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For my project, I am adapting the ice melting app. I incorporated an intro animation, side graphics, an extension on the math by changing the water level relative to the Leaning Tower of Pisa in the background, and changing the programming to allow my side graphics and intro to function. This app will teach people a real-life application of unit conversion. If reteaching this application, it would provide a great example of art and the programming behind it, along with showing how math can be used when making and using such applications. It would be enjoyable because most of it is up to your creative imagination. It will surely turn out with the appearance of art that draws people in, but the complexity behind it that keeps people using the application. |
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Math My application deals with unit conversion and units of measure in general. If asked, I would say that units of measure are ways to measure and label your measurements so they can be read, understood, and recreated. Then, with those units, you sometimes need to convert them to other units so they can be understood in a different context. With this knowledge of math, you can understand how to measure in the world, a skill that is used daily by almost every profession. Here is an example of unit conversion: 24 hours/ x 60 min/ x 60 sec/ = 86400 seconds 1 1 hour 1 min This application should help people grasp the concept of units. |
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Art: In my app, I had an extensive art portion. With the app beginning with an intro animation that depicts the iceberg starting to melt, the whole thing will be created with Flash. It covered pretty much all the techniques that we learned in our various lessons and much more. I side graphics like fish swimming whenever the water rises. Now that it is complete, it is very different from the original. In real-world terms, this app is based on Global Warming. It shows the scientific problem of the polar ice caps melting and flooding the earth. The art will draw people into the application so they can enjoy it. |
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Programming The program I am developing behind my application brings all of my other developments to life. It allows the user to interact with the application and dictate the amount of water that rises. Also, the program allows me to navigate my way through my animations so that the user can understand what I am trying to depict because things are in the right order. The code proved the most extrensive part of my application because one small slip up in the code made my entire application freak out. I need this specific code to switch between scenes in my intro animation. MovieClip(root).gotoAndPlay(2); this next code allows the program to recalculate the height of the ice based on the inputed text by the user. function recalculateHeight(evt:MouseEvent) : void { var percent:int = int(txtPercentMelted.text); Programming is the most vital part of any application, because without it, your art wont move and your math cannot be experienced by the user. |
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