OK, here are some samples of my Flash work. A good amount of these were made as teaching aides for e-learning applications. Teachers tend to use their hands and chalkboards so I got to do the equivalent in Flash. Challenging and fun.

Just click the screen cap or link and the SWF will pop into a new screen. Some of these are very large, and though they were designed to run on a 56K modem, I've made some changes that may make them buffer on slower connections.

First off is a biggie. Click the thumbnail and Penelope Bunny will pop up and teach you math. This was designed to be a self contained lesson. This SWF sends info out including user, attempts, number correct and time spent. Well, this one doesn't because I don't have it sitting in an ASP page, but you get the idea. You can see more like this at ChildU.com.

Penny the Math Bunny

So, if you had fun with Pene you're going to love Time Heroes. I Promise. Plus it will help you learn how to use analog clocks. Remember those? Both of these SWFs were designed for grades K-2 at AIT for The Learning Odyssey which is now at ChildU.com.

Flash chalkboard

But it's time we grew up. The chalkboard was designed for 4th graders. It's also at ChildU.com. Teachers really like to use visual aides for elementary kids. A chalkboard was called for in math. Here it is. Each character is a movie symbol. To make a new board all you need to do is swap symbols. We started with the basics but when the educators got a hold of it we got to add things like the alphabet. Yeah us.

OK, time for a break. How about a nice business introduction. Or two. These were done to give background to a case study that's used in the Finance and Accounting course at keplearn.com. These SWFs were actually done to replace Quicktime movies. I extracted the images and sound and ended up saving about 6 megs per intro. I'm sure those of you on 56k will appreciate that!

Follow a lemon from field to Lemonade stand!

OK, back to elementary school. The lemon's a 4th grade economics lesson. When the window pops just click the lemon to see how a lemon makes it from the farm to your lemonade stand. While we're doing economics, let's talk about assets. This SWF was created for Wisdomtools as a proof of concept of their ability to integrate Flash into their "Scenarios". Now let's get a little deeper into finance. I built the entire chapter this SWF is in and I still fall asleep when acounting-speak is in the room. Figures.

Object in motion flash movie
How about a fun one? I was in a quirky mood and had recently watched History of the World when I had to demonstrate Newton's Law. Can you spot the Monty Python influences? Here's another one.

Let's shift gears and visit some Norse myths. Click the blue words to hear a pronunciation. When you're doing history in the US that isn't central European you spend a lot of time teaching pronunciation.

Now take this challenge and see if you've learned anything about finance. Then, if you need help filling out a form on a monster-like site do I have something for you.