1. Well, first: What's hypermedia? According to webopedia/TERM/H/hypermedia.html., "An extension to hypertext that supports linking graphics, sound, and video elements in addition to text elements. The World Wide Web is a partial hypermedia system since is supports graphical hyperlinks and links to sound and video files. New hypermedia systems under development will allow objects in computer videos to be hyperlinked."
2. Based on that definition... Scratch, no doubt is clearly a wonderful multimedia authoring program, but can it really be considered hypermedia? While creating scratch, the user can input graphics, sounds, animation, hyperlinks and other media elements. During the authoring process, there is no doubt that Scratch is a hypermedia tool. This is mostly due to the ability to hyperlink while also bringing together different types of media.
3. Okay, but in your opinion is it an IDEAL hypermedia system? If we were to base this decision on the authoring program, Scratch, alone, then we would say yes. It includes the opportunity for students to be creative, bring multiple forms of media together, and to have media linked to other websites. However, we can not base this decision on the authoring side of Scratch alone. Scratch is also a community where many users may choose not to focus on the creation side. Users in the Scratch community may just view already made Scratch projects. For this aspect of Scratch, we would not necessarily describe Scratch as an IDEAL hypermedia system. This is because not all projects viewed on Scratch include interactive elements in them. Some are just video-like animations with no opportunity to interact with the program. However, the authoring side is pretty darn ideal!