Scratch and Flash

i really enjoyed both tutorials over these applications. i had been frustrated with flash since we first started using it. i'm still having trouble with code and how it works. it's as if you're learning new languages and layers of language. to be honest, i've learned the most about flash from one of my sixth grade students whom i've previously written about. he suggested a site (gotoandlearn.com) that has really helped me work through some of the details of flash. perhaps, everyone should have a sixth grader put technology in their terms? maybe we'd (as mostly novices) learn more and in a new way?

i just began trolling around Scratch. the video on FSO was very informative, but the application has highly experiential components. it was great to hear ron smith discuss how he used it in his classroom. i plan to do something similar with my students. the only difference will be that i will give some parameters for the assignment since i am dealing with 6th graders.

both programs require much creativity and thinking "outside the box." it feels like you can almost do anything visually that you want. i think that is what makes both applications the most enticing of the ones that i've gotten to work with since starting at Full Sail. i just wish i had more time to devote to it. hmm...maybe a summer vacation project and then some...