Revolution at ED-MEDIA
Revolution at ED-MEDIA 2007 Presented as Heir to HyperCard
June 25, 2007. Vancouver, Canada. ED-MEDIA 2007 World Conference on
Educational Multimedia, HyperMedia and Telecommunications is taking place in
Vancouver, Canada. Among the line-up of illustrious speakers is Judy Perry,
an instructor at California State University at Fullerton. Ms Perry is
presenting a paper on "Runtime Revolution: An easy to learn programming
software for educators", on 28th June. The synopsis of this paper reads:
The public has high hopes for computer technologies in the public schools.
An issue to be addressed is how best to utilize this investment. Computer
technologies utilizing multiple media and interactivity are beneficial in
teaching and learning. The production and sharing of learning objects
demands that the educators possess the ability to create them. Numerous
studies reveal that most instructors do not venture beyond such "basic"
computer usage tasks as email, the web and word processing. This article
briefly examines novice/non-programmers and the multimedia authoring program
Revolution concentrating on its programming language, visualization, and the
possibility for meaningful module production/reuse.
Ms Perry's presentation will also provide a background on the introduction
of Apple HyperCard and its pervasive and long term impact on K-12, secondary
and post-secondary education, and how Runtime Revolution is the successor of
Apple HyperCard and courseware tool Toolbook for all academics. Runtime
Revolution's programming language, Revolution, is highly compatible with
HyperTalk, the language of HyperCard. There is built in support in
Revolution for directly importing and coverting HyperCard applications to
Revolution.
Although educators have developed strategies for years since Apple
discontinued HyperCard, the introduction of Apple's Intel-based Mac OS X
Macintosh computers has been a death knell to the product.
"The introduction of the fast Intel-based Macs heralded a mass migration to
Revolution. Revolution was already there anyway on Linux, Solaris and
Windows, providing the only means to deploy old HyperCard projects to these
operating systems, and the easiest, most pervasive cross-platform
development solution available to Macintosh developers," said Kevin Miller,
CEO of Runtime Revolution Ltd.
Revolution Enterprise costs $999 and allows building, compiling and testing
on all supported operating systems, including Windows, Linux, Solaris, Mac
OS X (Universal Binary). Academic and entry level versions of the system
begin at $49 and are immediately available on the Runtime Revolution website
at http://www.runrev.com.
About Runtime Revolution
Founded in 1997, Runtime Revolution focuses on bringing user-centric
software development to all major platforms: Windows, Macintosh, Linux, and
Unix. The company is based in Edinburgh, Scotland. For more information on
Runtime Revolution, please visit the company on the web at
http://www.runrev.com or http://www.tenthumbstypingtutor.com.