HyperCard Creativity Tool

by Annette Lamb, Dennis Myers

Now students can learn to create their own interactive reports and presentations using HyperCard, the software that comes with your Macintosh computer! HyperCard Creativity Tool for Writing, Organizing, and Multi-media provides step-by-step instruction in the use of HyperCard Version 2.0 as a personal and academic productivity tool. Topics autobiographies, social issues, collections, interactive reports and stories, and conducting polls and surveys. Also contains step-by-step instructions on how to incorporate technologies such as graphics, scanners, sound, laserdiscs, and compact discs. This Instructor's Guide contains a sample syllabus and schedule, chapter lesson plans, chapter objectives, matching test items, chapter outlines, project ideas, project criterion checklists, transparency masters, and additional examples.

700 pages, Ring-bound

About the author

Dr. Annette Lamb has been a school library media specialist, computer teacher, and professor of education and library science. She is currently teaching online graduate courses for librarians and educators as a professor at Indiana University - Indianapolis (IUPUI).

In addition to online teaching, she writes, speaks, and conducts professional development workshops, presentations, and keynotes throughout North America and is well-known for her realistic approaches to technology integration and information inquiry. In addition to working on state and national-level grant projects, she enjoys spending time with administrators, teachers, and individual school districts, universities, and museums focusing on practical, technology-rich approaches to teaching and learning.

Annette received her Ph.D. in Educational Technology from Iowa State University. Her roots in library, media, and technology are reflected in her passion for interdisciplinary approaches, reading and writing across the curriculum, and using a variety of resources from books to the Internet.

Annette's numerous articles and over a dozen books are valuable resources for educators. Her popular website, Eduscapes.com, includes a wide range of award-winning, free resources for educators. Her latest book co-authored with Danny Callison is titled Graphic Inquiry.