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.