Another NECC highlight: Meeting Roger Wagner
If you’ve been in computers more than 5 years, you know what Hyperstudio is. Hands down, one of the greatest programs for education ever. Of course, after it was bought out, it went downhill fast. Development came to a standstill, and they never wound up releasing an OSX version. Half the team left the product and created the company Tech4Learning, with their fantastic ‘blender’ series.
Well, at NECC I had the distinct pleasure of meeting the man who started it all, Roger Wagner. Turns out they bought it back and are developing a new version. They announced Hyperstudio 5 along with a bunch of other titles that they acquired as well.
Highlight of the night was when he asked me to autograph the booklet that had all the Discovery presentations and four of our pictures in it. Turns out he’d already gotten Scott’s, Lance’s, and Hall’s signatures and needed mine for the complete set. But I can still say that Roger Wagner wanted my autograph and have photographic proof!
How long do you think it’ll be before that booklet shows up on eBay?
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I would pay at least a $1 for it!
MaryAnn Sansonetti
7/3/2007
I am much more excited about the release of 5.0. than any signature. I have been mentioning 4.5 on http://teachtopia.com (my education website) for over 3 years now so it is time for a new release.
Click Programming is the best thing ever invented, especially when it allows the integration of more advance concepts for the older user.
Hyperstudio allowed concepts of Logo to be used in 4.5.
Best of luck to Roger and I can’t wait to get a copy of the release for my own review
Jody Weissler
7/9/2007