Globaloria Class

Globaloria class is coming along pretty well, it's not as easy as I thought it would be but it's also not as hard.My parter and I are now on paper prototyping, we are almost finished with it, all we need to do is draw the habitats for the animals.We have all the facts we need for the endangered animals we intend to put in the game.Our game is not very long but you will learn a lot about endangered animals.To most people it probably won't be very fun or action packed but it will be educational.

English Project

For Honors English 9, we are doing a project where we have to read a book and then create an amusement park that sells the book itself. My group and I are reading Dracula by Bram Stoker.I believe our project is going pretty well,we are close to finishing our rides and attractions.Our resturants are coming along nicely as well. After the projects are finished, we will be judged.Our parks need to have atleast 25 rides and attractions,5 sections,every section has to have a flag and a quote,it has to be professional, and it has to sell the book itself.

Class Time

During the class periods,I've been working on my "projects" page.I've been working on the Narrow Your Scope part forever.It takes so long to finish it,and it can be a little confusing but I'm slowly getting somewhere.My partner and I have been working on the same things and every day we get closer to finishing that one part.My learning log is up-to-date and most of the time so is my blog.

Introducing Things

Hi I'm Brianna
    My topic is about raising the awareness of endangered animals.I think the links that I found will really help with the research of the game, because it tells you why animals are becoming endangered (exinct) and it gives examples of types of animals are endangered.

Links for the Game

These are the links I used to get my information:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endangered_species 
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overexploitation
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extinction

This was an extra link for resources:

http://www.eearth.tv/?p=245

Reviewing Two Games

GAME REVIEW #1: MOST EFFECTIVE Learning Game

• Name of the game that taught you the MOST about its learning topic:Learn the Bones

• What social issue or educational topic does the game explore?

• What can you learn from this game?The name of your bones and where they are.

• What game genre is it? Do you think this genre is a good choice for creating a learning game? Why or why not?The genre is puzzles, yes it is a good choice,because it makes you think more and so you learn more from it.

• Design Analysis (Does it look good? Does it clearly illustrate the issue or learning concept?)Yes

• Usability Analysis (Is it clear what you need to do as a player? Does it work well?)Yes

• Suggestions for improvement. How would you change the gameplay to make the learning and play experience work together better? They could make it more fun to play.

• List 2-3 things that you would like to learn how to do (in terms of functionality, design or content)

GAME REVIEW #2: LEAST EFFECTIVE Learning Game

• Name of the game that taught you the LEAST about its learning topic:Bullseye

• What social issue or educational topic does the game explore?

• What can you learn from this game? Archery is hard

• What game genre is it? Do you think this genre is a good choice for creating a learning game? Why or why not? sports,no,because you don't really learn from it.

• Design Analysis (Does it look good? Does it clearly illustrate the issue or learning concept?)not really

• Usability Analysis (Is it clear what you need to do as a player? Does it work well?) Yes 

• Suggestions for improvement. How would you change the gameplay to make the learning and play experience work together better? They could have put something in it that has to do with saftey in archery and what you have to do to get ready for it and then show the archery game.

• List 2-3 things that you would like to learn how to do (in terms of functionality, design or content)