To be placed into a library where children can access each other's book reports to seek counsel on what to read, before asking the librarian.
This database will be subdivided into categories according to the normal categories of books available within an elementary school library. For Library use, primarily, but can be used in the classroom as an effective incentive for children to write good “publicly available” book reports.
(Tester's beta version ready Jan, 1994, if interested in collaborating in testing, please contact us soon. Normally testers are furnished with full licence upon public release of the software. ) Demo version will be availabe at ftp. sites soon.
A simple stack which will allow you to set-up and create a chain story in a collaborative setting with multiple participants. You search out and establish participants names and passwords. Now you create the first paragraph of the story. Forward this to next participant and they must add another link to the story-chain. The circuit is complete when all participants have added their link, and ready for publishing.
Use with individual students, groups, classes, schools, or even on a world-wide email basis. Take advantage of mapping skills to determine environmentally friendly methods of forwarding the chainstory to the next participant, and hone your map & messaging skills by using maps and other address information to determine most efficient means of passage of the chainstory.
(Tester's beta version ready Jan. 1994, if interested in collaborating in testing, please contact us soon. Normally testers are furnished with full licence upon public release of the software. ) Demo version will be availabe at ftp. sites soon.
A collection of short stories as relating to greek hero figures, and a linked multi-user database in which children then go on to recount the exploits of their own hero figures. (Extremely useful when collating the old myths, legends with the modern day comic figures, for example.) For Class or Library use.
Much the same set-up as with these Aesop's stacks.
We are presently looking for a collaborator for this stack. Experience in writing (or re-writing) portions of greek mythos for elementary children is prime qualification. Access to Macintosh hardware preferred.
As you can see, other Group-A-Ware products are in the works. We have a firm commitment to this type of environment for kids, and others will be forthcoming as time allows. Send a request via email if you wish to know the status of any of the above (or projected) projects.
Other products available:
Link2 Simulnet (Simulated multimedia distributed network for kids)
Co-OOPs (collaborative story-building multi-media authoring system for kids.)
Address any requests, comments, to:
Venanzio Jelenic
20 Chalmers St. North
Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
N1R 5B7
(519) 623-4050
E-mail
Internet: Venanzio.Jelenic@Canrem.com
Fidonet: Venanzio.Jelenic@f15.n229.z1.fidonet.org
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