Rewriting history

Article Abstract:

Librarian Bob Campbell and teacher Patricia Hanlon of Lowell High School (San Francisco, CA) developed a multimedia educational tool, 'Voices of the 30s,' that was subsequently implemented as a Macintosh-based laserdisc and now a CD-ROM. Hanlon solicited Campbell's help in finding materials that would help high school students to acquire a visceral understanding of the issues and people of the Great Depression and the John Steinbeck novel, 'The Grapes of Wrath.' A slide show was developed, and students brought in additional tapes, videos, slides, books and film strips to create what became Hanlon's 'Grapevine: The Steinbeck Story' multimedia show. Apple Education Research Group member Kristina Hooper-Woolsey gave Hanlon and Campbell the opportunity to develop a hypercard-based data base of the material on the Macintosh and, with the assistance of Apple Multimedia Lab guru Steve Gano, create an interactive data base. Multimedia producer Abbe Don restructured Grapevine for CD-ROM. Educational software publisher Wings for Learning (Scotts Valley, CA) accepted the product, changing the name but little else.

Computer programming services, Product development, Educational software, History, Authorship, Multimedia software, Case Study, Wings for Learning Inc., Campbell, Bob, Hanlon, Patricia, Voices of the 30s (Multimedia software)

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Magazines you can click through

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A small group of daring software publishers are creating paperless magazines in multimedia, publishing them on floppy disks, CD-ROM and compact disk-interactive (CD-I) disks. Among these electronic magazines are HyperBole, Verbum Interactive, HyperTexture and CD-I World. These products not only transfer the printed word to computers but delivers a new form of communication to readers. They use a combination of text, video, sound and animation, encouraging readers to think and create. All but CD-I World are available for Apple Macintosh computers and all have limited circulations. HyperBole has a circulation of 300, CD-I World has 1,500 paid subscriptions. Verbum Interactive and HyperBole plan to have IBM PC-compatible editions. HyperTexture will be released in 1993. Its project director, Joe Pezzillo, plans to distribute the product to libraries, schools and radio stations, free of charge, to promote the concept of digital magazines.

Publishing industry, Usage, Product Announcement, Electronic publishing, Electronic Publishing Industry, Magazines, CD-Interactive

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