With HyperStudio fading as a tool for student multimedia authoring, we have been exploring and somewhat promoting the products of a Canadian company eZedia. Selecting products to serve as example is important for us because we use these products as examples in our writing activities. The publication delay (perhaps 9 months), the run of an book edition (3 years), and the volatility of the software industry, make such selections both challenging and important. The 4th edition of our book used HyperStudio as a major example even though this product was no longer being supported.
We identified eZedia as a company offering products we felt would become widely used in K-12 classrooms. Now, we learn that eZedia has been sold to Safari Video Networks (see simple announcement on the eZedia web site). Our contacts at eZedia are encouraged by the focus of the new parent company on video instruction and the niche their products fill within this focus.
We will see how this goes and whether student authoring is promoted or fades as this integration plays out.
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