Re: LOGO-L>microworlds or hyperstudio or both?

[Andy Spurgeon <aspurgeon@yahoo.com>]

I introduce Microworlds to teacher instead of Hyperstudio. I feel that
 more decision making and thinking skills are practiced with
Microworlds blank screen..It encourages creativity and projects can
look very different, whereas many Hyperstudio projects  seem to have
the same "feel"  Also, once teachers are  comfortable with using
Microworlds for multimedia presentations, then it is easier to
introduce the Logo programming language that is "behind the scenes"
without introducing a seperate program.  

The only drawbacks that you may find are that 1) large "stacks"/
projects created in Microworlds need more desktop memory or the
projects will be slow to open,close, and change pages,  whereas
Hyperstudio will run on machines wilth very little ram. 2) Hyperstudio
will connect to a laserdisc. So it might be worth keeping a few copies
of Hyperstudio, after using Microworlds, students could easily learn
Hyperstudio if needed.


Andy Spurgeon




---KERRB@Magill.UniSA.edu.au wrote:
>
> 
> Hi Jacinta,
>  You can do multimedia projects with both microworlds and
hyperstudio. I've 
> used microworlds a lot but only had a quick look at hyperstudio. I
think that 
> hyperstudio might be easier to use but microworlds is more flexible.
eg. in 
> hyperstudio you are continually offered choices through pop up
menus. In 
> microworlds you have to program the choice you want using logo
programming. ie. 
> hyperstudio is more of a "turn key" system whereas in microworlds
you have to 
> think about what you are doing and how to do it.
>  I prefer the microworlds approach because of its increased
flexibility once 
> you know what you are doing. hyperstudio does allow for programming
but it is 
> much more in the background.
>  Michael Tempel has written a more detailed critical analysis. I can
post the 
> URL if you want it.
> -- Bill Kerr
> 
> 
> 
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