Method and system for presenting educational material

Abstract

Method and system for presenting a lesson plan having a plurality of keyframes is provided. The method includes initializing a fixed variable for a first keyframe; detecting an input from a user at an interactive display device; correlating the input with a gesture from a gesture set and one or more of database domains from among a plurality of database domains; displaying an image at the interactive display device when all mutable variables for the first keyframe content are determined based on the input; manipulating the image using a gesture associated with the displayed image and any associated database domains; and transitioning to a next keyframe using animation.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A machine implemented method, comprising:
 using a graphical interface for developing a lesson plan having a plurality of keyframes for teaching a mathematical concept; wherein content for each keyframe is associated with a database domain from among a plurality of database domains;   selecting a gesture from a gesture set for controlling objects when displayed at an interactive display device for a first keyframe;   associating a mutable variable for the first keyframe content with a gesture;   defining a default condition for the mutable variable;   adding one or more of text, label, dimension or expression to the first keyframe content; and   establishing transition between the first keyframe and a next frame, using animation.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the gesture set includes a single touch, multi-touch and three dimensional spatial control gestures for controlling an object from the first keyframe. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of database domains include an open drawing domain database, a shape domain database, a spatial object manipulation domain database, a symbolic manipulation domain database, a measurement domain database, a character recognition domain database, a fridge magnet mode domain database, an object duplication domain database and a data display domain database. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the lesson plan is displayed at an interactive display device. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein the lesson plan is presented to a student on a computing system that is coupled to the interactive display device via a network. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the lesson plan is presented using a presentation system that includes an input analyzer for analyzing a user input and associating the user input with a gesture set and a domain database. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein an animation engine provides animation between the first keyframe to the next keyframe. 
     
     
         8 . A machine implemented method for presenting a lesson plan having a plurality of keyframes, comprising:
 initializing a fixed variable for a first keyframe;   detecting an input from a user at an interactive display device;   correlating the input with a gesture from a gesture set and one or more of database domains from among a plurality of database domains;   displaying an image at the interactive display device when all mutable variables for the first keyframe content are determined based on the input;   manipulating the image using a gesture associated with the displayed image and any associated database domains; and   transitioning to a next keyframe using animation.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the gesture set includes a single touch, multi-touch and three dimensional spatial control gestures for controlling an object from the first keyframe. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the plurality of database domains include an open drawing domain database, a shape domain database, a spatial object manipulation domain database, a symbolic manipulation domain database, a measurement domain database, a character recognition domain database, a fridge magnet mode domain database, an object duplication domain database and a data display domain database. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the lesson plan is displayed to a student on a computing system that is coupled to the interactive display device via a network. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the lesson plan is presented using a presentation system that includes an input analyzer for analyzing the input and associating the input with a gesture set and a domain database. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein an animation engine provides animation from the first keyframe to the next keyframe. 
     
     
         14 . A system for delivering educational content, comprising:
 an interactive display device operationally coupled to a presentation system and a computing system for presenting educational content; wherein the presentation system is configured to initialize a fixed variable for a first keyframe; detect an input from a user at the interactive display device; correlate the input with a gesture from a gesture set and one or more of database domains from among a plurality of database domains; display an image at the interactive display device when all mutable variables for the first keyframe content are determined based on the input; manipulate the image using a gesture associated with the displayed image and any associated database domains; and transition to a next keyframe using animation.   
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 14 , wherein the gesture set includes a single touch, multi-touch and three dimensional spatial control gestures for controlling an object from the first keyframe. 
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 14 , wherein the plurality of database domains include an open drawing domain database, a shape domain database, a spatial object manipulation domain database, a symbolic manipulation domain database, a measurement domain database, a character recognition domain database, a fridge magnet mode domain database, an object duplication domain database and a data display domain database. 
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 14 , wherein the lesson plan is displayed to a student using a computing system that is coupled to the interactive display device via a network. 
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 14 , wherein the presentation system includes an input analyzer for analyzing the input and associating the input with a gesture set and a domain database. 
     
     
         19 . The system of  claim 14 , wherein an animation engine provides animation from the first keyframe to the next keyframe. 
     
     
         20 . The system of  claim 14 , wherein the interactive display device, the presentation system and the user computing system communicate via a network.