A NEW E-PLATFORM LAUNCHED TO PROPAGATE KNOWLEDGE OF THREE ROLES OF PADDIES

摘要

The purpose of this paper is to launch a new platform for advocating three roles of paddiesrnincluding production, life and ecology through the cross-field integration of the agriculturalrnhydrology, information technology and children's picture book, which is novel. We translaternliteratures of paddies to popular content. Scientific visualization is applied to develop digitalrnvalue-added content for enhancing effect according to computer graphics technologies. Forrndeveloping the Internet channel, we take web-based architecture coupled with Java3D and Flashrnvisualization as the main solution for engaging attention of virtual communities. Through thernweb browser, we present paddy knowledge that is based on the above-mentioned popular contentrnrelated to three roles of rice paddies. Furthermore, for the general public, the tiled display wall isrnemployed to build up a fixed-site channel.rnIn this paper, the demonstration of promoting interest in paddy fields has been established.rnThrough exploring this digital paddy, not only children could be encouraged to learn, but also thernpublic could accumulate the knowledge related to paddy fields.