Running Pedagogica Activities

  1. About Pedagogica
    1. Pedagogica is a set of software developed by the Concord Consortium (www.concord.org), a non-profit organization dedicated to improving education through the use of technology.
    2. Pedagogica allows a person to control, add questions to, collect data from, and link together various Java based objects.
    3. The Concord Consortium is currently running several different projects. Go to the web site listed above to get more details, participate in one of the projects, or just download some free software.
  2. Pedagogica System Requirements
    1. Macintosh
      1. Mac OS X (10.3 or better is optimal)
      2. Latest version of Java.
      3. Quicktime for Java installed.
      4. Minimum 128 MB RAM, and G3 400Mhz processor.
    2. PC
      1. Windows (98,2000,Me,XP)
      2. Latest Java installation.
      3. Quicktime for Java installed.
      4. Minimum 128 MB RAM, and Pentium III, 500Mhz processor
  3. Pedagogica Installation
    1. Make sure you have the latest version of Java installed
      1. For Macs: Use the system preferences "Software Update" panel. Check for updates and update Java if given that option.
      2. For PCs: Go to http://servlet.java.sun.com/logRedirect/frontpage-ad-getjava/http://java.sun.com/getjava/
    2. Install Quicktime for Java
      1. For Macs: Use the system preferences "Software Update" panel. Check for updates and update Quicktime if given that option.
      2. For PCs:
        1. Even if you have Quicktime installed you still need to do a custom installation so go to Apple's Quicktime web site (http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/) and download the installer.
        2. Launch the installer and choose "custom" as the installation type when asked.
        3. Then, make sure the box next to "Quicktime for Java" is checked when you are given that option
        4. Finish the installation.
  4. Installing Pedagogica
    1. On this web site you will find links to Pedagogica activities. Just click on a link to launch the activity.
    2. The first time you click on one of these activities you will be asked to install Pedagogica. This will take a while because 18 MB of files will download. Once this happens, future activities should launch much more quickly.
  5. If you have trouble installing this software see our FAQ.

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