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From: notkemp@cs.toronto.edu (Kempton Lam)
Subject: Re: Elementary Education
Message-ID: <90Jul27.151355edt.6940@neat.cs.toronto.edu>
Summary: Kids can enjoy and learn at the same time using HyperCard.  8-)   :> 
Keywords: HyperCard
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto
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Date: 27 Jul 90 19:14:09 GMT
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In article <26274@unix.cis.pitt.edu> you write:
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>       I have been asked to help design a course that would
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>be taught in an elementary school. The school has 215 students
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>from K - 8. Their computer equipment consists of 8 Appl IIc and
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>2 printers. 
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>       We have dicussed different possibilities on what to teach
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>the children. What we feel would be most helpful, is a course
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>that covers typing and practicle uses of the computer. At this time
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>teaching programing is not a major concern. 
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>       Any advise or scources of information would be apreciated.
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>Thanks in advance.  Reply on this net or write to:
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>                       Lawrence V. Galati
>                       245 Linhart Lane
>                       Pittsburgh, Pa. 15236
>                       (412) 655-3554
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HyperCard [HC] by Apple is a GREAT GREAT medium for little kids to learn to use 
compuer. I've seen a vedio (probably by Apple) describing elementary school
students doing lots of interesting things using HC like creating different 
kind of adventure games. The students will enjoy playing with HC very much.



On the more serious side of HC, it is an excellent tool to do proto-typing.
We (in a 3 year graphics and user interface course) used HC to construct
proto-type of a VCR control panel, a turorial to teach user to use a graphics
package, and a replacement system for our library searching facility.




So the conclusion is that learning HC will be both enjoyable for the kids
and useful for them in the future.


Hope this may be useful for you.



yours sincerely,
K.L.

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