MULTI-MEDIA PLANETARY HYPERBOOK

PLACING THE WEALTH OF INFORMATION AVAILABLE ABOUT THE SOLAR SYSTEM, REQUIRES INNOVATIVE APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY AND ALTERNATIVE PRESENTATION APPROACHES. THIS PROJECT FOCUSES ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTIMEDIA HYPERBOOKOF SOLAR SYSTEM INFORMATION. THE HYPERBOOK, AS ITS NAME IMPLIES, USES HYPERTEXT AND MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES TO PROVIDE A FLEXIBLE, INTERACTIVE ORGANIZATION METHOD TO THE INFORMATION WITHIN THE BOOK. MERELY PROVIDING AN INTERACTIVE, FLEXIBLE INTERFACE DOES NOT, HOWEVER, PROMOTE THE EXPLORATION AND ASSIMILATION OF THE INFORMATION. ACCORDINGLY, STUDENTS WILL BE MOTIVATED TO INVESTIGATE AND SEARCH OUT DATA THROUGH INTERACTIVE GAMES AND ROLE-PLAYING SOFTWARE. STUDENTS ACT OUT ADVENTURES AND ROLES WHICH, TO BE SUCCESSFUL, DEPEND ON KNOWING AND UNDERSTANDING INFORMATION WITHIN THE HYPERBOOK. THE PLANETARY PROVIDES, DURING THE ADVENTURE, INTERACTIVE ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND,THROUGH AN EMBEDDED LESSON PLAN, GUIDANCE TO THE ADVENTURE. PLACING THE WEALTH OF INFORMATION AVAILABLE ABOUT THE SOLAR SYSTEM, REQUIRES INNOVATIVE APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY AND ALTERNATIVE PRESENTATION APPROACHES. THIS PROJECT FOCUSES ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTIMEDIA HYPERBOOKOF SOLAR SYSTEM INFORMATION. THE HYPERBOOK, AS ITS NAME IMPLIES, USES HYPERTEXT AND MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES TO PROVIDE A FLEXIBLE, INTERACTIVE ORGANIZATION METHOD TO THE INFORMATION WITHIN THE BOOK. MERELY PROVIDING AN INTERACTIVE, FLEXIBLE INTERFACE DOES NOT, HOWEVER, PROMOTE THE EXPLORATION AND ASSIMILATION OF THE INFORMATION. ACCORDINGLY, STUDENTS WILL BE MOTIVATED TO INVESTIGATE AND SEARCH OUT DATA THROUGH INTERACTIVE GAMES AND ROLE-PLAYING SOFTWARE. STUDENTS ACT OUT ADVENTURES AND ROLES WHICH, TO BE SUCCESSFUL, DEPEND ON KNOWING AND UNDERSTANDING INFORMATION WITHIN THE HYPERBOOK. THE PLANETARY PROVIDES, DURING THE ADVENTURE, INTERACTIVE ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND,THROUGH AN EMBEDDED LESSON PLAN, GUIDANCE TO THE ADVENTURE.