With repeated practice, you are bound to grow and is more likely to suppress all your previous achievements. In the current technology world, programming is seen as one of the most critical skills…
It's not that HyperCard or Director is the answer, but I am just pointing out the lack of really good tools available for amateurs and professionals to use to create new kinds of applications for the iPad. HyperCard was not only used by The Voyager Company; it was used by teachers to create coursework; or students to prepare a report; it was used by individuals to develop novelty applications like recipe databases. We had highly produced, professional applications and mostly free shareware apps. Making it easy to create content and increasing the number of people who can create applications for the iPad could be very important to its long-term success. The web has made producers of us all. If the iPad is just another consumer platform for consuming and not creating content, then it will just be another way to watch TV or listen to music or download information. Convenient, yes, but just another device. To be something different, the iPad must not be just a delivery platform but a creative one, offering professionals and amateurs an opportunity to create a unique experience with interactive media.
I understand that FlexBooks are free, or open source. Is the software that supports the FlexBooks open source, too? Our mission is to provide all our materials for free under the Creative Commons Attribution/Non-Commercial/Share Alike 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-NC-SA) License. For more information on the CC-BY-NC-SA license, see the selection of this FAQ about the content of FlexBooks, or visit the following URL, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/. Our CK-12 system for FlexBooks is not yet geared to be a separate open source project.
J. Paterson, J. Haddow, and M. Nairn. page 280 - 4. New York, NY, USA, (2006//)design patterns;BlueJ IDE;software design;software development;object oriented software;teaching;Java;.
L. Cameron, S. Wise, and S. Lottridge. College & Research Libraries, 68 (3):
229-236(May 2007)M3: Article; Cameron, Lynn 1 Email Address: camerosl@jmu.edu Wise, Steven L. 2 Email Address: wisesl@jmu.edu Lottridge, Susan M. 3 Email Address: daffinsm@jmu.edu; Affiliations: 1: Coordinator of Library Instruction, James Madison University Libraries, James Madison University 2: Professor of Graduate Psychology and Coordinator, Institute for Computer-Based Assessment, Center for Assessment and Research Studies, James Madison University 3: Doctoral Student, Center for Assessment and Research Studies, James Madison University; Source Information: May2007, Vol. 68 Issue 3, p229; Subject Term: INFORMATION literacy; Subject Term: ABILITY -- Testing; Subject Term: COMPUTERS & literacy; Subject Term: LITERACY; Subject Term: EDUCATION -- Standards; Subject Term: EDUCATIONAL evaluation; Subject Term: Software; Number of Pages: 8p; Illustrations: 2 charts; Document Type: Article.
T. Schummer, S. Lukosch, and R. Slagter. Groupware: Design, Implementation, and Use, 11th International Workshop, CRIWG 2005, Lecture Notes in Computer Sciecne 3706, page 73-88. Berlin Heidelberg, Springer-Verlag, (2005)