Forum visual aides?

TiredThinker September 29, 2022 at 01:28 3550 views 10 comments
Are there websites that offer digital blackboards that can be referred in forums? Sometimes it seems like ideas talked about here can benefit from visual representation, and possibly other people drawing directly onto it.

Comments (10)

alan1000 September 29, 2022 at 12:51 #743358
Interesting idea, but can you give an example of the sort of thing you have in mind? It's fairly obvious how such an approach could be useful in a mathematical philosphy forum, for example, but how do you see it applying to areas like metaphysics or epistemology? In what way would it be superior to a simple verbal reply?
Cuthbert September 29, 2022 at 13:07 #743361
Someone might need to draw a rabbit that looks like a duck and compare it with another philosopher's drawing of a duck that looks like a rabbit.
Alkis Piskas September 29, 2022 at 15:37 #743380
Reply to TiredThinker
Do you mean something like that?
https://www.collaboard.app/digital-lessons-with-online-whiteboard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhpE2yaSHmk
ThinkOfOne September 29, 2022 at 15:59 #743383
Quoting alan1000
Interesting idea, but can you give an example of the sort of thing you have in mind? It's fairly obvious how such an approach could be useful in a mathematical philosphy forum, for example, but how do you see it applying to areas like metaphysics or epistemology? In what way would it be superior to a simple verbal reply?


Search for "Euler diagram" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistemology.
Perhaps something like that?

A lot of people have difficulty understanding abstract concepts. Diagrams can help.
jgill September 29, 2022 at 17:59 #743416
Euler diagrams

If you have a program on your computer you need to pay and be a subscriber to upload an image to a post.
TiredThinker September 30, 2022 at 02:40 #743477
Reply to jgill

I mostly use my smartphone.

I mean like more complex venn diagrams, maybe drawing float charts for logic, or parallel lines to describe causations and sequences of events etc.
TiredThinker September 30, 2022 at 02:42 #743478
Reply to Cuthbert

That too.
TiredThinker October 01, 2022 at 04:00 #743786
Reply to Alkis Piskas

I will check that out. Is it something that can be embedded into a forum? Or just an academic tool that everyone needs to buy a membership?
Agent Smith October 01, 2022 at 04:50 #743789
Sy?d, a great idea OP.

[quote=Wikipedia]"A picture is worth a thousand words" is an adage in multiple languages meaning that complex and sometimes multiple ideas can be conveyed by a single still image, which conveys its meaning or essence more effectively than a mere verbal description.[/quote]

Some writers extraordinaire can paint with words!

Alkis Piskas October 01, 2022 at 07:54 #743812
Reply to TiredThinker
Since you got me interested --for use by myself-- I checked the Web s little more. What I found out is that whiteboard animations cost from low to high. And it's usually per month.
Animation Studio (https://animationstudio.io/special/ ) has the lowest price I found: $47 paid once
But still, I'm not sure if it is this that you are looking for.