{"id":2171,"date":"2013-08-18T11:26:24","date_gmt":"2013-08-18T11:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/futureofthebook.org\/blog\/?p=2171"},"modified":"2016-07-02T11:25:37","modified_gmt":"2016-07-02T15:25:37","slug":"socialbook-in-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/futureofthebook.org\/blog\/2013\/08\/18\/socialbook-in-action\/","title":{"rendered":"SocialBook in Action"},"content":{"rendered":"

SocialBook is a terrific example of an emerging class of applications that might be called “[collaborative] thinking processors” as opposed to reading environments or word processors. SocialBook’s structure enables multiple perspectives to be brought to bear on a problem. It’s an exciting real-world proof of Alan Kay’s dictum that “point of view is worth 80 IQ points”<\/p>\n

These screenshots are from classroom use, and education is an obvious starting point, but there are other experiments — with private reading groups and at also at the enterprise level (see the Voyager Japan screenshot below) which indicate that social reading is compelling across a wide spectrum of use.<\/p>\n

Conversation inside Oroonoko in an upper level British literature survey class; 85 students divided into three sections.<\/p>\n

\"oroonoko<\/a><\/p>\n

Students at Hildesheim University read their way through a contemporary literary novel. Over 1750 comments by the time they finished. Students report that the commentary became an intrinsic component of the reading of the text.\"indigo\"<\/a><\/p>\n

This frame shows students in two different classes engaging in a conversation via the public community tab. The purpose of the “community tab” is to give readers access to the wisdom of the crowd without compromising the high signal-to-noise ratio of the discussion taking place within a group of people who know each other well.<\/p>\n

\"yerma\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Students discussing\u00a0Pedro P\u00e1ramo<\/em>. The entire feature-length film is divided into chapters in SocialBook. Comments can be inserted at any point.\"pedro<\/a><\/p>\n

and last, a screenshot from Japan where SocialBook was used by Voyager Japan to gather and review entries in a contest for project proposals.<\/p>\n

\"VJ\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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