Provisional Distinction between “Man the tool-maker” and “Pan the tool-maker”

235 TREE - MAKER : A User Tool

TREE-MAKER was designed as a tool for generating and rendering realistic images of trees. Each tree is created from a tree template that specifies simple branching rules and leaf definitions. Many different types of trees may be created by varying the parameters of the template. The flexibility provided by this approach makes it suitable for users who are not familiar with programming technique...

Slide Test Maker An Educational Software Tool for Test Composition

In every day life education, tests play a key role. They represent a standard vehicle for assessing proficiency, measuring aptitude or determining skill and knowledge in any teaching field. In this paper, we present Slide Test Maker (STM), a software tool based on Java, whose main objective is to help teachers in a quick composition of online tests. Starting from a generic lesson in slide-show ...

SMILE Maker: A Web-Based Tool for Problem Solving

This paper focuses on the purposes, theoretical model, and functionality of the SMILE (Solution Mapping Intelligent Learning Environment) Maker--a World Wide Web-based problem-solving tool. From an instructional design point of view, an attempt to establish a balance between constructivism/instructivism, content-treatment interaction/aptitude-treatment interaction, and user locus of control/sys...

The Maker Fables

This Science Fiction Prototype explores the idea that the current interest in maker space activities could continue to grow to the point where it causes a sea change in the manufacturing industry as it shifts from centralised production in factories, to a distributed production in people’s communities or homes. This move is a natural extension of a number of research trends, such as the increas...

The adaptive decision maker