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"I
have been watching the development of interactive
media since...Apple Computer opened its seminal
Multimedia lab in San Francisco in the 1980's. It
seems that the only really good interactive media
material produced in the last decade or so has been
educational. And education seems to be the prodigy
that we lock in the closet. Many years ago, for
example, Apple's Multimedia Lab was filled with
people whose passion is education, produced a brillant
prototype...called the Virtual Almanac."
-Denise Caruso, Digital Commerce
Column, NY Times 2/24/97
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Description:
The Visual Almanac was produced to give a current
day example of the promise multimedia offered. It
explored a range of issues including content, interaction,
interface, production, suport materials and packaging.
The final product consists of a videodisc with 7,000
images and sounds, a CD-ROM with 25 MB of software
and a companion book. The software is divided into
three parts, each reflecting a method of interating
with the images and sounds. These are the Collections,
Composition Workspace, and Activities. "With
the Visual Almanac, students and teachers can easily
communicate their discoveries in different forms,
whether it's a moving picture, a graph or a speech
by a famous person," describes Kristina Hooper
Woolsey, Director of the Multimedia Lab.
Date:
1989
Producer/Publisher:
Apple Computer Inc./Optical Data, Inc.
Source/Vendor:
Apple
Computer:
Mac Plus, Classic, SE LC or II with hard drive (40
MB); videodisc player; and color video monitor.
Format:
LaserDisc, 215 page Companion book, CD-Rom,
3 floppy disks 93 1/2"), Set-up guide
Cost:
$100
Subject:
The display of visual, written and auditory information
Age/Grade
level: All.
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