[kepler-dev] Tutorials and Demos

[Deana D. Pennington]

Thanks Glen.  I'm in a meeting and traveling today, so won't get a chance to
look at these until Monday.  Deana

Quoting Glen Jarvis <glen at glenjarvis.com>:

> Deana,
>     Here are four small clips from a video that I had done on a  
> project very similar to Kepler. The original format was stored in high 
> 
> definition and exported to create a DVD. We also created streaming  
> Quicktime Web videos. I have roughly translated them to Media Player  
> and Flash in case you don't have Media player installed.
> 
>     I've done some background work and found a good Flash editing tool 
> 
> that will let me do the same type of editing I did for these, but in a 
> 
> very compact and efficient flash format. The flash file included below 
> 
> is rough at best because of the very "bloated" files I used as  
> originals. I can create much more streamlined Flash videos given  
> additional time.
> 
> 
> 
> 1 of 4: Front Matter:
> 
> QuickTime: http://glenjarvis.com/FrontMatter.mov (preferred)
> MediaPlayer: http://glenjarvis.com/FrontMatter.wmv
> 
>    This is the basic "front matter" from the video. Quite a bit is  
> lost in the web format including voice quality and the richness of the 
> 
> "cube" effects. Obviously a different, but similar approach could be  
> done for Flash.
> 
> 
> 2 of 4: Genbank Blocks:
> 
> QuickTime: http://glenjarvis.com/GenbankBlocks.mov (preferred)
> MediaPlayer: http://glenjarvis.com/GenbankBlocks.wmv
> 
>     This video was a hypothetical software package that would do what 
> 
> Kepler does. Several workflow environments were analyzed in this  
> video, and this analysis is what would happen if Lego Mindstorm(R)  
> programming (for children) could be adapted.
> 
> 3 of 4: Child's Play
> 
> QuickTime: http://glenjarvis.com/Childsplay.mov (preferred)
> MediaPlayer: http://glenjarvis.com/Childsplay.wmv
> 
>     The Lego Mindstorm(R) programming that was done was downloaded and 
> 
> run on this robot. And, we see the robot take to his programming and  
> "sting his host." It's a fun clip.
> 
> 
> 4 of 4: Apple Automator
> 
> QuickTime: http://www.glenjarvis.com/AppleAutomator.mov (preferred)
> MediaPlayer: http://www.glenjarvis.com/AppleAutomator.wmv
> 
>     Apple does interfaces very well. It's a shame that they are often 
> 
> so limited to just the Apple platform. As another "alternative"  
> considered to the workflows we were trying to produce, we considered  
> the Apple platform for a quick fix (until a more advanced platform  
> could be created). This was before we realized that Kepler was out  
> there and is perfect for what we want to do.
> 
> 
> 
> Bonus:  Flash Translation with Quizzes
> 
> Kepler Flash: http://www.glenjarvis.com/KeplerFlash
> 
>     I spent some time trying to migrate these four videos to Flash.  
> However, it seems that the "migration" idea is flawed. There are huge 
> 
> performance bottlenecks that would not be fixed until the videos were 
> 
> completely "re-storyboarded" from scratch using a Flash tool.
> 
>     Please forgive this version - it's rough at best. There are now  
> dead links, and other problems (including streaming performance). I am 
> 
> sure I could have done a much better job on this - but I want to just 
> 
> demonstrate the idea. With this platform, we can be much more  
> interactive, ask quizzes, have them graded, etc. We could even have  
> photos of examples that would continue when the user clicked on the  
> appropriate button to either run the example, etc. A lot could be done 
> 
> with this. Again, I apologize it's this rough. You'll probably have to 
> 
> pause the video quite a bit until it loads and then play to continue  
> through the samples.
> 
>     As rough as these examples are, I think you'll agree it's a good  
> springboard of where to go and a bit further than where we are now.
> 
> 
> Warmest Regards,
> 
> 
> Glen Jarvis
> -- 
> 913-486-8775
> glen at glenjarvis.com
> http://www.glenjarvis.com
> 
> "You must be the change you wish to see in the world." -M. Gandhi
> 
> 
> This is great!  Yes, we did a little bit with movies, but it was a
> rather
> half-hearted attempt because Kepler was not very far along and we knew
> it was
> going to change dramatically.  Send me your examples -- I'd be happy to
> work
> with you getting some more of these.
> 
> Not pressing - I'm in a meeting this week and probably won't start
> working on
> this until late next week.  So perhaps I'll have a set of workflows
> ready to
> send you when you have the time in a few weeks.
> 
> Deana
> 



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