Flash and I, Not Getting Along.

We have another "Computer Applications" project due on Tuesday for our Business Methods class. This time, it is an analysis of the Macromedia Flash program. If you remember me bitching about this program before, it is a "Multimedia" application, incorporating visuals, sounds, etc. to create movies and animations.

I have tried to work on this program three times over the last two weeks, but have failed miserably each time. I was about to give up and turn in a failed experiment with my project (which might have been ok, I don't know.) One of my students, however, is very good at Flash and offered to give me a quick walk-through. With him on one computer and me on the next, he showed me some of the basics. I would watch, then do. In about 4 minutes, he got me up to speed. There is still tons of stuff that I don't know about the program, but I managed to put together a little animation of my name, complete with flying balls, melting boxes and "X Marks the Spot." It is a neat program. I struggle with it, as I have a hard time visualizing things that are yet to be.

My 8th period class starts a Flash project in a couple of days. They are to animate a story, complete with a moral, using Flash. I need more study.