Flash 4 is being increasingly used in both Primary and Secondary Schools
across the UK and in many parts of the world
Below are expressed the views of leading educationalists, teachers and the pupils themselves.
What is impressive is that they all agree that it gives children something that is both a challenge and something worth striving for. It is claimed that it promotes 'high level thinking' and creativity.
If you are interested have a look at :
A Christmas project just completed with eight schools sending each other Flash greetings. Reactions from their teachers amd plans for future work with Flash 4
Online Tuition in using Flash templates
Some really creative work done by 9-10 year olds as they learn about the Solar system
To keep in touch with Teachers as theyuse Flash in different ways come to our Blog
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"I'm excited about the way this software gives children real control over their computers and lets them make things rather than consume things" |
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Prof
Stephen Heppell
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Chair
of the ICT working party - DfEE
Standards' Taskforce
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It was good to see these children saying "we struggle" yet being prepared to struggle until they had really achieved something. We've been doing too much bubble-gum work maybe, with ICT up to now, and it's time to up the challenge and up the creative stakes. - The best software I've seen for ten years. John Davitt, Freelance Thinker |
Towards the end of the project, children were working much better in groups and were able to sort out little problems much better, When they saw
their work on the Internet, they were amazed at what they had done |
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The potential
is enormous, but I think you could benefit from a couple of assistants
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A lot of the
skills that they're using are the same kind of skills they're using in
maths and science where you're having the same kind of problems really.
Steve Bowsher, ICT Coordinator, Grove Primary |
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I did enjoy it but bits were quite quite hard when you had all that keyframe stuff. Year 5, Glade Primary |
They have come closer and help each other more. They work together in a really cooperative way - much better than they had in the past . It's broadened their outlook. John Clarkson, Glade Primary |
It wasn't that hard - it was quite easy but then again, some of it was a little bit too complicated. Year 5, Glade Primary |
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How many found it hard, but at the same time enjoyed the project? Year 5, Glade Primary |
Is it easy to use? -Yes and it's fun as well! Year 4, Newbury Park Primary |
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 How did you do that? First I went to keyframe and put a few dots . . Year 4, Newbury Park Primary |
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 Year 4, Newbury Park Primary |
 Where did this email come from? A long way away - probably near the Antarctic. Year 4, Newbury Park Primary |
 I accidentally got it turned around and all funny, so I kept pressing the undo button until I got it back to its normal shape. Year 4, Newbury Park Primary |
 How old do you think that you have to be before you can use Flash? I think you could be six. I think eight. - Well seven eight then. Year 4, Newbury Park Primary |
 We've got a background with a Kenyan person and a fire in the front Year 4, Newbury Park Primary |
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Watching and
drawing the fire outside.
Year 4, Newbury Park Primary |
The Flames
Year 4, Newbury Park Primary |
Concentrating
on drawing the flames
Year 4, Newbury Park Primary |
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Creating
Flames in Flash
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How do you
. . . . ? You put that to that.
Year 4, Newbury Park Primary |
Lots of cooperation
going on
Year 4, Newbury Park Primary |
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How do you
get this bit to go round?
Year 4, Newbury Park Primary |
Working things out together Year 4, Newbury Park Primary |
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 Is it easy? Quite easy, we do struggle a lot though. It's not worth the struggle - well it's worth it when it's all finished but when we're not finished, I don't think it is. Year 4, Newbury Park Primary |
 How old do you think that you have to be to use Flash properly? Five or six! Year 4, Newbury Park Primary |
 Is it easy for children to use? Well year 6 - its a bit easy for them but for us it's a bit difficult because not many children have computers. Year 4, Newbury Park Primary |
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