Re: LOGO-L> Logo and HyperStudio

["Charles T. Smith" <mrchuc@math.fan.org>]

At 11:40 AM -0500 8/27/97, Mary Landis wrote:
>Hi, everybody. I just recently joined this group, because I am a new user
>of HyperStudio and I want to learn to script. So far, I am finding it is
>hard to learn--I'm the type who needs a manual in front of me to refer to.

Welcome Mary! This is a great place to find out about working with Logo.

>Is this group going to be useful to me in using HyperStudio, or is it only
>for MicroWorlds (which I know nothing about)?

I think this group can be useful to you and I think you can be useful to
the group. I am glad you are here.

We discuss a lot of Logo and Logo related stuff here. Microworlds is just
one kind of Logo environment. There are many others. Hyperstudio, as you
know, has Logo as it's scripting language. It is kind of buried in there,
though. I really like Hyperstudio, but for different reasons than I like
Logo. Microworlds, in my opinion, has nearly everything (maybe everything)
that Hyperstudio has, but it is in a much freer environment. Hyperstudio
has the advantage that it is easy to get up and going on useful projects
quickly. Microworlds and other kinds of Logo environments have the
advantage of having a much higher ceiling of possibilities, although the
learning curve may be a little steeper at first on the multimedia stuff.

>I am developing multimedia
>programs to use in my classroom--I teach hearing-impaired and
>visually-impaired multidisabled children. Many commercial programs don't
>work too well, so I am really enjoying the flexibility HS provides me in
>making programs that my students can understand. For example, I am
>including graphical sign language, and using large print and voice.

That sounds great. Are these programs that you are developing for your
students to use or are they programs that your kids work at developing? If
it is the former, I think Hyperstudio is a very good tool. If you'd like to
get into the latter, there are many kinds of Logo available ranging in
price from free all the way up to very reasonable! :-)

A resource you might already know about for Hyperstudio is the Hyperstudio
Journal webpage. Sorry I don't have the URL handy, but a search on the Web
for "Hyperstudio Journal" should yield location. Bill Lynn operates the
page and incidently has a tremendous interest in making computers
accessible to people with disabilities.

>So far, I can't follow much of anything that y'all have said, and maybe I
>am out of my element. However, I think I will just "listen" to you and
>hopefully learn something!
>
Please do stay around and "listen" and join in. A lot of the postings
lately have been very "programmer" oriented (which is neat, I think), but
our topics range widely. There is something here for everyone who loves
kids and computers.

Chuc


Charles T. Smith                Math Teacher and Logo Maniac
535 Cap Au Gris                 Wright City Middle School
Troy, MO 63379                  #142 North Service Road, P.O. Box 198
314-528-7074                    Wright City, MO 63390
MrChuc@math.fan.org


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