Back in 2003 I was involved in a government project, The National Grid for Learning-Cymru. Our brief was to improve the use of I.T. in schools right across Wales. One of our main activities was to create a fantastic online learning repository, creating websites that were interactive and worked well on an interactive whiteboard. To that end, it felt as though every Monday morning, we were asked to leave our brains on the table whist our bosses sucked out all of our ideas. Seriously though, we actually created some quality material.
Sadly, most pages were created using a technology called Flash. Back in 2003, Flash was indeed the bees knees. However, as the years have gone by, Flash has fallen out of fashion. It is to be taken off line at the end of the year and along with it, we will lose so much of the N.G.F.L.-Cymru material.
During lockdown, I’ve been trying to ‘hoover up’ some of my best websites/ I’ve tried to re-present them for posterity in a non-Flash form. I’ll be honest, they aren’t a patch on the Flash versions but at least I have something to keep the memory alive.
One of my best efforts was Frankenstein’s Model Theatre. This was a modern take on the old Victorian toy. Using it, you could create a play involving four moveable characters complete with special effects and sound effects.
I’ve created a non-Flash version of the theatre here.
http://www.tattyjacket.co.uk/Theatre/theatre.html
Question is, does anybody know whether there will be a method to keep these old Flash sites alive after November?