January Academy

Russell Chun’s crash course in Flash was packed.  Chun is an educational media developer and the author of the Flash Visual Quick Pro Guides and the official Flash Classroom-in-a-Book guide.

Click here for his website.  

Here are some of the examples Chun showed the class of Flash on the web:

Picturing the Inauguration:  The Readers’ Album (nytimes.com)

Inside 9/11 (nationalgeographic.com)

On Being (washingtonpost.com)

And here are some of the links Chun shared to help students to get started.

Tutorials:

Storytelling Sample Lesson

Introduction to Flash

Examples highlighting specific features:

• Using motion tweening to simulate pans and zooms
• Using buttons to navigate the timeline for a step-by-step infographic
• Using Flash to display complex data
• Using Flash for unique interfaces
• Combining interactivity and video

Get ready to start making your own.