Flash Drawing Application

Wish I could draw like this!! Odosketch provides a great way to learn how.

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Flash Game Based on the World Cup

The World Cup Game can be used to "test anything at all, from Maths and Science to French and Latin". The idea of the game is that you try to win the World Cup, as any of the 32 nations, by answering a set of questions.

You can use the existing sets of questions or create your own new set. Currently, there are over 60 question sets to choose from.

Recommended sets include: Spanish Verbs,  Multiplication Tables,  Tricky Spellings,  GCSE Maths, French Vocabulary (basic or advanced) and US State Capitals.

To use any of the other question sets just add the filename to the end of the following URL: "http://www.caniplaythisathome.com/play.htm?questions="

This is a wonderful example of increasing motivation by linking a current topical event to what might otherwise be normal mundane testing! The creator, Greg Pallis, had a great response from his students reporting "my students really enjoyed it when I used it with them, and made great use of it at home" and he is thrilled to be able to share the game with everyone.

You can also sign up for Greg's newsletter if you want to hear about any new games being released.

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Create Complex Interactive Flash Widgets

Produle lets you create highly customized flash widgets without having to know any coding. Simply use the full featured WYSIWYG editor, asset manager, dozens of web components and live data services. With Produle, it is very easy to add all sorts of multimedia content such as videos, images, text, slideshows and maps. You can, also, incorporate some interesting transitions and visual effects to make your widget stand out. It is also possible to build functioning sign-up forms and menus using Produle and once created it is easy to share your widget across different social media. This K12Online Conference 2009 widget inlcudes a countdown timer, menu bar and embedded videos. All done through drag and drop!!! Love it :-)

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Create Interactive Flash Maps

UMapper is a web-based map authoring application. UMapper allows you to create interactive flash maps, which you can display on your website or social network page.

Select your base map from the following map providers: microsoft virtual earth, google, openstreetmap or yahoo. Zoom in to your preferred level and add markers, lines and polygons.

UMapper also lets you import feeds and external data. Great for geography, tourism, maths, history classes etc!

Have a look at this one on the 30 Greatest Battles of WW II

Update: Embedded UMapper example working perfectly now!!

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Technorati Tags: maps, umapper

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Need to Know the Current Time?

If you ever need to know the current time, GMT that is, (also known as UTC) then just have a look at the NIST clock.

This public service is provided by the Time and Frequency Division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). It uses the national time scale UTC(NIST) as its time reference.

The NIST Clock is intended as a time-of-day service only and should not be used to measure frequency or time interval.

Interestingly, you can also download software from NIST to use the Internet to automatically set your computer clock to the correct time using the Internet Time Service.

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Technorati Tags: gmt, internet time

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Create Flash Content Online

The Effect Generator is a site where you can you can author and publish Flash content.

In the Effect Generator, you can add text, images (upload or URL), shapes and videos. All added content can be resized.

The Effect Genrerator includes a library of transitions and animations, which can be applied to any of the added objects. You can create a single screen or a complete slideshow comprising of multiple screens.

The Effect Generator also comes with a range of templates that can be easily edited such as various different slideshows that can be configured individually with images uploaded from your own computer.

This is a great little flash content creator, which I discovered thanks to Joe Dale. If you missed the action in this example just refresh the page!

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Technorati Tags: effect generator, flash

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EduGames Galore!

Zaid has recently composed another great list of resources with his 75 free EduGames.

Zaid's post is about "exploring and discovering free educational games that could be useful to embed within or across courses (and programs) to spark more engagement, challenge, mystery, exploration, collaboration, problem-solving, decision making, imagination, fun and thinking into the learning process".

If you haven't done so then I would advise you to check it out now!!!

I haven't used all of them yet but I really like the ClassTools.net site. This one alone will keep you busy for ages. Also, the jQuizShow is a must if you like 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire'.

Zaid also promises to keep adding new Edugames to his Games Galore del.icio.us site. Definitely one to bookmark :-)

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Technorati Tags: edugames, educational games, flash

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ICT Flash Games Database

ReviseICT.co.uk is a great place to visit for ICT flash based games. Although aimed at second level students, they are also useful for beginners learning ICT.

ReviseICT.co.uk includes such games as 'penalty shootout', 'walk the plank', 'beat the bomb', 'hoop shoot' and 'fling the teacher'!

In the 'penalty shootout', when you answer the question correctly, you get a chance to beat the goalkeeper. This provides great motivation to get the question right.

Also, you don't automatically beat the keeper - so this part is a bit of a challenge in itself :-)

Great for competitive types and sports enthusiasts. Some of the games also allow for two player participation.

Each of the revision topics in ReviseICT.co.uk has a collection of "notes, podcasts, mind-maps, games, quizzes and suggested links". As well as this, separate ICT related tutorials are also provided.

All of the flash games are produced using ContentGenerator, which even provides some of the games for free so that you can create your very own!

A great find and just in time for exam revision coming up!! Thanks David.

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Technorati Tags: content generator, flash games, reviseict

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Neat Image Viewing Application

SimpleViewer is a lovely, flash based, image viewing application. SimpleViewer has a customizable interface where the text color, frame color and width plus navigation position can all be changed.

SimpleViewer also boasts an interface that scales to fit the browser window. Beware though, SimpleViewer is designed for showing, at most, around 50 images per gallery. Anything more than this will be too slow and the program may freeze!

Flash7 or higher is also required.

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Technorati Tags: flash, graphics, simpleviewer

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Online Goodies(9) - Spresent

Spresent provides an alternative to OpenOffice Impress. You can create and edit flash presentations online. Being flash based, the presentations can be easily added to websites and blogs. They can also be sent to an e-mail address for downloading and viewing in a browser.

Flickr photos, YouTube videos and podcasts can all be easily added to enhance the presentation.

Have a look at the cool features presentation created using Spresent. For a series of video tutorials on using Spresent, check out skypepodcast and RobinGood on YouTube.

Here is one showing you how to create an eCard and send it to an e-mail address:

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Technorati Tags: blog, ecard, flash, flickr, openoffice, podcast, Spresent

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Creating software tutorials

Use Wink to create tutorials on how to use software packages. With Wink you can capture screenshots, add explanations boxes, buttons and titles. Audio (voice or music) can also be added as you create the tutorial.

The resulting file can be saved in several different formats including Macromedia Flash (for the web), Standalone EXE (distrubition via CD-ROM), PDF (user manuals), PostScript, HTML or image formats such as JPG, GIF, PNG.

Have a look at this completed example to see how Wink works. Links to further examples can also be found on Wink's showcase page, which is a collection of good examples of tutorials created with Wink. Finally, if you need any more ideas, check out the examples at Instructional Endeavors.

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Technorati Tags: audio, flash, screenshot, wink software

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Standalone FLV Player

I recently downloaded an interesting FLV flash file only to discover that it would not run on any of my existing media players. A quick search of the Internet unearthed the standalone FLVPlayer which has proved to be just right for the job. It is extremely easy to use as you simply drag and drop the file into the player once it is running.

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Technorati Tags: flash, flvplayer

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