HyperStudio allows students to communicate with words, pictures, and sounds. When students create multimedia projects they use research, writing, organizing, critical thinking, problem solving, and many other skills.

1. Individual students or collaborative groups select their favorite books and develop their ideas in notes, 3 x 5 cards, storyboards, or rough drafts before going to the computer. The ideal size for a group of students at the computer is two or three.
2. Choose a focus--the books' cultural and historical backgrounds, critical perspectives, or an analysis of its characters or themes.
3. Explain what makes the book worth reading.
4. Projects should be positive in tone and only books the students consider to be worthwhile should be submitted.
5. Use a full range of interactive multimedia-- scanned images, original drawings, typed-in text, and sound--but beware. The finished project must fit on a floppy disk.
6. Be sure to include a title page, crediting the author(s) of the book and the authors of the stack, and a table of contents (if appropriate.)
7. HyperStudio stacks can be viewed with a Web browser, using the HyperStudio plug-in, or downloaded to your computer's hard drive.