To quote our author, "Macromedia Flash is a program that allows you to create compelling interactive experiences, primarily by using animation."  Many people use Flash to develop web sites, but we'll use it for much more than that.

 TX- Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)

  Subject / Chapter 126: Technology Applications

  Subchapter C: High School

  Grade 126.25: Digital Graphics/Animation (One Credit)

  Standard 1: Foundations. The student demonstrates knowledge and appropriate use of hardware components, software programs, and their connections.

 Student Expectation E: use the vocabulary as it relates to digital graphics and animation software

 Student Expectation I: distinguish between and use the components of animation software programs including cast, score, stage, and the animation control panel

 Student Expectation K: distinguish and use the different animation techniques of path and cell animation

  Standard 3: Foundations. The student complies with the laws and examines the issues regarding the use of technology in society.

 Student Expectation B: model respect of intellectual property when manipulating, morphing, and editing graphics, video, text, and sound

  Standard 5: Information acquisition. The student acquires electronic information in a variety of formats, with appropriate supervision.

 Student Expectation A: use the Internet and retrieve information in electronic formats including text, audio, video, and graphics, citing the source

 Student Expectation B: demonstrate the appropriate use of digital imaging, video integration, and sound in documents