PE6_Flash

Learning Flash has definitely been a challenge. The first part of the Flash tutorials have been just learning the tools and what they do in Flash. Now it is starting to get a little more interesting because we are moving into the animation portion. I took lots of notes, now I just hope I can remember where the information is in the notes when I need it. It is extremely time consuming because I repeat the tutorials sometimes several times before I "get it".
I had hoped to begin making objects to show and make move, but it is really more difficult than it sounds.
I wonder what it is we will have to do with Flash in our EMDT class.
Hopefully, in my last post I can show SOMETHING I can be proud that I created.


 

BP10_Link to Erica Adkin's blog

Clink here to follow my post on Erica Adkin's Blogspot. She discovered an awesome useful tool.

BP9_Link to Matthew Park's blog

Click here to see my blog post on Matthew's post.

PE5_Adobe Flash

Progress is slow especially because I watch some training videos several times so I can work with the trainer and they really move fast. (Or I am really slow) Hopefully, next week I can show some work I have created with this software. Thus far, I have just copied the trainer.

PE4_Flash

The training I wanted to check out and learn is Adobe Flash. It has really been challenging but interesting. Huge learning curve here.

I know I have come a long way since I have started although you wouldn't know it by looking at my progress on this screenshot. The entire concept is so foreign to me that it is time intensive. Since we will be using it later in this course, I thought I had better get moving to learn it.

BP11_www.quizzegg.com

BP8_2.0 tools

Egg Quizz is a fantastic tool for the busy classroom teacher. 

With this tool, online quizzes can be created with very little effort and there are choices of various question types including  multiple choice, multiple response, fill in the blank, true/false, word list, essay, matching, and ordering.

It is important to have the first question ask the student their name so their answers can be identified.
All of the information goes into the spreadsheet which is accessible to the quiz creator. Also included in the spreadsheet is information such as how long it took the student to complete the quiz and it gives the final grade  percentage.
I love this application!
I used it to create an entire end of week reading quiz for my class. Of course it is important to test the quiz to be sure it works correctly, and it is a good thing I did. The first time through, I made a couple of mistakes such as not creating the class correctly so they could access it, and I chose to randomize the order of questions so they would be mixed for each student to minimize the chances of cheating. Unfortunately, when I randomized, I didn't realize that even the questions which went with a separate short story would be pushed to another group of questions. Ultimately, after working out the bugs, the test was a success and saved me time from grading papers.
When first checking out the site, it said there was a $50. charge for unlimited quizzes for a year. After creating my first quiz, the "special introductory price" if ordered within 5 days of my first quiz, dropped to $30. for a year.

 To me, and several teachers I know, $30 is well worth the price to create online quizzes which do the grading for us. I know that Google Docs also can create online quizzes, but you must create the formula to have it grade the quiz. I have tried both, and definitely prefer www.eggquizz.com