The 2001 Codie Award Winner for Best School-Based Elementary Education Software Releases in New Edition for Students to Use at Home
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE via COLLEGIATE PRESSWIRE)--Oct 8, 2001--When kids go back to school this fall, chances are good that their class will be making book reports, science projects, multimedia presentations and many other classroom projects using HyperStudio(R) software from Knowledge Adventure(R).
Winner of the 2001 Codie Award for Best School-Based Elementary Education Software, HyperStudio has been a teacher`s favorite for more than 10 years. Teachers at elementary, middle and high schools in more than 5,000 school districts nationwide assign students projects to complete using the popular creativity software.
Finally, parents can help their kids continue school projects at home with the HyperStudio 4 Student Edition.
Educational software leader Knowledge Adventure is now shipping the HyperStudio 4 Student Edition, a new home version of the award-winning multimedia software tool widely used in schools today.
Previously limited to classroom versions, the new student version allows parents to give their children a jumpstart for back to school by providing multimedia creativity at home. HyperStudio is a tool for children to express themselves as they learn about the world around them through sound, clip art, animation, video, photos and art tools.
The new edition is also ideal for students in colleges of education, and will be available to college bookstores for purchase.
''Parents and teachers have been asking for a home edition of HyperStudio 4 for years, so we are pleased to offer them the new Student Edition,'' said Kathryn Edwards, Ph.D., Marketing director for the Knowledge Adventure School Group.
''With HyperStudio in place in more than 5,000 school districts across the nation, students can now take their school projects home to expand and polish, as well as create new multimedia masterpieces on their own.''
From the very start with HyperStudio 4, beginners and advanced users alike can create their own world of interactive learning with virtually every kind of media, including text, graphics, sound, animation, video and the Internet. This program helps to develop problem solving, critical thinking and decision-making skills as well as encourage knowledge construction and creativity.
HyperStudio 4 has an extensive ''copyright-friendly'' library that includes more than 1,400 graphics and photos, 170 backgrounds, 290 sound clips, 195 animations and 30 digital movies, in addition to a wide variety of music tracks, project-based text files and URLs.
Included as a bonus in the package is Morph(TM) Pro 2.5 software, which enables children to transform and morph images instantly and import them into their HyperStudio projects.
The original HyperStudio was introduced into the school market in 1989 and is now one of the best-selling educational software titles in the K-12 marketplace. In more than 5,000 school districts and 1,000 universities today, HyperStudio helps teachers and students address ISTE`s National Educational Technology Standards for both K-12 students and students in colleges of education.
HyperStudio(R) 4 Student Edition Availability, Pricing and Format
The HyperStudio 4 Student Edition is available in a hybrid PowerMacintosh(R)/Windows(R) 95/98 CD-ROM or Windows(R) NT format through Knowledge Adventure and most educational resellers such as Educational Resources. The title is available for purchase online at https://www.education.com. The price is $69.95 for the student edition, which includes one copy of the software and a User`s Guide.
The software includes toll-free technical support, available from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific Time every business day. For sales and ordering information, customers can call Knowledge Adventure at 800/545-7677, Educational Resources at 800/624-2926, or an authorized Knowledge Adventure reseller.
Knowledge Adventure Inc. is a leader in developing, publishing and distributing award-winning, multimedia educational software for use in both schools and homes. The company is internationally renowned for its HyperStudio(R), Math Blaster(R), Reading Blaster(TM), JumpStart Learning System(TM), and Syracuse Language(TM) titles, as well as other innovative multimedia titles for students of all ages.
With nearly 100 titles in a wide range of subjects, Knowledge Adventure is one of the largest educational software groups in the world. Knowledge Adventure, an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Vivendi Universal Publishing, is on the Web at https://www.KnowledgeAdventure.com.
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