FlashICT.net

This is something I’ve had ‘nearly completed’ for ages, but I feel confident enough to allow others to use it now. With the copious number of history game topics that I’ve got on the SchoolHistory.co.uk website, together with the topics that other history teachers are developing using my ContentGenerator.net programs, I found that it was too tricky for students to find the games they were looking for.

I thus developed a Flash-based menu system that would allow users to search and sort the various games until they found what they were looking for….

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This brilliant promotional cartoon has been well publicised around all the famous Flash blogs, although it was initially broken up into six parts. The creators, Nectarine, have now posted the full version on their website. It is well worth a visit - a great way to show off the new features of Flash 8 in a funny and interesting way.

http://www.nectarine.com.au/virtualstudios/flash8/

Watch carefully for all the hidden ….

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I released the second beta version of the Fling the Teacher generator (version 0.8) two weeks ago. At the time of typing, there have been 376 downloads - which is really pleasing to see. Feedback has been very positive too. The Fling the Teacher generator is a free program, available for anyone to download once they have registered on the ContentGenerator.net forums.

This article goes onto explain how the Fling the Teacher game has developed, how I produced an vastly overly-complicated solution for the Fling the Teacher generator and how I’m now finally approaching a usable, finished program for all to use.

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With the new Flash 8, I’ve been experimenting with the new ’save and load’ features. With all my Flash activities, one massive area that has been lacking has been the ability to save and load data. Flash is fantastic for building an interesting and eye-catching environment, ideal as it allows you to setup the screen exactly as you want - specific to students’ needs.

See all the new features in Flash 8 on the Macromedia website

However, unless the task can be easily completed in one lesson, the limitations of Flash are clear to see. Or rather, were clear to see.

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I’ve obviously not set this site up to be some example of fabulous design. I wanted a bold red design, but aside from that I wasn’t too bothered. I’ve developed this current look using the brilliant Blix theme by Sebastian Schmieg. I hope he doesn’t mind his marvellous work being […]

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This website is going to be a place where I can explain and experiment about my uses of Macromedia Flash in ICT.
It isn’t meant to suggest that my use of ICT is in any ways ‘Flash’ nor it is to suggest that I know what I’m doing.
In fact, that is probably the most exciting thing […]

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