Chenoweth's South Harrison Globaloria

Weekly Blog for 2/9/11

2012-02-09T06:24:00.000-08:00

Answer the questions below:

Share a link, video or picture of an animation you like that relates to your game topic. What makes this animation stand out to you?
Reflect on the class so far. Do you like working in flash? Why or why not?

Comment on the blog of another Globaloria student!

The Learning Log Entries should be Animation and Keboard Input; remeber to indicate the number of hours you spent working on these categories.

Weekly Post 2/2/11

2012-02-02T04:33:00.000-08:00

Answer the following questions in complete sentence:

Was the sound tutorial without errors?
Did you have any problems placing sound in your game?
How do you plan to use sound in your game?
How will it help enhance the game play and learning experience of your game?

Comment on the blog of another Globaloria student!
The Learning Log Category is Sounds the hours are 3.

Weekly Blog for Jan 20, 2012

2012-01-20T15:35:00.000-08:00

Keeping in mind all of the different kinds of buttons there are and the different purposes they may serve, how might you use buttons in your game?
Do some research and find a link you find helpful. Write a post explaining why this is a useful resource and add the link to your blogroll.

Comment on the blog of another Globaloria student!

Don't forget your learning log. The category is buttons, the dates are 1/9/12 to 1/20/12 and the hours are 10.5.

Weekly Blog 12/15/11

2011-12-15T04:35:00.001-08:00

You have registered for the Globaloria game contest. How did you find the process? Did you experience any problems? Answer the questions in complete sentences.

Your Learning Log Category is Scenes.

Weekly Blog for 12/9/11

2011-12-08T08:14:00.000-08:00

While working on your Primary Game scene this week, what problems, if any, did you encounter? Discuss your primary game scene and the action you added to a Symbol so it could move up and down, or right and left using the arrow keys on your keyboard. Finally, indicate if you will use this scene in your game. Use the Primary Scene category in your Learning Log.

Weekly Blog Post for 12/2/11

2011-12-01T04:22:00.000-08:00

In the past couple of weeks we have completed tutorials that teach, star shapes, drawing tools, and a character who walks using Blank Key Frames. Please discuss each one of the tutorials and tell me which one you will use in your game?

Weekly Blog Post for 11/18/11

2011-11-16T05:32:00.000-08:00

You have completed tutorials that demonstrated Using the Pen, Brush and Fill tools: As well as completing a star with different fills. You also traced an object, recolored it and saved it as a flash file. Choose one of the tutorials you completed this week and tell me how you will use it in your game?

Have a nice Thanksgiving Break

Weekly Blog for November 3, 2011

2011-11-03T02:32:00.000-07:00

Answer the questions in complete sentences.

Did you enjoy making the paper prototype?
If yes what was the best part?
If you did not like making the paper prototype tell me why?

Your learning log entry will be Paper Prototype for 3 hours. In the comment section tell what you did this week.

Weekly Post for 10/27/11

2011-10-27T04:33:00.000-07:00

We have started the paper Prototype and gone over the requirements. Please answer the following questions concerning your paper Prototype:

What kind of game is it?
What social issues does the game discuss?
What is the main goal of the game?
What is the main activity of the game? (e.g., platforming, puzzle solving, or others)
Are there any problems with how the game works?

In your learning log use the Paper Prototype category, the hours are 3, and the description should indicate how far you have come on the paper prototype.

Weekly Blog for 10/21/11

2011-10-20T12:51:00.000-07:00

Blog about your Team game idea. How did your team work together to come up with the idea and all the details of the game? What excites you most about your game idea?

Comment on the blog of another Globaloria student!
Let me know the name of the persons blog you commented on.

Weekly Blog for 11/14/11

2011-10-12T12:18:00.000-07:00

Now that your have worked in the Choosing Your Topic, and Imagining your Game; has your game plan changed? List one interesting fact you uncovered in the researching your game. Which game in your stem or civics category did you like best? Indicate the name of the game and add a the link in your blog post. Respond to one of your classmates blogs and tell me who you responded to in your blog post for this week.

Weekly Blog for 10/7/11-Choosing your topic

2011-10-06T06:30:00.001-07:00

Copy and answer ALL of these questions about your Game Idea in your blog post:

WHO are you designing your game for? (Include the player's age, abilities, and prior knowledge of your topic.)

WHAT will your game teach the player about your topic? (Be specific!)

WHERE does your game happen?
- Describe the world you will design for your game.
- How will this setting add to the learning experience?

HOW does your game world teach the player about your topic?
- What happens in the world that helps the player learn?
- How does the player use what they learned to make something happen in the game?

WHY is a game a better way of understanding your topic than a quiz?

2. Comment on the blog of another Globaloria student!

Paste the link to your comment here!

Weekly Blog for 10/30/11-Mini Game

2011-09-29T09:53:00.000-07:00

Check your grades on Live Grades as the six weeks ends on Friday.

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 another student's blog on this topic.

Weekly Blog for 9/22/11

2011-09-22T04:29:00.000-07:00

Write a Blog post to reflect on which of these genre(s) are you most interested in using for your own game idea. What did you learn from your choice of games and genres to review?
Name any game features that stood out to you, either because they were interesting or because they could be improved.
Write down any questions you have about the game or genre you chose. You might answer them yourself later!

Comment on another student's blog on this topic and let me know in your blog post which student you commented on?

Weekly Blog for 9/16/11

2011-09-16T06:02:00.001-07:00

Today we worked in the Meet Flash Category.
Please tell me about what you learned today.

Joining the Community- blog for the week of 9/12/11

2011-09-14T05:09:00.000-07:00

Answer these questions on your blog:From the Joining the Community category on the left side of your wiki page.

1. What does it mean to have a 'single story' about a place or community?
2. Describe a single story you have heard told about your community. What is missing from that story? How could people learn more about that community?
3. Describe a single story you have heard about another community. How did you learn that story? How could you find out more about that community?
4. How could a game let players experience many stories about a place or community?

Weekly Blog Post

2011-09-08T05:51:00.001-07:00

This week you learned how to add a gadget in your blog. You also added your classmates to your blog list. Your assignment this week is to add another gadget to your blog; Tell me in your post what gadget you added and why. Also visit someone in your class and tell me their name and what gadget they added. Also tell if you liked the gadget your classmate added.

Weekly Blog for 4/15/11

2011-04-14T13:36:00.000-07:00

Last week we filmed our game demo's, uploaded and converted those demos on viddler, posted the film on our wiki and submitted our entries to the stem game competition. Please answer the questions concerning the process:

Should you have practiced your script more?

Did you feel prepared to film?

Overall how do you feel about the finished demo film?

Blog Post for 4/1/11

2011-03-31T06:29:00.001-07:00

This week we have been working on the Team Pages, combining our games, fixing the code and adding scenes to the team games. In two to three complete sentences write a post about your experiences for this weeks assignment. Respond to one of your classmates.

Weekly Blog for 3/18/11

2011-03-17T12:16:00.000-07:00

This week we spent working on our games. Tell me what progress you have made? Some of you expressed an interest in demonstrating tutorials, if so have you made any progress, in this area? Please list at least three sites you have accessed for help in your game.

Weekly Blog for 3/10/11

2011-03-09T16:19:00.000-08:00

This week we had a demonstration on how to use buttons to stop and start sounds. Did you find this demonstration useful. Explain why you might want viewers to be able to turn on or turn off music in your game.

Think about a demonstration you would like to have shown in the class room. Tell me whether or not you would be willing to find the information for and demonstrate how to complete the category of your choice.

On Monday when you return to school respond to my comment on your blog.

Weekly Blog for 3/5/11

2011-03-03T13:18:00.000-08:00

We completed the Artifiical Intelligence section of the curriculum. How did you like this section? Did you have any problems, if so explain what section you had the problem in? Do you think that this session had useful tutorials and demonstrations that you might use in your game?

Weekly Post 2/25/11

2011-02-23T16:55:00.000-08:00

Write a Blog post about the Jumping and Platform topic, share your learning experience! Were the instructions clear? Were their any instructions you felt were missing. Were you able to finish the tutorial? Will you use this tutorial in your game? If you will use Jumping and Platforms, please describe how you will use it.

Weekly Blog 2/18

2011-02-16T11:48:00.000-08:00

Write a blog about the timer category that we went over on the Globaloria curriculum. Tell me how you would use this in your team game. How could you make the timer go faster? How would you rate this tutorial using a number from 1 to 10; 10 being the best and 1 being the lowest rating. Tell me why you gave it the rate you used.

Weekly Blog 2/11/11

2011-02-09T13:52:00.000-08:00

What tricks did you complete in the Custom Cursor category. What type of custom cursor did you make, and how did you like the category?

Weekly Blog 2/4/11

2011-02-02T06:34:00.000-08:00

Write a Blog post about the Preloader and Status Bar categories in the Action Script section of your curriculum. Share your learning experience and respond to one person in your class.

Weekly Blog Prompt Post for 1/21/11

2011-01-19T10:15:00.000-08:00

Since you have started working on your team games, you have completed independent learning, by going to either the Globaloria curriculum or sites on the Internet to help you in developing code for your games. In at least three sentences, tell me where you went to gain additional knowledge, what you learned, and insert in your blog post a link to the site.

Weekly blog for 1/6/11

2011-01-05T11:54:00.000-08:00

Write a Blog post, on your individual blog, about this the Collision Detection topic, share your learning experience!
Answer the following questions in a complete sentence:

Did you find the Collision Detection tutorial useful?
Will you use some of the codes provided in the ball and platform sample as well as, the keeping objects from flying off the stage code on the wiki?
Did you like the Fly Catcher game?
Will you be able to use the code from fly catcher game in your team Stem games?

Weekly post for 12/17

2010-12-16T11:17:00.000-08:00

Find a .swf file you like from another Globaloria team in your Knowledge Community and embed it on your blog (check out Blogging Tips if you don't know how). Be sure to properly credit the team or user who created the .swf by naming them and hyperlinking back to their page.

How do you plan to use sound in your game? How will it help enhance the game play and learning experience of your game?

Weekly Blog Post 12/10/11

2010-12-09T07:41:00.000-08:00

I would like you to think about your game and answer the following question: Can your game be both a Civics and Stem Game? In order for you to make an informed decision and answer the above question, I have added links to the definition of Civis (Civics Definition) and Stem (Stem Definition). In addition, please list five game ideas that could be both Civics and Stem Games.

weekly Blog 12/3

2010-12-02T11:30:00.001-08:00

Reflect on the class so far. Do you like working in flash? Why or why not?
Respond to one of your classmates

Weekly Blob for 11/15 to 11/19

2010-11-17T10:36:00.000-08:00

Explore your Knowledge Community and find a research link you find helpful from another student's blog. Write a post explaining why this is a useful resource, link back to the blog of the student who originally posted it, and add the link to your blogroll. If you can't find anything of use from your peers' blogrolls, do some research and suggest a new resource that you found on your own.

Comment on the blog of another Globaloria student in your Knowledge Community!

Weekly Blog for 11/8 to 11/12

2010-11-10T11:05:00.000-08:00

Creating scenes in a sequence helps game designers tell the "story" of their game through a narrative. How are you using visual storytelling through your sequence of scenes to help players learn about your topic? What are examples of games you played in the Playing to Learn topic that use storytelling to teach a concept well? How have other narrative games influenced your game?

Comment on the blog of another Globaloria student in your Knowledge Community!

**** Be sure to change the date to automatic in the posting date and time options section. (If you do not you will receive a 0 for this post.)

Update your Individual Weekly Blog

2010-11-04T08:31:00.000-07:00

Answer the questions below in complete sentences using correct grammar and punctuation.

Why would you use folders to organize your scenes?
What function do keyframes have?

Weekly Blog Post for 10/29

2010-10-26T08:08:00.000-07:00

Update your individual Blog

List a new idea or concept (not just a "fact") you've learned about your game topic since you started this course. How did you come to learn this? What sources where helpful to you in gaining this understanding? What makes these news or research sources especially informative and trustworthy?

Comment on the blog your assigned Globaloria student in your Knowledge Community!

Special Video Blogging Assignment (REQUIRED and due by Wednesday 10/27/10)

2010-10-18T07:07:00.000-07:00

Please respond to this blog post to let me know you have read and understand the instructions.

1. Create a Video Blog (Vlog) with your teammates

Work together to make a video where you answer these questions about your process so far. Every team member should participate in the video, then you can ALL upload the SAME video on each of your individual blogs.
The Big Idea: Describe your team's game topic. What is the most important concept you want your players to learn?
Making Decisions as a Team: How did your individual ideas from "Imagining Your Game" come together for your team game topic? How did your team decide the topic?
Roles & Responsibilities: Tell us more about your team process. Please each talk about your specific roles, and how you work together.
Research: What kind of research went into the way you will express the game topic?
The User Experience: Explain the game play. What actions does the player take in the game? Has this changed since you first started planning your game? Why? Mastering Flash: What Flash resources have been most helpful in your learning so far, and why? How did you locate these resources?
Overcoming Challenges: What curriculum topic has been most difficult for you so far? How did you overcome this difficulty?

2. Comment on another Vlog

Watch the video blog of another Globaloria student, as assigned below in your Knowledge Area and leave them a comment! From now until the end of the year; you will communicate with the person assigned to you; make sure they are added to your blogroll.
Bart: mattsglobaloriaobservaions.blogspot.com
Dakota: noah2hhs2010.blogspot.com
BrentS: acarter5.blogspot.com
Matt: tanner3805.blogspot.com
BrentA: tyler1hhs2010.blogspot.com
Daniel: nickboy334.blogspot.com
JacobF: jaredhhs.2010.blogspot.com
Joshia: jordanhhs2010.blogspot.com
Drew: katim.1994.blogspot.com
Raymond: shannonmarie2011.blogspot.com
Brandan: leppem.blogspot.com
Zane: harrisonhhs2010.blogspot.com
Roger: kenny5289.blogspot.com
Shane: daniel1492.blogspot.com
Isaac: seanhhs2010.blogspot.com
Travis: 2brany95.blogspot.com
Brandan H: ashley0894.blogspot.com
JacobS:mastersensei010-anything.blogspot.com

Internet Security

2010-10-14T08:59:00.000-07:00

Internet Security is a paramount concern of educators and the Globaloria staff. To assure that students understand why Internet Security is so important you will need to answer the questions below:

Should you respond or talk to people you do not know, on line, outside the Globaloria Community?
Can you be sure the person you are talking to has actually represented themselves accurately?
Why do we ask you to hide your personal information?

Why must you never give your Social Security Number or bank account number to anyone online?

Team Picture

2010-10-07T11:18:00.000-07:00

This is to be accomplished by Wednesday:

Post a picture of your team and complete the following tasks

Name the team roles.
What is your role in the team?
Why are you good at this job?
What is the hardest part about working in teams?

Wekly post for 10/4 to 10/7

2010-10-07T08:17:00.000-07:00

Copy these questions and answer ALL of these questions about your Game Idea, that you discussed in the Imagining Your Game section, in a blog post, on your blog in complete sentences:

WHO are you designing your game for? (Include the player's age, abilities, and prior knowledge of your topic.)
WHAT will your game teach the player about your topic? (Be specific!)
WHERE does your game happen?
Describe to the to the world how you will design your game.
How will this setting add to the learning experience?
HOW does your game teach the player about your topic?
What happens in the game world that helps the player learn?
How does the player use what they learned to make something happen in the game?
WHY is a game a better way of understanding your topic than a quiz?

2. Comment on the blog of another Globaloria student in your Knowledge Community!

Weekly Blog

2010-09-30T11:51:00.000-07:00

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

2010-09-23T11:55:00.000-07:00

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

2010-09-16T08:47:00.000-07:00

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

2010-09-06T09:02:00.001-07:00

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

2010-09-02T08:33:00.000-07:00

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.

Welcome

2010-08-10T18:32:00.000-07:00

Welcome to South Harrison's High School Globaloria Class for 2010/2011.

I am so excited to start the new year off with new students, and exciting game ideas. During the year we will be learning how to construct educational games using Flash. This class will be collaborating with an online community and each other, as well as, learning from and teaching new ideas and concepts to the Globaloria community.

During the first two weeks you will be completing the necessary forms in order to participate in this class, set up a Gmail account, Google account, blog, and wiki page. After that we will start on the Globaloria Curriculum and game construction.

Your assignments will be posted on the South Harrison Wiki.Please check the wiki (click here to go to the wiki) daily to complete the assigned work.

Respond to this post with at least four sentences for points: Use complete sentences, grammar, word usage, and spelling.

My Civics Engagment

2010-03-25T09:42:00.000-07:00

This site has many links to resources on the bottom of your Community's page. Please use these links as they are valuable tools in the further development of your civis games.

Week of March 8

2010-03-09T04:17:00.000-08:00

The blog prompt on the Civics Engagement Site for this week is available. Please make sure that you answer the question, from your category and respond to at least two students in your category. Students teams, in Multimedia Digital Imaging II, will need to submit a Blog Prompt on the above Website, as well. Don't forget to register for the new Globaloria Contest from the handouts distributed today. Your demo for the Civics contest is due on Friday March 12.

Blog Prompt for February 23

2010-02-24T09:10:00.000-08:00

Please be sure to go The Civics Engagement and complete your blog post according to the Ideals, Functions, or Citizenship Category you have been assigned to. Respond to two blog posts, for students, in your category, from another school. Remember to write a blog prompt for next week and post in by choosing either the Ideals, Function or Citizenship Blog Prompt Submission Form. In addiditon, post something to the Globaloria Spotlight.

Assignment for February 15

2010-02-12T12:01:00.000-08:00

Please complete the following assignments:

1. Upon completion of your commercial, on Monday, March 1, 2010, providing there are no more snow days; please post it on your individual projects page; with an explanation of the process in completing the assignment. Please let me know through the blog if you have any problems.

2. You all have completed "Playing to Learn" and need to indicate this on your projects page.

3. Globaloria told me to "Remind your students to upload fla when they upload swf and a good thing is to place it as a link under the fla"

Code solutions

2010-01-14T04:42:00.000-08:00

In the New Year, we will solve the code glitches. Upon contacting Meridith, at Globaloria; she indicated that students were to ask code questions on her talk page. This can be accomplished by going to the user gallery and selecting Meredith's picture. This will bring you to her wiki; click the talk page, ask a question, and hyperlink your fla game file. Meredith indicated that she will respond to all questions to the best of her ability.

Weekly Review Questions for 12/18/09

2009-12-17T06:05:00.000-08:00

Have you completed any additional Civics Research for your games?

Have you changed your games, if so what educational value does the game possess?

What problems, if any did you encounter this week?

Answer these questions for your weekly review

2009-11-02T12:21:00.000-08:00

For your weekly review you need to answer the following questions, to determine if your games are following the civics track. Please be sure to use correct grammar, punctuation, sentence structure, agreement, word usage, and capitalization in your posts.

What is your game topic?
How does your game relate to civics?
Being specific, with step-by-step instructions, describe your game in no less than 150 words.
Describe how the player will learn more about civics when playing this game in no less than 150 words.
Where does your game fit into the Civics knowledge framework?
Does your game teach about an ideal of government, a function of government, or about citizenship? Please explain

Monday 10/26

2009-10-23T07:45:00.000-07:00

Try this site as an example of a triva game that might be fun. www.kineticcity.com/missions/nutrition/

2009-10-14T09:50:00.000-07:00

Students want me to spoon feed the code for each and every step in the design of their game. I demonstrated how, I learn the code by watching the tutorial video, as an example I used the video in the Animation Section, on buttons; and then pausing the video, completing the steps demonstrated, restarting the video, and so on. Some of the students understood the process and were able to complete the tasks; however others just gave up. I will demonstrate one more time in hopes of having students learn the concept of self-teaching.

Your Games

2009-10-05T09:58:00.000-07:00

Tell me the name of your team, the members and the subject of your game. Research sites that pertain to your chosen topic; each member of the team must list at least three differing sites and the URL links in your blog roll. Let me know three interesting facts, that you did not previously know, about your subject.

Blogs assignments

2009-09-23T05:55:00.000-07:00

Your assignment is to view every one's blog and comment to their last post. Each week you will complete a reflection post of the weeks activities and any problems you encountered. You will be responsible to responding to three of your classmates blog assignments on each Friday, with positive reinforcement. If possible, try to solve a problem your classmate may have encountered. You must pick different classmates each week. Have fun and good luck. Please respond to this blog to let me know you have reviewed the current assignment.

Picture and Video Editing

2009-09-08T07:18:00.000-07:00

Try using the blogger video button to upload videos to your blog.

2009-09-03T06:53:00.000-07:00

2009-09-03T06:48:00.000-07:00

This is an example of South Harrisons varied activities.

Welcome

2009-08-31T06:49:00.000-07:00

To South Harrison's Class Blog.