Dreamcard Projects Book

[Alejandro Tejada]

Hi Jerry, :-)

on Mon, 2 May 2005 
Jerry Balzano wrote:

> Once upon a time, I started writing 
> something called *The HyperCard Projects Book*, a
> "project-based" approach to teaching/learning 
> HyperCard.  (Wrote up 12 chapters/projects before I 
> saw the writing on the wall for HyperCard.)  

This is great! Could we read them?

> I have been toying with the idea of resurrecting
> this book, using Revolution/Dreamcard.  The "big 
> idea" is that most people will learn 
> better and more easily by creating meaningful
> projects, rather than encountering a "systematic" 
> approach that mostly makes sense from the 
> standpoint of someone who already understands the
> thing to be learned.  

i completely agree, and these projects could be 
directed towards specific areas like text, math, 
graphics, web comunications, etc...

> I would identify closely with the "Game Creation"
> approach mentioned by Marty Billingsley -- indeed, a

> number of the projects I use are games 
> -- but by expanding the view to "Projects" I can
> include things that have more educational bite, and 
> within the games subtopic, not be 
> overly preoccupied with "game-play" issues.

Could adults be interested in games?

> What about a "Dreamcard Projects Book"?  Any
> interest in such a thing?

Sure, Could you post a draft of contents?

I'm already working in some tutorials for
math and graphics, but i'll be some months before
they get ready...

Jim Hurley is an experienced teacher and
clever programmer that is working in this area.

There are many people that had produced materials
for their classes using HyperCard, SuperCard,
MetaCard, Revolution and DreamCard.

Could we have all them in one place???

My classes start next month and
all this month i'll visiting many places with 
groups of students. I'll keep watching 
how evolve this thread.

Keep up your good work Jerry!

al 

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