Andy's comments and positioning...

[erik hansen]

--- Marty Billingsley
<marty at vertex.ucls.uchicago.edu> wrote:
> erik hansen <erikhans08 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > --- Kevin Miller <kevin at runrev.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Essentially what we are going to be doing
> more
> > > and more over the next few
> > > versions is to differentiate Express from
> > > Revolution.  So we have two
> > > product lines: "Revolution" which contains
> > > Studio and Enterprise aimed at
> > > professional developers; and Express which
> is
> > > aimed at the entry-level.  We
> > > have a number of ideas about how to best
> manage
> > > this differentiation in
> > > terms of feature sets, pricing, promotion
> and
> > > support.  We'll be introducing
> > > this over time - still preserving options
> for
> > > the existing user base, but
> > > more clearly differentiating where new
> users
> > > join the Revolution.
> >
> > for school labs, a version that is affordable
> > but allows students into the development
> > environment would be a great way to
> > promote programming skills.
> 
> What is the difference between Studio,
> Enterprise,
> and Express?  What is the definition of the
> "development
> environment" that Erik refers to?  As a teacher
> using RunRev
> in the classroom with middle school and high
> school students
> I might be able to give you an idea what
> students (and
> teachers) need.
> 
> I shy away from environments that are too easy,
> where
> too much is automated.  That's why I stuck with
> HyperCard
> for several years when many other teachers
> turned to
> HyperStudio: I was able to teach fundamental
> programming
> concepts with HC, which are buried too deep
> behind a simple
> user interface in HyperStudio.
> 
> That said, the RR user interface isn't as
> friendly toward
> students as it could be, but we're coping. :-)
> 
> I hope that a powerful RunRev will be
> affordable for the
> classroom.
> 
>    - marty
> 
> --
> Marty Billingsley (marty at ucls.uchicago.edu)
> The University of Chicago Laboratory Schools

(all above text is certified pertinant)

marty,

any RunRev/hardware/software lore to relate
relating to students in labs?

thanks,

=====
erik at erikhansen.org    http://www.erikhansen.org

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