FlashDance Technical Paper

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FlashDance Technical Paper

• Emily Foster
• Trinity College
• Advisor Dr. Madeline Spezialletti
• Emily.Foster_at_trincoll.edu

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FlashDance Technical Paper
Using Making Directions for Origami as an Example
in Teaching Programming

• Jeanine Meyer, Ph.D.
• Purchase College/SUNY
• jeanine.meyer_at_purchase.edu

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Relation

• FlashDance
• Flash for dance instruction
• Technical Paper
• Flash as instruction
• Origami example

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Origami Example

• Task Show the player how to fold the model
• Instruction control

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Origami Example

• Captain's Shirt

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Why Flash?

• Instructions where pictures and text not enough
• Animation
• Self-pacing
• Incorporates music and video
• Vector graphics, not bit-mapped graphics

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Why Flash?

• Instructions where pictures and text not enough
• Animation
• Self-pacing
• Incorporates music and video
• Vector graphics, not bit-mapped graphics
• Faster download
• Easier to manipulate

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How to Design

• Event driven programming
• ActionScript!
• Stepwise instruction
• Rollover speed option

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Implementation

• var nextstep smalltriangle"
• Assign objects

• goToAndPlay(nextstep)
• Play object

• stop()
• Stop until next event

• on (release) goToAndPlay(nextstep)
• Forward button

• on (release) goToAndPlay(1)
• Back to start button

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How the article helps

• Stepwise instruction with text
• Reiterating Flash advantages
• Not much else