Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!husc6!ut-sally!ut-ngp!glosser From: glosser@ut-ngp.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Hypercard: what's it really worth? Message-ID: <6994@ut-ngp.UUCP> Date: Fri, 4-Dec-87 01:43:51 EST Article-I.D.: ut-ngp.6994 Posted: Fri Dec 4 01:43:51 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 6-Dec-87 22:10:21 EST References: <51forcader@byuvax.bitnet> Organization: UTexas Computation Center, Austin, Texas Lines: 26 disagree with those who only think Hypercard is good for date books etc. A good use is for presenting complicated ideas. As an example picture what would be a complicated formula for an undergraduate in an introductory statistics class, for example, the formula for a binomial distribution. By clicking over any part of the formula (using a transparent button) the student is presented with a discussion explaining what that part of the formula means (for example the combinations notation). In addition the student then has the opportunity to go back to the original formula or to see where else the subtopic he/she is looking at also has applicability. In otherwords I see hypercard as a tool to enhance conceptualization of difficult material. This ability is because of the nonlinear nature -- CHAOS (buzzword :-) ) Hypercard permits. Sorry for the terseness, I'm paying a long distance fee to write this, and its been ages since I've used the vi editor. But I couldn't help but put my 2 cents in. Stuart M. Glosser Univ. of Wisc at Whitewater Dept. of Econ.