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Episode 186 – Impressive – most impressive

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Tony and Patrick are back at it again for the last episode before our winter breaks. Check out all the goodness below and if you’re worthy enough. You will learn the true power of streaming (that’s a bad Star Wars joke) 🙂

As always you can find us on Apple Music or your favorite podcasting app.

  1. Happy holidays
    1. Tony’s advice – Unplug from the media/social networks
    2. Read eBooks on your smartphone
  2. Covid updates
    1. Back to SCHOOL in Indy!
  3. Adios Adobe Flash by Patrick Cauley
    1. https://itbabble.com/2020/12/07/adios-adobe-flash/
    2. Patrick’s trip into Flash gaming 
  4. Apple’s new MacBooks with the M1
    1. Why shouldn’t schools go this route?
    2. Apple has better updates
  5. Streaming to the next level!
    1. Klips

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Adios Adobe Flash

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It was announced back in July of 2017. Adobe and all the tech giants all agreed to end Flash by the end of 2020. Guess what? We are at the end of 2020. I wrote about this earlier, but now it is truly the eleventh hour.

Apple has already killed off support for Flash back in September but that still leaves Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge and maybe a few other stragglers, but the short story is, if you use a website that uses Flash – you need to find an alternative right away.

Back in the day the BBC made a bunch of Flash based content. They have archived all of that but it is still accessible if you know where to dig. None of that stuff is going to work after this month. There are still some websites out there (I’m looking at you scholastic.com) that have had nearly three years to convert their content to HTML 5 and are just getting around to it now (if at all).

So what’s the work around?

That’s the bad news – there is no work around. There is not really a process that you can conveniently implement to use that content. It’s just going to be inaccessible.

So plan ahead, find alternatives or make sure that the webmasters have updated it for 2020 and beyond and move on.

How long do I have?

Not long. While I can’t seem to find a specific date, I believe that December 20, 2020 is the date for Chrome users. As for the others, they will stop supporting it by the end of the year for sure. It will not matter what device you have, a Windows computer, an Apple computer, a mobile device, I don’t think there will be much you can do.

I wouldn’t hold my breath for a reprieve for Adobe Flash. Like I wrote earlier, this has been a long time coming and while it was certainly very important for the development of the Internet, it’s time has come.

Word of warning

One thing to keep an eye out for are dubious websites that ask for Adobe Flash access after this date. These websites should just be closed and not trusted. I can see a scam forming where they will take you to another website and try phishing important information from you.

Be cautious out there good reader!

Episode 168

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We are back! Welcome to the 2019-2020 school year! Today we (Tony and Patrick) talk about a few items, but most noticeably is a kick ass t-shirt printer that is waaay too expensive for either of our schools! Check out the talking points below, subscribe to us on iTunes or your favorite podcasting app or listen below!

  1. Back to School!
    1. Goals for the year
  2. A Positive Start Matters by Tony Departo
    1. https://itbabble.com/2019/08/05/a-positive-start-matters/
  3. PSA
    1. PSA Flash is dying by Patrick Cauley
    2. https://itbabble.com/2019/08/10/psa-flash-is-dying/
    3. https://www.blog.google/products/chrome/saying-goodbye-flash-chrome/
    4. Microsoft Office will die in 2025
    5. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4506814/products-ending-support-in-2025
  4. Brother T-Shirt Printer – The GTX
    1. http://dtgprinters.brother.com/GTX_PPC?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=t%20shirt%20printer&utm_campaign=&utm_content=&gclid=CjwKCAjwqNnqBRATEiwAkHm2BJ7odQR68hdrgsyAe1mJed7YI156m8GDv-Luf0Ttz1pmhhmkuQ6exxoCW8AQAvD_BwE 

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PSA – Flash is dying

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Folks, this is not new news. In fact it was fist reported back in 2017, but you will start hearing more about soon. Adobe Flash Player is finally dying. All major browsers will be phasing it out and it will most likely stop working all together sometime in 2020.

So what does this mean? Well if you (or another teacher) uses a site that requires Flash player that site will work for a little while. You may have to give it permission to use Flash player over and over again and by the end of 2020 it simply will not work.

There are a lot of BBC educational sites that were built using Flash. Here is a popular one that I have seen in a few schools.

BBC archived all these sites a while ago. This leads me to believe that they are not going to rebuild it for modern day standards meaning it will eventually cease to work 😦

So you have time. Start looking for other resources, reach out to your PLN, search the web, talk to your colleagues and find that replacement piece for your unit.

https://www.blog.google/products/chrome/saying-goodbye-flash-chrome/

Adobe Flash CS5 – Making a quiz game

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The Adobe Flash series continues. This time we are working with controlling the timeline by making a quick little quiz game. We need to utilize some Actionscript code snippets, some nesting of animations and just a basic understanding of how to set up the timeline so this works well. Here are the requirements I gave my students.

  • Must have a start screen (with animation)
  • Must have 3 multiple choice questions
  • Must have a screen for incorrect answers and for getting all the questions correct (both screens must have animation)
  • It should have a background and look pleasing to the eye

Hope this helps those Adobe Flash people out there!

Adobe Flash – Using a button as a hyperlink

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The Adobe Flash tutorials just keep on rolling! This one talks about how to create a button and make that button a hyperlink to another website. I also throw in a little (very little) motion tween and a little (very little again) ActionScript. It’s an easy one and I thought I’d share. I’ll be working on one about motion and shape tweens coming up in the next week or so.

Just a recap here are the tutorials for the bouncing ball

Tutorial #1              Tutorial #2            Tutorial #3

Adobe Flash – Make a bouncing ball part 2

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Still want a little Adobe Flash instruction? Well IT Babble is back for part two of making a ball bounce. Part one focused on simply how to make a ball bounce. Now we are going to take it to the next level and make it slightly more realistic.

This tutorial will show you how to add a ground and a shadow. If you have some problems leave a comment and we will get back to you. Be sure to stay tune for part three coming in a few more days where we add a face and animate it to add a little more spice. So watch the video and enjoy!

If you missed part 1 you can find it here.

You can find part 3 here.

Adobe Flash – Make a bouncing ball part 1

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Interested in learning a little Adobe Flash? Well here is your chance to learn. This is a very simple tutorial that will show you how to create a bouncing ball in the . There will be two more parts that will guide you to make a ground, shadow and another video that will let us create a face on the ball that is animated as well! Flash can be pretty intimidating if you’ve never used it before, but have no fear we hear at IT Babble will help get the ball rolling. Get it? The tutorial is about a ball and I used the word . . . OK I’ll stop. Take a gander at the tutorial and stay tuned for the other two parts coming next week!

Find Part 2 here.

Find Part 3 here.