coding challenge idea/mathandscience

[Mark Greenberg]

	Inspiration didn't impress me at first, but when I saw it at the NECC 
convention demoed by a person who knew how to use it well, I was loved 
it and recommended it to my district.  Its power is in its simplicity.  
It is brainstorming software that kids can employ without much 
training.  Yes, its graphics are childish, and that's a pity.
	Comparing Inspiration to Rev is like comparing a set of plastic 
stencils to an automobile's GPS device.  They are not the same kind of 
tool.  Both are good at what they do, but neither is better than the 
other.  Educators will pay for something that makes what they do in the 
classroom easier, or something that will make what students do easier.  
Rev doesn't do this.  Inspiration does this, and that's why it is so 
popular with teachers.
	Personally, I don't think that it would be much of a challenge to 
recreate Inspiration's functionality in Rev -- neither difficult nor 
worthwhile.

		Mark Greenberg

On Tuesday, May 31, 2005, at 03:07 PM, Judy wrote:

> If, as seems the case, educators are buying this @ US$79 or whatever in
> sufficient quantities to keep that company afloat, what about 
> duplicating
> its core functionalities in Rev?