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Flash
What is it? 
Flash refers to Adobe Flash Player and to the Adobe Flash multimedia authoring program. Adobe Flash Player is a multimedia and application player for use with web browsers. The Adobe Flash Player provides a uniform basis for authors to create animation and sound streamlined for use on the web. Adobe Flash Player technology is a popular medium for adding interactivity to websites.
The Adobe Flash multimedia authoring program is the authoring tool used to develop these Flash movies. It includes support for vector and raster graphics, a scripting language called Actionscript and bi-directional streaming of audio and video.Flash
What are the educational uses and benefits?
Educational Uses of Adobe Flash Player
- Flash Player can be used to view presentations, participate in activities, and play educational games in distance education and in face to face classes.
Education Uses of Adobe Flash (multimedia authoring program)
Educational Gaming:
- Educational Gaming: Can create educational games to present content and use the appeal of gaming in teaching.
Participation:
- Interaction with Content: Can create interactive presentations in which students can learn through participation.
Presentation:
- Flash provides a more dynamic medium in which to convey information than programs such as PowerPoint.
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Can I see an example?
View an example of a simple flash animation that shows a concept mapping exercise.
View an example of various CITT projects that used flash compnents.
- PKU: A flash animation in which children with Phenylketonuria interact with Poe and Parker to learn about nutritional management.
- Feast or Famine: Using interactive gaming technology built within Flash, students apply their knowledge to successfully provide the food needs of a biome.
- HLN: This flash menu was designed for a learning object created by the Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.
- SimBasin: Students experiment in a flash based simulated river basin to assess land use and how it affects flooding.
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How do I get started?
Flash is product offered by Adobe. The following tutorials and articles offer assistance on getting started with Flash:
- CartoonSmart: Free Flash Tutorials
- Entheos Flash Tutorials and Resources: Free tutorials on Flash MX and 8.0
- Flash Perfection: Free Flash Tutorials.
- Free Programming resources: A listing of free Flash tutorials.
- Photoshop Support: Adobe Flash Resource Center
- Webwasp: Free Flash Tutorials
The free flash player is also an Adobe product and is available at the Adobe Flash Player Download Center.
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Where can I learn more?
- Adobe Flash Player: Adobe Flash Player is a free standalone program that runs SWF files.
- CartoonSmart: Free Flash Tutorials
- Educational Uses of Flash: A site that provides information, resources, and tools, to get you started with streaming media and Flash.
- Entheos Flash Tutorials and Resources: Free tutorials on Flash MX and 8.0
- Flash Examples: An example of Flash games teaching Geography.
- Flash Examples: An example of Flash interactive virtual experiments teaching Science.
- Free Programming resources: A listing of free Flash tutorials.
- Photoshop Support: Adobe Flash Resource Center
- Webwasp: Free Flash Tutorials
- Wikipedia - Flash: Detailed definition and examples of Flash.
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