学风格开发和评估电子手写板的使用策略，以改善教学和学生的表现。 这种新型的教育技术在教学技术、柔性电子、液晶和聚合物材料以及环境可持续性等领域具有巨大而深远的影响。 预期的结果是一套电子手写板设备和系统将部署在K-12和中学后教育。 牵头组织将利用现有的销售和营销基础设施，将这些新产品推向教育市场。

This Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II project develops eWriter devices for classroom use as a sustainable paper replacement technology and an effective tool for student-teacher interaction. The eWriters provide a paper-like writing experience and electronically capture, store, and transfer handwritten text and images. For education, eWriters introduce a sustainable paper replacement technology at a lower cost than other classroom technologies. The eWriters enable handwritten student work to be wirelessly uploaded to teachers and to virtual whiteboards. Positive societal impacts come from improved teaching methods and student-teacher interactions, particularly for high quality science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) pedagogy, where handwritten notes are advantageous. The most immediate societal benefit of educational eWriters is significant reduction in paper usage, carbon footprints, and costs for schools. Expanding domestic high tech roll-to-roll production of eWriters benefits the flexible electronics supply chain and materials development. The eWriter display technology, developed and manufactured in Ohio, is exported around the world. This project helps sustain both the U.S. economy and the environment. Existing eWriter product, distribution, retail channels, and marketing give a strong platform for commercialization. This project impacts numerous and far reaching areas in education, environmental improvement, domestic manufacturing, materials improvements, and process development.This project enables digital writing for K-12 and post-secondary classrooms along with a seamless information and communication system so teachers and students can effectively exchange handwritten work digitally and reduce paper use. The research objectives include the development of eWriter technologies (ruggedness, performance, design), the development of software ecosystems for classrooms (use models, user interface systems), and the development of usage strategies for new teaching techniques. Multidisciplinary methods will be used involving researchers in education, liquid crystal display technology, engineering, and software development to successfully achieve project objectives. Experts in the application of technology in education will develop and evaluate eWriter usage strategies for improved instruction and student performance depending on grade level and teaching style. This new type of education technology has tremendous and far reaching impacts in areas of pedagogical techniques, flexible electronics, liquid crystal and polymeric materials, and environmental sustainability. The anticipated results are a suite of eWriter devices and systems to be deployed in K-12 and post-secondary education. The lead organization will commercialize these new products into educational markets leveraging existing sales and marketing infrastructure.