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.

Welcome

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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