Topics for 5/10
I. Introduction to the terms-"multimedia" and "hypermedia"
    A. Multimedia-a combanation of several types of media into a single computer application
    B. Hypermedia-an extension of the concepts of = "hypertext" to multimedia

II. How information is represented by computers
    A. Binary digits and bit
        1. Symbols used to represent meanings
        2. Byte

III. Types of Media Elements
    A. Text
        1. Bit strings
        2. ASCII code
    B. Graphics
        1. The storage of = pictures
            a. Picture compression
        2. Other ways to enter = the graphics into a computer
            a. Digitization
        3. Picture can be manipulated and edited in many ways after importing into a graphics
            program
        4. Different file formats for storing graphics
    C. Sound
        1. Vibration and sound waves
        2. Analog Recording
            a. Microphone and phonograph
        3. Synthesized music
            a. Computer languages include sound generation commands
            b. The functions of music-editing programs
            c. The limitations of synthesized music
        4. MIDI
            a. MIDI enables electronic musical instruments and devices to communicate with one
           another using a common music language and hardware interface
            b. Store and transmit the music information in MIDI format
        5. Synthesized voice
        6. Digital sound recording
            a. With sound circuitry or cards installed, a computer can synthesize sounds and your                     own sounds
            b. The analog sound wave pattern must be digitized or converted into binary digits
            c. It needs a large number of samples to reconstruct a continuously varying sound wave
                accurately,
            d. Quantitize the amplitude of each sample using 8 bits or 16 bits
    D. Animation
        1.Animation can bring hypermedia presentations to life
        2. Three different types of animation
            a. Frame-based animation consists of a series of full-screen images with gradual changes
            in each image from fone frame to the next
            b. Cel-based animations  is more efficient because only the moving objects need to be
           redrawn for each frame
            c. Object animation--the object itself is not changed but is moved along a path
        3. Combine the cel-based and object animations
    E. Motion Video
        1. The vediotape players are brought into classroom
        2.Videodisc technology
            a. The structure of a videodisc( laser disc) and how videodisc player works
            b.Videodiscs are manufactured in two formats--the CAV and CLV formats
            c. A hypermedia program allows the teachers and students to select a particular video
               sequence, sound clip, or full-color still picture at any time
        3.Digital video
            a. Store video information in digital form require greater amounts of memory and storage
           space
            b. Video compression techniques and MPEG
            c. Digital video requires special software and hardware for high-density storage
           (1) The introduction to QuickTime

IV. Hypermedia Hardware
    A. Compact discs
        1. The differences between videodiscs and compact discs
            a. The structure of the CD
        2. Different formats of compact discs
            a. CD-DA: is designed for the storage of digitized high-fidelity stereo music
            b. CD-ROM: is designed for the storage of information to be read and manipulated by
           personal computers
           (1) CD-I: is designed for a self-contained, mass-market, interactive-multimedia player
           (2) CD-ROM XA: is considered to be the bridge between CD-ROM and CD-I
           (3) CD-TV
           (4) DVI: could record and playback of video information
           (5) PHOTO-CD
        3. Why compact disc recorders are useful
    B. Videodisc versus CD-ROM
        1. Advantages: storing large quantities of hypermedia information
        2. Disadvantages: digital information requires vast storage

V. Multimedia applications
    A. Videodisc applications
        1. Educational applications
    B. CD-ROM applications
        1. Various types of electronic books are available
    C.Using hypermedia applications in the classroom
        1. Educators integrate the technology into their classrooms