As is my usual, I jump into Flash, wrestle with what I am trying to create, look for tutorials on the net, and then try to come up with a working model of what I am trying to achieve. Normal learning process?--It is for me.
It is pretty easy to find tutorials and forums that discuss just about any idea a person wants to recreate in their own Flash programming. The Globaloria wiki has numerous tutorials and even links to other tutorials. I have also gone beyond these to some that have been helpful to me on-line ( Edutechwiki or Flash for Dummies Tutorials). Sad thing is, students may not have access to all these options due to the security issues under WVDE.
To add to the numerous options of "help" available, I have to also include "smart alec kids". Case in point: I have been working on Team: Reality Check's game the past few days and I recently got stuck on a very simple issue. (Simple for some but not for me at the time.) My son came up behind me and was watching what I was doing. He asked what I was trying to do, so I explained. (I am not gonna rat myself out because I CANNOT believe I had forgotten this very important design requirement in Flash!) He nicely (brat!) told me what I had forgotten to do...ending my 2-hour stand-still. Gotta laugh!--Now you know why I want to drag him back into Globaloria this year...LOL!
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