Weekly Blog

Please post on your blog the answers to the following questions or complete the criteria (Be sure to answer in complete sentences with correct grammar and spelling):

• What topic and sub-category you would like to design a game for and why?
• What genre does your game fit into?
• Give a brief description of your game
• What is the educational value (what will students learn)?

You will find two people in your Knowledge area (stem) and post to their blog.  Let me know on your wiki talk page which two people, in what school, you have blogged with, add a digital signature to your wiki talk page.  Also please add those two people to your blog roll.

Weekly Blog Post

On Thursday you should have uploaded between 4 and 7 steps of your game and placed them on the wiki


You need to now place each one of the steps on your projects page by using the code found on your Mini Game Project Page under "embed them here."

First, make sure you have uploaded your Flash .SWF file to the Wiki successfully. Just remember what filename it is called (example: FILENAME.swf) and plug it into the wik tag that you will find on the MiniGame Project Page under the category of "How to Publish your game.

Please answer the following question which are to posted on your blog.
Do you play games in your free time? Which ones do you play and why are they your favorite? Does this topic give you a new perspective about playing games? Why or why not?


Comment on one of your classmate's blogs or the blog of a student in your Knowledge Community!

Games

The assignment for this week is for each student to find an educational game dealing with Technology and post it, as a link,  on your blog.  Be be sure to review the game to insure that the language, video, and graphics are appropriate and adhere to school rules.  Please play the game and write a short review of the game using correct sentence structure, grammar, spelling, and word usage.

Choosing a Topic

Write a blog post introducing yourself, your topic and why you think these links (for the games you played, stem page, and for other schools) will help you research your topic.

Explore your Knowledge Community.

Find at least three other students in the Globaloria community beyond your classroom with a similar or related topic.

Comment on their blog and add them to your blogroll.

Pictures and Video

Picture and Video Editing Assignment

1. Please find an appropriate video relating to flash and upload it to your blog.

2. Try using the blogger video button, by going to design, then gadgets, and add the button to upload videos to your blog.

3. Respond to my post to let me know you have viewed the assignment.

4. Respond to two students in the class by positively commenting on their video upload.