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.