The kids in the K-12 where I do some substitute teaching (good hobby for a
mostly-retired technical writer!) use MS Word and PowerPoint for doing
reports. The 6th and 7th graders tend to throw web-caught graphics into
their projects, so a simple one-paragraph book report will have a half-page
photo at the top, or an ocean-view sunset background. The PP reports are
transition- and clipart-heavy. The high-schoolers get a little more academic
in their approach, but will still produce materials with elegant (or garish)
font treatments if they are banned from using graphics. It's all very
entertaining.
If a Dreamcard version could have its interface simplified, along the lines
of PowerPoint with scripting, to regain the impact and newbie-usability of
the original HyperCard, it would be an excellent entry-level programming
environment for schools. The projects I'm working on fall into that
"entry-level" category, leaning on the hypercard paradigm for purposeful
work. I remember how Revolution got its start as an extended IDE for
MetaCard. Maybe it's time for a contracted IDE for Revolution to happen.
---- Jerry Muelver
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