Sophie 2.1
Currently we are developing the next major Sophie version - 2.1. The new version contains a lot of stability improvements as well as the HTML 5 export that was started this spring. This will allow Sophie users to create interactive books and put them on the Internet right away. Readers will no longer need to even have Sophie installed. Early pre-alpha is expected at the end of August this year.
EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative
If you are attending the 2010 EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) Annual Meeting, January 19-21, in Austin, Texas, come find out more about Sophie 2.0 as Susan Metros and Holly Willis present a talk and demonstration titled "Reimagining the Book: A Multimedia Authoring Tool Named Sophie" on Wednesday, January 20, 2010 from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Project proposals
The Institute for Multimedia Literacy within the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California is seeking project proposals for exemplary Sophie 2.0 projects to be produced in collaborations between scholars and IML staff. If you have a project that would benefit from the unique compositional affordances of Sophie, and you wouldn’t mind having these become showcase projects on the Sophie 2.0 Web site, please contact Holly Willis. Include a project description and explain why Sophie 2.0 would enhance the project. hwillis@…