Two Canadian fifth-grade girls won the 1998 International Multimedia Mania contest using their imaginations fired by HyperStudio. Their teacher describes their project, which includes scrolling text boxes, actor-based animation, claymation, virtual objects, and Internet links. Read more about the Multimedia Mania contest and see some other activities . Students are invited to dazzle their global peers by creating dynamic multimedia projects related to any class or coursework.
Teachers coach and advise, but entrants have to complete their own work.
Participants are encouraged to incorporate 3-D design, video, animation, and any other multimedia techniques that enhance the design of the project. Heavy emphasis is placed on originality, alignment to curriculum or course content, project design, and proper use and documentation of resources. Projects also gain points if they are constructed entirely within a classroom setting. Once the digital photos of the animal skin had been placed inside the HyperStudio Art Folder, students could access different fabrics for Cruella's clothes. The students then used the paint tools to create a Cruella figure and utilized the cookie cutter technique and draggable graphic features to create stylish clothing.