Abstract:

"Scarce resources" include equipment, software, and faculty time. They are now, more than ever before, a concern across the gamut of schools, public and private. The article outlines the development and current use of two programs developed by members of a Modern Languages and Literatures Department on the Macintosh using HyperCard. The first is a reading-comprehension program of a Renaissance Italian text; the second, in German, uses scanned-in maps of the various stages of German political development to illustrate the course of German history. Problems involved in using HyperCard as well as unexpected benefits -- viz., shared stacks from other developers -- are included in the discussion.

Author: Randall P. Donaldson, Leslie Zarker Morgan