March Of The Penguins

1. Some of the challenges I saw were weather and how much food they have in their bellies.
2. Their habitat challenges their livelihood because of the weather and climate.
3. The adaptions they would need are a thicker coat and some sort of defense mechanism.
4. I think its because the winter is so brutal. It gets very cold because there is no sun to warm penguins up.
5. The climate change can make some newborn eggs die.

Playing to Learn, Genre:Adventure

1. The game or games that taught me a new educational skill or gave information on a subject:
Tredsylvania
2. The game or games that taught me about a new or existing social issue:
Super Chick Sisters
3. The game or games I liked best:
Super Chick Sisters
4. What happens in the game or games:
In Tredsylvania you play as a boy who hunts monsters but it teaches you A.T.V safety at the same time
5. How you play the game or games:

In Super Chick Sisters you use the left and right arrow keys to move and space bar to jump.

Playing to Learn Genre:Action

Action games are usually made up of characters that are fighting or engaging in violence, although they are not always violent.


Game that taught me a new educational skill or gave information on a subject:
Gravitee taught me about mass changes gravitational pull.
Game that taught me about a new or existing social issue:

Trapcat taught me about the stray cats in Austin,Texas
Game I liked best:
Gravitee
What happens in the game:
You have to click on kittens to save them and take them to the animal shelter.

How do you play it:

Point and click.

Gamers Solve Scientific Problems

How did gamers use the computer game Foldit to solve the protein folding mystery?
By building a molecular structure of the AIDS virus.
Who can participate in this problem solving and be a player in Foldit?
Anyone.
What can critical thinking do for science?
It can make more possibilities become certain than just looking for other solutions.
If you could solve a mystery through gaming for any kind of disease or illness in the world, what would it be? Mine would be Ebola because it was a man made disease and is still out there. I think it might have been made to not be cured.

9-11

How old were you on September 11, 2001?

3 Years Old.

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

I recently learned about them because I was to young to realize the significance.

What kind of impact did these attacks have on your life or your parents lives?

It was like a wave of depression because all of those people died.

What was the issue with this game?


How do you feel about it?


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


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

2 Single Story 2011

"Danger of a single story"

1. What does it mean to have a 'single story' about a place or community? It means to be prejudice about anything.
2. 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?That we are all cowboys. What they are missing is the Imax theater and all of the good schools for game designers.
3. 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 have heard about how "all 3rd World countrie's are poor" or all people in asia knows kung-fu. I could probably visit one to see how their everyday life is.

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

By putting you in their shoes in everyday life situations and seeing just how different they are.

1 Cyber Bullying

Cyber Bullying

What is Cyber Bullying?

When you treat someone terribly on the internet.

What are different types of Cyber Bullying?

Ones that treat you badly out of jealousy and some that do it for fun and impersonators.

What should you do if your Cyber Bullied?

Tell an adult or a trusted teacher and parents.