About My Topic

- My topic is about Child Abuse

- This issue interest me because there is a lot of kids under the age of 4 dying of parents or guardians abusing or neglecting them. And it just gets me very angry how people can get away with doing this and it needs to be stopped.

- I want people to learn that child abuse is bad and information on how to stop it because most of the kids that go through this don't do anything bad to get hit in the first place. And that this scars them for the rest of their life.

- This issue needs to be addressed because like I said before because kids are dying and don't even get to live half their life.

Reflect on Game Idea

• WHO are you designing your game for? This game is for kids that are being abused or neglected at home or any where else. This could also be for people that know somebody in this situation and could help them.

• WHAT will your game teach the player about your topic? My game will teach people how tell if a child is being abused or neglected ( like the signs of it happening ), it will also teach people how to stop child abuse.

• WHERE does your game happen? My game will be taken place at school and at little kids homes where the action is taking place. It will add to the learning experience because it will show that this can happen anywhere.

• HOW does your game world teach the player about your topic? It will help they be aware of whats happening at home or any where else.

• WHY is a game a better way of understanding your topic than a quiz? Its better than a quiz because the game is visual and it will give information as you are playing the game.

Civics: National Politics

My thoughts about this campaign video was that it was really strange! First of all why would this guy "Block" be on this campaign video ad and not Herman Cain? He isn't the person running for president. Then why would you show someone smoking on a presidential ad?! Then he says," get the United States back", like were we held under hostage? I don't think so. And the end of this ad was so wierd, him and that really creepy smile like 'ewww... Get away!'

March of the Penguins

What challenges do the penguins have to overcome?

They have to overcome the challenge of starvation and predators.

How does their habitat challenge their livelihood each day?

On some days its super cold and others its not as cold, and then there could be a big snow storm.

What types of adaptions do penguins need in order to survive brutal winters and predators?

They need to all stick together because in the cold they can keep each other warm and if a predator comes to attack them, they can all fight them off.

Why is there a period of time in which there is practically no sunlight? How does this effect the climate?

Its because they are so far up in the south pole, the sun can't always shine all the way there.

Why is it important that the ground be frozen solid during the moths of breeding?

If the ground isn't frozen solid while breeding the little baby penguins could fall through the ground and into the water and die.

How could climate change negatively impact the mating ritual of the Emperor Penguins?

The climate change could negatively impact the mating ritual because the weather could make the ice start melting and the sea water would rise. With no ice they would dire and eventually become extinct.

Game Review

While going to the wiki reviewing game genres and topics, I have learned which topics it would and wouldn't work out while creating an educational or social issue game. If you are creating an educational or social issue game it would probably wouldn't be the best idea to make your game genre on sports and racing. It is very hard to think of a way to incorporate education or social issues into it. It would probably be much better and easier to make an action, adventure, or strategy game. Some of the game features that stood out to me were how in some games the main character's limbs such as arms and legs, were moving.

Playing to Learn, Genre: Sports and Racing

Sport games usually have the sports that we play in real life today, like basketball, baseball, football, soccer, etc. When you are playing a racing or sport game you most likely have an other person playing against you, trying to beat you.

1. The Game that taught me a new skill or subject:

Gravitee

2. The Game that taught me information about a new or existing social issue:

The Final Count Down

3. The game or games I liked the best:

Gravitee

4. What happens in the game or games:
In Gravitee you play golf in space trying to get it into the hole in the next planet trying to find its mass.

5. How you play the game or games:

To play this game you have to click and drag the golf ball using your mouse and put it into the hole.

Playing to learn, Genre: Strategy

Strategy games require you to use critical thinking and making very careful decisions about your next move. Strategy game also require you to analyzing the situation.

1. The Game that taught me a new skill or subject:

PaleoQuest

2. The Game that taught me information about a new or existing social issue:

Ayiti the Coast of Life.

3. The game or games I liked the best:

Ayiti the Coast of Life.

4. What happens in the game or games:
In this game you have to pick your strategy, either happiness, health, money, or education and when the seasons change you have to make sure your whole family is healthy and happy.

5. How you play the game or games:

To play this game you have to click on each family member and make sure they are all healthy and happy. You also have to make sure the houses and garden is all taken care of.

Playing to learn, Genre Puzzles and Mazes

Puzzle and Maze games are usually to make the player think about the next move fast with little time. These games are usually hard and the player has to find their way out of somewhere or solve a problem fast.

1. The Game that taught me a new skill or subject:

Cubefield

2. The Game that taught me information about a new or existing social issue:
I couldn't find a game that really taught about a social issue, but if I could make a game about a social issue, it would be about getting the poverty people on the streets and take them to homeless shelters so they can turn their life around and no be poor anymore and do something successful with their life.

3. The game or games I liked the best:
Cubefield

4. What happens in the game or games:
You have to get a little spaceship like object and take it to the end of the cubefield.

5. How you play the game or games:

You have to use the arrow keys to move the spaceship and move it side to side and try not to hit any of the cubes. If you do hit any of the cubes you die and have to try again.

Playing to Learn, Genre:Adventure

Adventure games are characterized by a centered around a theme of exploration and plot development. Adventure games instead require careful thought and planning.

1. The game or games that taught me a new educational skill or gave information on a subject:
Sally's Energy Ride

2. The game or games that taught me about a new or existing social issue:
Synchronized Saviors

3. The game or games I liked best:
Synchronized Saviors

4. What happens in the game or games:
A little robot thing is cleaning up the environment around him that is covered in filth and also trying to save energy by putting solar panels and water devices in his environment.

5. How you play the game or games:

You drag the garbage into the little robot to clean the level setting. And as the levels increase, you have to drag solar panels and water devices to save energy.

Playing to learn, Genre:Action

Action games comprise a very wide variety of activities with some basic similarities of gameplay. Action games usually require fast reflexes and timing to overcome challenges and often (but not always) include combat as a main theme.

Game that taught me a new educational skill or gave information on a subject:

The game Trap Cat taught me that their are way to many cats on the streets and that can harm us as humans and that we need to do something about it.

Game that taught me about a new or existing social issue:

Immune System Defender

Game I liked best:
Trap Cat

What happens in the game:
The game Trap Cat taught me that their are way to many cats on the streets and that can harm us as humans and that we need to do something about it.

How do you play it:

You have to click on the cats to have them not on the streets anymore.

Trap Cat: http://www.austinhumanesociety.org/resources/trapcat

Immune System Defender: http://www.brainpop.com/games/immunesystemdefender/

How did gamers use the computer game Foldit to solve the protein folding mystery?

They tried to picture how the virus would look and stuided it.

Who can participate in this problem sloving and be a player in Foldit?

Anyone with a strong critical thinking skills can participate in the solution.

What can critical thinking do for science?

Allowing for gamers with no background in biochemistry to solve puzzles that continue to mystify scientists today.

If you could solve any mystery through gaming for any kind of disease or illness in the world, what would it be?

If I could solve any mystery through gaming it would be to find how to cure cancer or to get rid of it. Cancer is super deadly and I would like to find out how to cure it before it becomes a bigger problem world wide.

Mini Game

In Globaloria we had to make a mini game. We had to do 7 steps and upload everyone to our Wiki Projects Page. Making the game it self, wasn't hard. But the coding was confusing. Instead of just adding the codes to the bottom, you had to figure out where to put the coding because sometimes it belongs at the top of the whole code and sometimes you were just adding it to the bottom of everything. When I was putting in the first part of the code, my carrot wasn't moving at all, I checked everything, but found out it was my clouds in the background that had the coding and that's why my carrot wasn't working. After that incident, everything was smooth sailing and Had no problem with the mini game, making it or uploading it.

9/11

How old were you on September 11, 2001?

-On September 11, 2001, I was about 4 years old.

When did you first learn about the attacks and who explained the events to you?

-I learned about the events in 2nd grade when the anniversary of 9/11 came again the next year.

What kind of effect did this have on your life or your parents life?

-This effected my family's life because we all felt unsafe. I mean there could be more terrorist in the world and they can be anywhere and everywhere.

What is the issue with this game?

-The issue of the game is that it brings back bad memories and people start to think about family/ friends that past away in this event.

What do you feel about it?

-I think that this was a bad idea because this brings back bad memories of family and friends that died in this event.

What is the problem about portraying on such an awful violent event through a video game?

-Its bad because people don't want to remember this horrible event that happened in history.

How can you make sure your web games tell the whole story or teach a lesson in an horrible way?

-I can make sure the web game tells the whole story by getting as much research as I could.

2 Single Story 2011

"Danger of a Single Story"

What does it mean to have a 'single story' about a place or community?

To have a single story means that you are bias or prejudges to a place, person, or thing without having any information about it.

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?

People assume that East Austin is very "ghetto", or there is a lot of trouble happening there everyday. East Austin isn't ghetto or dirty like everyone says, its just like any other city in Austin. People could get information by visiting here or talking to someone they know that lives in East Austin and ask them how its like.

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?

I've heard that downtown Austin area is very dirty and loud, but really it is not dirty or not as loud as everyone thinks it is. People could get information by driving by or visiting downtown.

How could a game let players experience many stories about a place or community?

It could let them experience the stories about theses places or communities because it would give true information because the game inventor would have to do research to make the game as real as is can be.

Cyberbully 1 2011

Cyberbully

How does the main character feel about clicksters?
Taylor didn't really care about clicksters.

Whats her family situation?
Her mom and dad are divorced, Taylor deosn't like to talk to her dad, her mom is like a friend to her, her and her younger brother have a regular brother sister relationship.

When did the cyberbullying begin?
It began when Lyndsey commented on Taylor and Samantha's photo calling them "Lardo and Dog Face."

How does Taylor react to the mean comments people keep posting about her?
She starts to cry and becomes upset, but keeps it going because she comments back.

Does she ever try to stop people from posting insults? What could she have done different?
Taylor doesn't really try to stop it, she keeps looking at the post and comments and if she wanted it to stop she would of took down her profile.

How do you think Taylor felt about her friends betraying her?
She felt alone because they were the only ones she could talk to about her cyberbullying, she couldn't tell her mom because she would be very upset.

What kind of changes do you see Taylor experience through the film?
Before the cyberbullying ever started, Taylor would dress really cute, but during the cyberbullying, she started to wear baggy clothes because she thought people would say she was dirty.

Whats the result of cyberbullying that Taylor experiences?
The result of cyberbullying to Taylor was she was trying to kill her self.

What type of cyberbullying does Taylor experience?
She expriences impesonation.

What would you do if you were in Taylor's shoes?
Right when the cyberbullying began, I would tell my parents then delete my profile.

1 cyberbullying 2011

This is my first post of the 2011 - 2012 school year


What is cyberbullying?
Cyberbullying is when a person is being bullied on the computer, cell phone, IM, etc.

What are the different types of cyberbullying?
There is gossip, impersonate, exclude, treaten.

What should you do if you are being cyberbullying?
Always tell a trusted adult, ignore them, block the user or report spam.

What are some reasons why people cyberbully others?
They either what to feel powerful, feel inscure, or want to bully a smaller person because they have been bullied also.

Karina S 14 2011

What is your team name?
Our team nanme is The Kidds.
What is the name of your game?
The name of our game is called The Waves Of Change.
What is it about?
Our game is about trying to prevent or decrease the ocean warming that is happening now in the oceans.
What scenes have you completed?
The scenes that we have completed are thet title scene, about scene, instructions scene, level 1, level 2, and the good job and loser page.
What parts of your team page are completed?
Mostly all of our scenes are finished and we also finished all of the questions about way we made this game.
How much more work do you need to complete?
We just need to answer a few more questions about where we got our information from.
What can you do from now until Friday to get everything finished and turned in?
If we want this game finished by Friday we are going to have to work really hard with no distractions.
What grade would you give yourself in Globaloria overall?
I would give myself a 88 or a 90.
What are all of the things you have learned this year?
I learned way more things then I did last year like making buttons, drag and drop, and more.
What are you proud of in Globaloria?
I'm glad we hade made a game because it was very hard and we finally did it.
How can you improve next year?
Next year I can improve by listening a little better to the teacher when she is telling the code in flash.

Karina S 13 2011

iCivics In this web site it teachs about civics. You can play games about your community and how you can change it or make it better. It also teaches us about how the goverment works and the way the system works when they do certain things and procedures. The thing I liked about the website are the games because each and every game teaches us something in our community and how it works and how we can change it.

Karina S 11 2011

Image retrived from geeky-gadgets.com - Nintendo 3DS :

The Nintendo 3DS has real 3D graphics when you take a picture, with no glasses needed. When you play a game, it also comes out 3D. On the Nintendo 3DS it has a 3D depth slider. The 3D depth slider is a switch to make the 3D pictures more powerful or to turn off the 3D images completely and play in 2D. The Nintendo also has a build in motion sensor and gyro sensor so the game system can react to the motion and tilt that the gamers have it moving in, so if the people playing with it are twisting the game system side to side or up and down, the motion sensor on the Nintendo 3DS responds instantly. This game system is in stores now, cost $249.99 and is avaible in colors aqua blue and cosmo black.

Karina S 10 2011

If I made a really awesome or cool game, I would try to sell it any possible way I could. If I had to choose a celebrity to the game I made, it would probably be Chris Brown, Taylor Lautner, and Kesha because I love their music and movies they have been in. To market my game I would probably want to be on a really popular talk show or a radio show.

Video Blog of Paper Prototype

The Kidds- The Wave Of Change ( Globaloria Video Blog)

Karina S 9 2011

Disaster in Japan
In Globaloria class we watched a video about the terrible tsunami in Japan almost a week ago. Because of all the damage that the tsunami caused, lots of people around the world are donating food, water, clothes, etc. to the people in Japan. In the video a school in Massachusetts are rising money to donate to the people in Japan, they have already raised 500 dollars in one day. And their goal is to raise 1,000.

Image retirved from cbsnews.com

Karina S 8 2011

Image retrived from- http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2011/01/the-psp2-is-here-codename-npg.html

In globaloria class today, we watched a video about the new PSP NPG hand held game system. It looks really cool, it is now a touch screen. Like most electronics, the touch screen is on the front screen. But now the game user can touch the back of the game system to play the game. That is so awesome. It also has 3G wifi and a GPS. I would so get this game system.

Karina S 7 2011

Mad Hot Ballroom


What does "teamwork" mean to you?
To me it means to work together and to not let nobody work by themselves.

• 1994 ballroom dancing was introduced to 5th graders in 2 new york schools



• today 6000 kids from over 60 schools are in Manhattan, Brooklyn and required a 10 week course
  


• here the students at one of the schools have more than one family living in one home
  

How do you see these students trying to work together? These students work together by dancing with each other and trying to make each other better then what they were before

• When people learn new things it opens new opportunities in the future
  
• All of the kids are nervous about the compotion

How important was teamwork for these students?
Teamwork is very important to these students because if they want to win the compotion, they are all going to have to work very hard at practice and work together.


What do you think is the main message that these students should take away from this experience?
To work together and work hard and as a team. It doesn't matter if you win or loose, you've gotten this far, and it shows you are good at soimething.


How will you work together with your teammates in this class?
If a classmate needs help, you help them out and that is working as a team.

Karina S 6 2011

Drag Race Division Game

In this game the player has to choose a car to race in and start the game. The object of the game is to win the race, to win the race you must answer division questions given. The player has to answer them fast because there are other people playing also and want to win, the faster you answer the questions the faster your car goes.

Karina s 5 2011

J.LoFur Bully on The Block

• To move around and get save the animals you need to use the arrow keys and the space bar
• The point of the game is to save the animals before J Lo. and her emploies capture them and use them as clothes
• The issue is explained because they give information before every level of animals that get hurt so they can be used for clothes

Super Chick Sisters

• To move use the arrow keys to move and space bar to jump
• The point of the game is to save all the ckickens before Mc Donalds Uses them for food and to save the princess that Mc Donalds capture
• Information is given because there is a lady that they can go to and we they click on her it says how chickens are harmed to make Chicken McNuggets

Karina S 4 2011

The Wizard




At the beginning of the movie, Jimmy is walking down the highway. Where is he going?

Califronia

What is the problem that the little boy, Jimmy, has?

He is tramatized,hes twin sister died, they are thinking about putting him into an institution

Jimmy likes to stack and build things. How does this relate to video games?

Strategy and skill is needed to create a game and even building blocks and it feels like making a game.

Playing video games seems to help Jimmy feel better. Why do you think this is?

Helps him cope with what happened to his sisters

What makes him such an awesome video game player?

He doesnt over reacted, he stays clam. He was good at building blocks and strategy.

What kinds of games do you see being played? Have you ever played any games like this before?


arcade game

super mario bros 3


double dragon


f-1 dream


street fighter


teenage mutant ninja turttles


ninja gai
super mario bros 1+2


rampage


mr.chaos


simons quest


zelda

How many different game systems do you see in the film?


What did you think about the Power Glove?


Really cool I would get one.

Karina S 2 2011

Crayon Physics

The video that we saw today was about a game that you have to create as you play. You have to use a pen to create objects to get the ball to the star. If you don't want the objects you made or if they don't work you can double click on them and they will disappear.

Karina S 1 2011

Google Science Fair

We were watching a video in class about Google hosting and international Science Fair. I think its pretty cool that Google is hosting this because everyone uses Google to find information and with this even more poele will be using Google.
If I were to enter the Science Fair, I would probably focus it on robotics so I can make a robot that picks up trash on the floor, so it doesn't end up in our drinking water.