--- Marty Billingsley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > erik hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- Kevin Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Essentially what we are going to be doing > more > > > and more over the next few > > > versions is to differentiate Express from > > > Revolution. So we have two > > > product lines: "Revolution" which contains > > > Studio and Enterprise aimed at > > > professional developers; and Express which > is > > > aimed at the entry-level. We > > > have a number of ideas about how to best > manage > > > this differentiation in > > > terms of feature sets, pricing, promotion > and > > > support. We'll be introducing > > > this over time - still preserving options > for > > > the existing user base, but > > > more clearly differentiating where new > users > > > join the Revolution. > > > > for school labs, a version that is affordable > > but allows students into the development > > environment would be a great way to > > promote programming skills. > > What is the difference between Studio, > Enterprise, > and Express? What is the definition of the > "development > environment" that Erik refers to? As a teacher > using RunRev > in the classroom with middle school and high > school students > I might be able to give you an idea what > students (and > teachers) need. > > I shy away from environments that are too easy, > where > too much is automated. That's why I stuck with > HyperCard > for several years when many other teachers > turned to > HyperStudio: I was able to teach fundamental > programming > concepts with HC, which are buried too deep > behind a simple > user interface in HyperStudio. > > That said, the RR user interface isn't as > friendly toward > students as it could be, but we're coping. :-) > > I hope that a powerful RunRev will be > affordable for the > classroom. > > - marty > > -- > Marty Billingsley ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > The University of Chicago Laboratory Schools
(all above text is certified pertinant) marty, any RunRev/hardware/software lore to relate relating to students in labs? thanks, ===== [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikhansen.org __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
