[vet-mm] Imac /flash problem

claire claire at warrandytehigh.vic.edu.au
Fri Jun 2 13:02:18 EST 2006 

Welcome Paul.
PixelED is the VET MM teacher's Association. 
We had our AGM last night. 
We are very keen to hear what sort s of PD and resources teachers would like - maybe a good thread for this list??
Meetings are once a month, held in Swan St Richmond and notice/ minutes are generally posted to the list. 
The PixelED website is a bit static at the moment but will be updated soon. Have a look
http://pixeled.org.au/
Download a membership form and watch out for notice of PD's.

Another good resource is Binary Blue
http://www.binaryblue.com.au/products_teaching.htm

Claire Bloom :-)




> Paul Sijpkes <sijp at knox.vic.edu.au> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am so grateful that I finally got this mailing list unblocked, it's a
> bit like being lost on an ocean for 18 weeks and then seeing a little
> point of land on the horizon.  Land Ho!
> 
> Some questions first...
> Is there a regular meeting for MM teachers or some sort of subject
> organisation exclusive to the subject?  I am the only Multimedia teacher
> at my school and as a full-time first year out teacher it has been
> challenging to say the least.  I find that VITTA does not have a great
> deal of info in regard to VET, are there other web sites or resources
> available that can be utilised in VET?
> 
> In regard to saving on the Network...
> What are you saving?  Where are you saving too?  What is the exact
> problem you are having?            
> 
> In regard to Flash...
> I have not heard of the flash problem you are having. The Flash plug-in
> only opens one file on the server and that is usually the SWF file which
> is standalone. Once it is loaded by the browser, there should be no
> further server activity.  Unless the student has networked the
> application using a socket server like SmartFoxServer or something there
> should be no other server activity.
> 
> Have you checked the student's ActionScript for any redundant or
> unnecessary code that may make the application run slower?        
> 
> About grades...
> It is good to get an insight into what others are doing grade wise.  I'm
> first year out and flying at the seat of my pants with year 11 and 12
> VET.  I've given no exam or grades for year 11 this semester, but I
> think I will next year.  The year 11 group may benefit from being
> graded.  I find that the Barnes books are a good guideline for the
> course but only as a guideline.  Any extra resources for the year 11
> course in particular would be very welcome!    
> 
> For my year 12s, I've done things backwards this year, teaching the
> Product 2 in first semester; purely because I have industry experience
> with Dreamweaver and had limited experience with Flash at the beginning
> of the year. Are there any other first years out there in the same boat?
> I would be keen to hear from your experiences.
>  
> Paul Sijpkes
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: vet-mm-bounces at edulists.com.au
> [mailto:vet-mm-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of claire
> Sent: Thursday, 1 June 2006 2:20 PM
> To: VET Multimedia Teachers' Mailing List
> Subject: Re: Re: [vet-mm] Imac /flash problem
> 
> Hi Katie,
> Can't help with the Mac problem. I have had a weird and very random
> problem saving work across the network - anyone else experienced this?
> 
> I don't give grades or exams in Cert 2. The kids don't seem
> disadvantaged as they do well at Cert 3.
> They are mostly all keen and don't seem to need a grade to motivate
> them, in fact, some of them find it quite liberating, knowing they are
> not facing an A or an E at the end!
> 
> Claire :-)
> 
> 
> 
> > Katie Pinder <kpinder at msj.melb.catholic.edu.au> wrote:
> > 
> > I  have recently had problems with the Flash running really slowly -
> 20
> > seconds to open a menu item. The tech tells me it's a known problem
> and
> > there's nothing he can do to fix it. something about hundreds of small
> > files opening from the server???? Have suggested the program is on the
> > local machine blah blah blah..... if there is anyone out there who
> uses
> > flash on macs too i would appreciate any feed back.  I will get a more
> > technical description asap.
> > 
> > Also. wondering if others give graded marks for yr. 11 VET multimedia
> or
> > just s/n????
> > 
> > Cheers
> > Katie
> > 
> > 
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