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Creating a formal lesson with step-by-step
instructions, vocabulary for technical terms, study materials to
reinforce learning, examples, and teacher notes certainly put me
on firmer ground with delivering instruction in Tech Aps courses.
Using top-down design for this lesson worked well.
Indicators: I, II, III, IV, V,
7.4, 7.19, 7.20,
8.1, 8.2, 8.4, 8.6, 8.7, 8.8,
8.9, 8.10, 8.11, 8.13, 8.14, 8.15,
8.19, 8.20, 8.21, 8.22, 8.24,
8.26, 8.27, 8.28,
8.29, 8.30, 8.31,
8.32, 8.33, 8.34, 8.35,
8.36, 8.38, 8.39, 8.40, 8.42,
8.43, 8.45, 8.46, 8.47,
9.6, 9.8, 9.9, 9.10, 9.13, 9.16,
9.20, 9.22, 9.24, 9.30,
9.32, 9.39, 9.40, 9.42, 10.15,
10.28, 10.30, 11.9, 11.11, 11.12,
11.16, 11.17, 11.18, 11.19, 11.20, 11.23, 11.24,
11.25, 11.26, 11.27, 11.28, 11.30, 11.35, 11.39
Artifact
#8
Descriptors: Animation, delivering
instruction, reading technical documentation, writing technical
documentation, modeling ethical practices
Title: The
Ladybug's Journey, A HowTo for Flash MX Motion Tweening
Course: TATC 101 Digital Graphics
and Animation
Date Created: November, 2002
Source: Studied Macromedia Dreamweaver
MX Help Files, ladybug and tulip weaves from web sites
Media: Macromedia Flash MX, Dreamweaver
MX, Photoshop Elements
Description: As part of a lesson
to present to a class, we were to provide step-by-step instructions
for a digital graphics project with supporting teaching materials.
All of the components of the lesson were to be linked in a web page
designed to present them.
The step-by-steps instructions can appear
as:
- outlined steps,
- web tutorials, or
- any other form you desire
You may link us to sites for tutorials
instead of creating these steps yourself.
Contents of the web site:
- The Home Page for Your Site, with
access to supporting graphic files
- Vocabulary
- Sample of Finish Product for the
lesson
- Lecture Notes/Handouts
- Step-by-Step Instructions
- A Credits Page should show links
to helpful sites and sites where you obtained your information
- All pages clearly Linked to Each
other
- Vocabulary and Lecture Notes/Handouts
Documents provided as a downloadable, universally assessable format
Rationale: Early in the TATC
course, there was so much new to me that I struggled! I was learning
to create animation in Flash MX as I worked on this assignment.
Every time I thought I had it down, I would walk through the steps
again and something else would go wrong. There are so many choices
of places to click with your mouse at any given moment, and a wrong
choice can be treacherous! I would try creating the tweens again
and rework the instructions. It certainly made me aware of the level
of detail needed to accomplish an involved assignment with new,
complex software. I gained a lot of facility as I worked with this
project, and when the time came to use Flash in the classroom, I
had a decent foundation.
Implications for future: In
my classroom, I would be careful to introduce my students to such
complex software with a less threatening assignment. I would introduce
them to animation with a much shorter sequence of tweens. I have
been introduced to software this year that makes snagging a view
of all or part of the contents of a computer screen quick and easy.
I will include images of the screen in my handouts and web lessons
when it is helpful.
Reviewer's Comments: I just love
your ladybug. That was a great animation! I bet the students would
get very creative with this ladybug. :-) Your instructions are so
indepth! How did you have the time to outline all of that?! WOW!
Thank you for the hard work! We are all going to benefit.
Reviewer's Name: Diana Saenz
Title: TATC Colleague
Date Reviewed: November 7, 2002
Reviewer's Comments: This is
a great lesson. I think I will use it with my kids. I like your
step-by-step instructions!
Reviewer's Name: Mary-Dawn Hudspeth
Title: TATC Colleague
Date Reviewed: November 8, 2002
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