FLASH: RE: John Croteau Book

[J. Robinson]

Hey thanks for the url -- great list.  Much appreciated.  You've piqued my

interest on John's use of ID. Thanks for the input.  - Judy


>I haven't seen John's book yet, but I think nearly everybody here will step

>up and say that if 1/2 of what John contributes here and on his sites is in

>the book, it is well worth the money!  Also, while it may seem that the

>concept of employing solid instructional design principles and effective

>curriculum is foreign to the Macromedia Flash manual authors ;-), it is not

>to John.  From what I know of Mr. Croteau, he is particularly attentive to

>curriculum and offering "real-world" value through his examples- not just

>another book that says "this button does this, that button does that, here,

>make the cute little yellow birdie fly".

>

>There are no less than 8 books published or soon-to-be published right now:

>http://www.copfer.com/neodir/flkit.htm#BookResources

>

>-Joe

>

>> -----Original Message-----

>> From: David Doggett

>...

>> Yeah, The Flash 4 manual is o.k. for beginners but there is Jack out there

>> for advanced users other than downloading .fla's and disecting them...

>>

>> Can someone comment on the level of these new Flash 4 books or

>> are they just

>> someone trying to make money of re-wording the Flash 4 manual and adding a

>> couple of their own examples in it?

>> -


J. Robinson

Center for Instructional Technology and Training

University of Florida

kayakerufl [dot] edu

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