Return-Path: <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g15M5iu26506; Tue, 5 Feb 2002 17:05:44 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 17:05:44 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <4A1EB972-1A84-11D6-A100-0030656A26C8@worlded.org> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Jeff Carter <jcarter@worlded.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:2215] Re: 3rd grade esl/reading/math X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.480) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Status: O Content-Length: 1868 Lines: 49 Steve, (and everyone), Hyperstudio (and other products too, such as SuperCard) was derived, at least conceptually, from Apple's terrific HyperCard program, which used to come bundled with all Macs. As such, I think Hyperstudio is considered to be something more along the lines of a software development tool, which accounts for the programming tools you refer to. PowerPoint is more specifically an outline/presentation tool. While Hyperstudio projects can be considerably more sophisticated than Powerpoint stuff, the basics of Hyperstudio are pretty easy to learn, and over the years I've seen a lot of projects that are effectively using Hyperstudio as a presentation tool too -- so for many folks the distinction is a bit blurry. But really the two products are coming from a pretty different place. Sylvia (I think) wrote regarding Hyperstudio, originally: > I take it, if you can use it with a grade 3 class, that > it > has a lower readability level and therefore would also be useful in a > literacy classroom with adults with low literacy skills. That would be my assumption too, but I think all of the adult ed stuff I've seen in Hyperstudio have been learning tools designed for students by teachers, not students themselves. BTW, for those of you interested in or using Hyperstudio -- and for any Hypercard people out there -- I've been hearing good things about a similar cross-platform product called Revolution. <http://www.runrev.com/> I don't know, as a development tool, how it compares to Hyperstudio (especially in terms of ease of use); the thing that caught my eye was it's claim that it could import old Hypercard stacks, and that it's Mac OS X native. Jeff Jeff Carter World Education Boston, MA (617) 482-9485 -------------- e-mail: jcarter@worlded.org <http://hub1.worlded.org/nelrctech> <http://www.worlded.org>
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