JP2002091275A - Learning children support system using network and recording medium having learning children supporting program recorded thereon - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a learning children support system using the network in which a child fetches data on a home page to which the child accessed via the Internet with a simple operation and uses the data as the materials of study and a recording medium on which a learning children support program is recorded. SOLUTION: In this system, the screen of the home page to which the child has accessed via the Internet 10 and a screen corresponding to a material data storage part 54 are displayed separately on the screen of a display 7. Then, the child copies necessary text data and picture data from the data in the home page by a drag and drop operation. As a result, the operator (the child) can learn using the Internet pleasantly and very interestingly.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a learning support system for children, which supports elementary school students (children) using a personal computer, and a recording medium storing a learning support program for children.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, personal computers and the Internet have become widespread and put to practical use in ordinary households as IT technology advances. This is no exception for elementary school children (children), and application software such as word processing software and image creation software created for children is widely used. Furthermore, in recent years, subjects using personal computers have been adopted in school education, and learning to deepen interest in personal computers has been conducted.

Conventionally, the operation of accessing a desired homepage using the Internet, importing the data contained in the homepage into commercially available word processing software or the like, editing the data, and creating a report using the data is performed by: It is easy for those who have a deep knowledge of personal computers. However, for children, the above-mentioned work is difficult, and at present, learning using a personal computer linked to the Internet is difficult. In particular, in a short class, it is not easy to collect desired materials, import them into word processing software, and edit them.

[0004]

As described above, in the conventional learning of personal computers by children, the basics of personal computers, such as creating documents and pasting images, using word processing software or image creation software for children, are used. Can be learned in a fun and interesting way, and the data collected using the Internet can be taken out of the data that has been individually captured and saved for each child, even in the next class.
There has been a demand for the development of application software for children that can be easily incorporated into word processing software and edited.

[0005] The present invention has been made to solve such a conventional problem, and an object of the present invention is to acquire data on a homepage accessed via the Internet for each child to learn. It is an object of the present invention to provide a learning support system for children and a recording medium storing a learning support program for children.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, a system according to claim 1 of the present application is a learning support system for children which supports learning by children using a computer system connected to a network. A network data storage unit for storing data in a homepage connected via the network, a screen corresponding to a storage area of the network data storage unit, and the homepage screen divided and displayed on a display screen. On the divided display control means, on the divided display screen, select required data from the data displayed on the homepage screen, and, by a drag and drop operation, correspond to the storage area of the network data storage means. When the operation to capture on the selected screen is performed, the selected data is A network data storage processing means for performing a process of storing the serial network data storage means, is characterized in that provided with the.

A system according to a second aspect of the present invention is a learning support system for children which supports learning by a child using a computer system connected to a network, wherein the homepage connected via the network has Network data storage means for storing data;
A screen corresponding to a storage area of the network data storage means, a divided display control means for dividing and displaying the homepage screen on a display screen, and a screen displayed on the homepage screen on the divided screen. Required data is selected from the stored data, and when an operation of taking in on a screen corresponding to a storage area of the network data storage means is performed by a drag and drop operation, the selected data is stored in the network data storage means. Network data storage processing means for performing processing for storing in a template, template storage means in which a template serving as a template for document creation is stored in advance, and data stored in the network data storage means are stored in the template storage means. To paste into the template And over data pasting processing means, characterized by comprising a.

[0008] A system according to a third aspect of the present invention includes a registered image storage unit in which various types of image data are stored, wherein the data pasting processing unit converts the image data stored in the registered image storage unit into It is characterized in that a process of pasting to the template is performed.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the various templates stored in the template storage means are hierarchically structured, and the hierarchical structure and a thumbnail of the template at the bottom of the hierarchical structure are displayed on a screen. When an operation for opening a desired thumbnail is input, a template display control means for automatically starting application software for opening a template corresponding to the desired thumbnail and displaying the template on a screen is provided. It is characterized by having done.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, a storage area is divided for each child among a plurality of children using the child learning support system, and image data collected by each child or created by each child is provided. Personal image storage means for storing image data;

A system according to a sixth aspect is characterized in that the network data storage means has a storage area divided for each child among a plurality of children using the learning support system for children.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recording medium storing a child learning support program for supporting learning by a child using a computer system connected to a network, wherein the recording medium is connected via the network. Displaying a homepage screen and a screen corresponding to a network data storage area for storing data in the homepage in a divided manner on a display screen; and selecting the divided webpage on the homepage screen. Performing a process of storing the selected data in the network data storage area when an operation of dragging and dropping data to a screen corresponding to the network data storage area is performed; Selected from multiple types of document creation templates The meaning of the template, said in the network data storage area in the stored data, characterized by comprising the steps of: performing a process of pasting the selected data.

[0013] The recording medium according to claim 8, wherein a list of personal image data storing image data collected and created by each child and a step of dividing and displaying the document creation template are displayed; Performing a process of pasting desired personal image data selected from a list to the document creation template by a drag-and-drop operation.

[0014]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a learning support system for children 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the learning support system 1 includes a CPU 2 serving as a control center, a program processing unit 3 storing various processing programs, and a RAM serving as a main storage device.
4, auxiliary storage device 5, keyboard 6a, mouse 6b
And the like, a display 7, and a printer 8. The learning support system 1
Is connected to the Internet (network) 10 via the communication control unit 9, and can be connected to each site via the Internet 10. An external storage device 1 for reading data recorded on a recording medium such as a CD-ROM or a floppy disk.
1 is provided.

The auxiliary storage device 5 includes a document data storage unit 51 for storing document data created by the learning support system 1 and a template storage unit (template storage) for storing a template serving as a template of document data set in advance. Means) 52, a registered image data storage unit 53 in which various types of registered image data are stored in advance, a material data storage unit (network data storage means) 54 for storing data obtained via a network, and a personal image data storage (Personal image storage means) 55. In the material data storage unit 54, a storage area is allocated to each of a plurality of children who use the learning support system 1.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of image data stored in the registered image data storage unit 53, in which various illustration images are set according to the purpose of use.

The program processing section 3 performs a screen display control section 31 for controlling the screen display on the display 7 and an operation for taking in data contained in a homepage accessed via the Internet 10 into the material data storage section 54. Data for performing processing for pasting data included in the material data storage processing unit (network data storage processing unit) 32, the material data storage unit 54, the registered image data storage unit 53, and the personal image data storage unit 55 to a template. Pasting processing section (data pasting processing means) 33
URL that sets accessible homepages and prohibits access to other homepages
And a setting unit 34.

The screen display control unit 31 includes a material data display unit 31a for displaying material data, a homepage display unit 31b for displaying a homepage connected via the Internet 10, and a registered image data storage unit 53.
The screen of the display 7 is divided into a registered image data display section 31c for displaying image data stored in the server, a personal image data display section 31d for displaying personal image data, a template display section 31e for displaying a template, and And a screen division display section 31f for displaying the image.

The template display section 31e forms a hierarchical structure of various templates stored in the template storage section 52, and displays the hierarchical structure and a thumbnail of a template which is the lowest layer of the hierarchical structure on the screen of the display 7. When a desired thumbnail is selected and displayed on the screen of the display 7, application software (for example, word processing software) for opening a template corresponding to the thumbnail is automatically started and the template is displayed on the screen. Perform the processing to be displayed in.

Next, the operation of this embodiment configured as described above will be described with reference to flowcharts. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure when taking in text data or image data from a homepage accessed via the Internet 10.

When the operator performs an operation of connecting to the Internet 10 using the input device 6 such as the keyboard 6a and the mouse 6b (step ST1), the connection control to the Internet 10 is performed by the processing of the communication control unit 9 in FIG. The search is performed, and a desired home page can be searched by performing a browser search (step ST2). On this occasion,
A connectable URL address is set in advance, and if a search is made for another URL address, the URL
The connection is rejected by the processing of the setting unit 34 (NO in step ST3). In this case, re-input is performed (step ST4).

If the URL address to be searched is set in advance (YES in step ST3), access to this home page is permitted, and the screen of this home page is displayed on the screen of display 7.

Next, the operator checks whether or not there is text data or image data to be taken in the home page. If necessary text data or image data is present (YES in step ST6), the operator checks the home page. A process for displaying the screen and the screen corresponding to the material data storage unit 54 separately is performed. At this time, the operator inputs “school year”, “class”, and “name”, and selects his / her own material data area.

Thus, the screen division display section 31f of the screen display control section 31 divides the screen of the display 7 into a home page screen and a screen of the material data storage section 54 (material data area unique to the operator). Is performed (step ST7).

Thus, for example, as shown in FIG.
On one screen, the home page screen P1 and the screen of the material data area P2 are divided and displayed.

Next, the operator looks at the contents described on this homepage, selects text data or image data which can be used as a material, and operates the material data area P2 by dragging and dropping.
Copy to the side. As a result, text data or image data selected on the homepage screen is stored and stored in the material data storage unit 54 (step S).
T8).

By repeating this operation several times (step ST9), materials (text data and image data) investigated and searched by the operator are stored in the material data storage unit 54. It can be used as a material for learning reports.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a procedure for creating document data using a template on which a template for creating a document is described. When creating document data,
First, an operation of displaying the template stored in the template storage unit 52 of the auxiliary storage device 5 on the screen of the display 7 is performed.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example of a template on the screen of the display 7. A plurality of types of templates stored in the template storage section 52 are:
It has a hierarchical structure, and this hierarchical structure is displayed on the screen. That is, in the reference numeral Q1 in FIG. 7, items such as “presentation and recording”, “communication materials”, “life creation”, and “hosoku materials” are described in the first hierarchy, and in the second hierarchy indicated by the reference The items such as “for learning”, “for myself”, “for school life”, and “all” are described for “presentation and record” of the hierarchy. Further, in the third hierarchy indicated by reference sign Q3, “1 to 4 years”, “5.6 years”, “common school year”,
Items such as "all" are described, and in the fourth layer indicated by reference numeral Q4, "B
Items such as "5", "A4", "B4", and "all" are described.

On the right side of this hierarchical structure, a code Q5
As shown in, thumbnails of the template selected in the hierarchical structure are displayed.

Then, by selecting a thumbnail corresponding to a desired template using the mouse 6b and clicking "open" indicated by reference numeral Q6, application software (word processing software or the like) for opening this template is automatically displayed. And the template is displayed on this application software. (Steps ST11 and ST12). Further, when a word included in a desired template is input in the “document to be searched” field indicated by reference sign Q7, a template having a name including this word is automatically searched.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a template stored in the template storage section 52. A "fighting card", "shokai sheet", "investigation learning card" and the like are stored as templates. I have.

Next, the operator decides whether or not to use the material stored in his / her own material data storage unit 54 (step ST13), and pastes the material in the material data storage unit 54 (YES in step ST13). ), A process of displaying the material data area of the operator himself and the template selected in the process of step ST12 on the screen of the display 7 (step ST14). Then, the user selects necessary data (text data or image data) from the data stored in the material data storage unit 54 and performs a drag-and-drop operation to copy the data from the material data to the template. Thereby, the data in the material data storage unit 54 is pasted to a desired part of the template (step ST15). As a result, for example, the image and the text stored in the material data storage unit 54 as shown in FIG. 8 are pasted to a template called “investigation learning card” to create document data as shown in FIG. be able to.

When the registered image data (see FIG. 2) included in the registered image data storage unit 53 is to be pasted on a template (YES in step ST16), a list of the registered image data (name list or thumbnail) )
And the template are divided and displayed on the screen of the display 7 (step ST17), a desired one is selected from the displayed registered image data, and the selected registered image data is converted into a template by a drag-and-drop operation. A pasting process is performed (step ST18).

Similarly, when the personal image data (image data collected or created by each child by himself / herself) stored in the personal image data storage unit 55 is pasted on the template (YES in step ST19), the child By inputting a name (user name), a thumbnail (a list of names may be displayed) of personal image data corresponding to this child (in the figure, "Taro Yamada") is displayed as shown in FIG. Further, as shown in FIG. 11, the thumbnail and the screen of the software for starting up the template are divided and displayed (step ST20). Then, a process of pasting the selected image data to the template is performed by a drag-and-drop operation (step ST2).
1).

Next, when it is desired to write a sentence in the template, the sentence is written using the keyboard 6a or the mouse 6b (step ST22).

Thus, in the selected template, the data included in the material data storage unit 54, the registered image data stored in the registered image data storage unit 53, or the personal image stored in the personal image data storage unit 55 The data can be pasted with a simple operation.

As described above, in the learning support system for children 1 according to the present embodiment, the data included in the homepage connected via the Internet 10 can be stored in the material data storage unit 54 by a very simple method such as a drag and drop operation. Can be stored within. When creating a learning report, an arbitrary one is selected from a plurality of preset templates, and the data stored in the material data storage unit 54 is pasted to the template by a drag-and-drop operation. Can be attached. Therefore, the operator (child) can perform the learning using the Internet 10 very easily and interestingly.

The registered image data stored in the registered image data storage unit 53 or the personal image data stored in the personal image data storage unit 55 can be easily converted to a template by a drag-and-drop operation. Since it can be pasted, it is possible to create document data incorporating registered image data registered in advance or personal image data collected and created by each child by a simple method.

Further, the storage area of the material data storage unit 54 is divided for each operator (child), and data collected by himself (data collected using the Internet) and data collected by other children are collected. It is separated from data. Similarly, the personal image data storage unit 55 also has a storage area divided for each operator, and separates personal image data collected and created by oneself from personal image data collected and created by other children. Is done. Therefore, when a plurality of persons use one apparatus, for example, in a class at a school, the data of each child is not confused, which is convenient.

Even if a series of processes from the collection of material data to the creation of document data cannot be completed in one class, the material data storage unit 54 and the personal image data storage unit 55 do not Since the storage area is allocated to each child, the child can use the storage area in the next lesson. Therefore, even if the lesson is for a limited time, learning using a personal computer can be performed in a fun and interesting manner without being conscious of the end time of the lesson.

[0042]

As described above, in the learning support system for children using the network according to the present invention,
The data in the homepage connected via the network can be taken into the network data storage means (material data storage unit 54) by a simple operation of dragging and dropping on one screen. ), When creating a learning report, data retrieved on the network can be extracted by a simple operation, and this data can be stored and saved.

Further, since a desired template can be selected and the data stored in the network data storage means can be pasted on this template by a simple operation, a learning report can be easily and happily created. Interest in the network can be improved.
At this time, since the templates are displayed in a hierarchical structure on the screen of the display 7 and the thumbnails at the bottom are displayed, the operator can easily find a desired template and display it.

Further, since the image data stored in the registered image storage means and the personal image storage means can be pasted on the template by a simple method, the learning using the network can be made more enjoyable. Also,
In the network data storage unit and the personal image storage unit, the storage area is divided for each operator, so that materials collected by each operator are not confused.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of a learning support system for children using a network according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of image data stored in a registered image data storage unit.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure when fetching data of a homepage connected via the Internet.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example when a homepage screen and a screen corresponding to a material data storage unit are divided and displayed.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure when pasting data stored in a material data storage unit or data stored in an image data storage unit into a template.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a template stored in a template storage unit.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a state where a hierarchically structured template and a thumbnail of the lowest layer are displayed on a display screen.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing text data and image data stored in a material data storage unit.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which image data and text data obtained using a network are written on a template “research learning card”.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of thumbnail display of personal image data.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which thumbnails and templates of personal image data are divided and displayed on a display screen.

[Explanation of symbols]

Reference Signs List 1 learning support system for children 2 CPU 3 program processing unit 4 RAM 5 auxiliary storage device 6 input device 6a keyboard 6b mouse 7 display 8 printer 9 communication control unit 10 Internet (network) 11 external storage device 31 screen display control unit 31a document data Display section 31b homepage display section 31c registered image data display section 31d personal image data display section 31e template display section (template display control means) 31f screen division display section (division display control means) 32 document data storage processing section (network data storage processing) Means) 33 data pasting processing section (data pasting processing section) 34 URL setting section 51 document data storage section 52 template storage section (template storage section) 53 registered image data storage section (registered image storage section) 54 article data storage unit (network data storage means) 55 personal image data storage unit (personal image storage means)

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Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A learning support system for a child for supporting learning by a child using a computer system connected to a network, comprising: network data storage means for storing data in a homepage connected via the network. A display corresponding to a storage area of the network data storage unit; a division display control unit that divides and displays the homepage screen on a display screen; and displays the homepage screen on the divided display screen. The required data is selected from the selected data, and when an operation of taking in on a screen corresponding to a storage area of the network data storage unit is performed by a drag and drop operation, the selected data is stored in the network data storage. Network data storage for processing A learning support system for children using a network, comprising: 2. A learning support system for a child for supporting learning by a child using a computer system connected to a network, wherein the network data storage means stores data in a homepage connected via the network. A display corresponding to a storage area of the network data storage unit; a division display control unit that divides and displays the homepage screen on a display screen; and displays the homepage screen on the divided display screen. The required data is selected from the selected data, and when an operation of taking in on a screen corresponding to a storage area of the network data storage unit is performed by a drag and drop operation, the selected data is stored in the network data storage. Network data storage for processing Existence processing means, template storage means for storing a template serving as a template for document creation in advance, and processing for pasting data stored in the network data storage means to the template stored in the template storage means And a data pasting processing means for performing the following. A learning support system for children using a network, comprising: 3. Registered image storage means in which various types of image data are stored, wherein said data pasting processing means comprises:
3. The learning support system for children using a network according to claim 2, wherein a process of pasting the image data stored in the registered image storage unit to the template is performed. 4. Hierarchical structure of various templates stored in the template storage means, displaying the hierarchical structure and a thumbnail of a template which is the lowest layer of the hierarchical structure on a screen, and opening a desired thumbnail. When an operation to the effect is input, the system automatically starts application software that opens a template corresponding to the desired thumbnail, and includes template display control means for displaying the template on a screen. Item 2
A learning support system for children according to claim 3. 5. A plurality of children who use the learning support system for children, wherein a storage area is divided for each child, and an individual who stores image data collected by each child or image data generated by each child is stored. The learning support system for children according to any one of claims 2 to 4, further comprising an image storage unit. 6. The network data storage unit according to claim 1, wherein a storage area of each of a plurality of children using the learning support system for children is divided for each child. A learning support system for a child using the network according to any one of the preceding claims. 7. A recording medium recording a learning support program for a child that supports learning by a child using a computer system connected to a network, comprising: a homepage screen connected via the network; Displaying a screen corresponding to the network data storage area storing the data on the display screen; and displaying the data selected on the homepage screen on the divided display screen, using the network data storage area. Performing an operation of storing the selected data in the network data storage area when an operation of dragging and dropping the screen to a screen corresponding to the above is performed. Select any template Performing a process of pasting selected data out of the data stored in the network data storage area; and a recording medium recording a learning support program for children. 8. A step of dividing and displaying a list of personal image data storing image data collected and created by each child, and the document creation template; and a desired individual selected from the list of personal image data. 8. The recording medium according to claim 7, further comprising: performing a process of pasting image data to the document creation template by a drag-and-drop operation.