Exemplary Flash Projects
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Exemplary Flash Projects
Tech Tip – Quick Thesaurus in Microsoft Word 2003
What is Macromedia Flash, and how can it be used to create engaging Web-based games and simulations? What are some examples of effective educational uses of Flash?
AIM Your Projects With Flash
Annette Lamb has created an outstanding list of “must see” educational Web sites incorporating Macromedia Flash. For evaluative criteria for Flash projects, as well as step-by-step directions for creating simple animations, see also Annette Lamb’s and Larry Johnson’s Flash Quick Start Workshop (PDF file).
Read-Write-Think Student Materials
The ReadWriteThink staff has created an excellent group of literacy activities and lessons incorporating Flash. The interactive Flash tools give students the opportunity to use technology while developing literacy skills.
Edheads – Simple Machines
K-6 science units on levers, pulleys, and inclined planes would be greatly enriched by these clever Flash animations created by Gail Wheatley and the Edheads project team.
Interactive Mathematics Projects
The University of Virginia’s Center for Technology and Teacher Education presents K-12 examples of using Flash to create tools for teaching probability, rational numbers, fractions, and more.
Tech Tip – Quick Thesaurus in Microsoft Word 2003
Do you often search for the perfect synonym, but don’t have a thesaurus at your desk? Word 2003 has a built-in thesaurus which makes it a snap to locate synonyms.
- Right-click on the word in your document for which you’d like some synonyms.
- In the menu which appears, select Synonyms. A list of suggested synonyms appears. If no synonyms appear, select Thesaurus. You will be taken to a thesaurus search window.
- In the thesaurus search window which appears on the right side of your screen, click on the green button with the white arrow to begin the synonym search. A list of suggested synonyms appears.
- To insert one of the synonyms, highlight the word to replace in your document, then right-click next to the desired synonym in the list, and select Insert. The new word now replaces the old.
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