Over this semester I accomplished alott. I think I could have accoplished more if I would have applied myself and not been so lazy. After I realized that I need to pull it together and start doing my work, I was able to get more accomplished.
I had some trouble making my wiki page and doing bloggs. I never did a blog until i was put in this class. I thought I did a pretty good job gettin my stuff done, even though it is the end of the year and i waited until then to start working but, thats not the point. The point is i got the work done and passed the class.
This class was very challenging. We did things in here Ive never done before. I enjoyed working with Flash and trying to make a game. Our group did very well overall and we really pulled it together when we needed to get things done. I thought our game and our presentation turned out great but it could have been better if we accually new what we were doing.

REVIEWING TEAM PAGES!!!!

The first team that i reviewed was Katie and Amys game named Pinky & The Brain. Their game was about education and how life is like a maze all the way until you graduate. The demo was organized well and looked nice. The second team's page I viewed was called Jessimiah by Jessica's and Jeremiah. Their game is about recycling and about how important it is to recycle and how much money your community can save. I liked their game. their game looked like something a professional would have made. I thought that every aspect of their game great. Both of the teams pages I viewed were really great.

CHOOSING A TOPIC

We were given a list of social issues and we had to choose a topic that interests us. We chose to do poverty because its an issue that needs to be more educated on. Poverty is a big deal in not only West Viriginia or the USA but around the world. We think the more people that kow about poverty and how it aeffects everyone then maybe we can help lower the rate of poverty.

IMAGINE YOUR GAME!!!

Today we did some tutorials on flash and learned how to change the text and it's properties. Then we got with our partners and thought up some new ideas for our game. Nick and Rusty chose the main topics to create our game and i did most of the drawings. Our game will be about poverty and making right decisions in the real world. You will be given some choices in makin a future for yourself. If you make a wrong decissionthen you must suffer a conciquence. To win the game you must make smart choices and maintian your ability to stay out of poverty. The point of the game is to address the importance of poverty in west virginia and the united states.

GROUP CHAT!!!

We were put into groups and asked to read a few different poems and discuss them, but not by talking. We had to use our Gmail accounts to hold a chat between team members. In my group was Chris and Brandon cook. After getting our group chat together, we each picked a poem from our literature book and, wrote a summary about. we all read the poems and talked about them so we could get a better understanding. I really liked working in the group chats.I felt like i learned the story better this way. By messaging each other on the computer it was alot more calm in the class. Overall i enjoyed working in the team chats.

Animation

I think animation is pretty difficult. I still haven't learned the whole animation concept. There is a lot i still have to figure out and try to understand. I have made a couple of buttons, but not on my own i had some help making them. I think after i learn how to do the frames i think i can do the rest of it.

Button Blog

After we finished drawing our backgrounds for our games we were given the task of making buttons. Buttons control the movement of our games, so they are essential in this process. It seemed like it was going to be complicated but turned out to be very simple. Our first step was creating boxes. Next we added text to them, such as play and exit. To finish up we had to convert our boxes to symbols and then click to make it a button.

The Canterbury Tales

I think Chaucer chose the characters that he did to show how English society was during that time. They each play an important role in the story. every character has a point and a reason for traveling. Yes i believe its an honest depiction of the time period. It is very important to develope your characters to the purpose of the game, because it helps give a better picture for your imagination.

I think that Anglo-Saxons and today's video games are alot alike, I have this thought because of the following reasons: Reason one Anglo-Saxons had a reason to fight and so do video games in the world today. Reason two the reason that they fight is mostly for a good reason and in video games its the same way. I guess thats the only reason i have.

If you want to add anything then please leave me a comment.

My flash game

I enjoyed using flash but, It was quite complicated at times. There were alot of steps to do and it was hard for me to keep up but, Thats when i thought to myself " Keep going dont stop you can't give up now". Thats what pushed me through. After hours of hard work and dedication i got done with my game, It turned out very well if i must say so myself.

Beowulf

Beowulf helped his people build a better way of living. he made them more structured and gave them morals to live by. Before Beowulf came to their land, they were worthless people who were afraid of a monster named grendel. When Beowulf came to help defeat the monster the people realized that he has a betterway of doing things and started following him and began to act like better people. after beowulf died he left his people with a better way to live and great morals to live by.

Quickwrite

My hero is going to be Superman, I'm going to tell you about some of the challenges he faces being a hero. Superman fights bad guys who do bad things to good people. mostly he fights his arch nemises Lex Luther, who is always trying to take over the world. Superman stopd him from doing this by using his super powers. Superman believs in justice and fairness and is courageous and loyal.

Beowulf

Beowulf meets the requirements of a superhero because of his courage, loyalty and heorism.
He would make a great character in a video game because of his greatness.
I think one of the qualities a character needs to have in a video game is great abilities to perform special tasks that you are to accomlish. If you wasnt given special abilities then it wouldnt make the game very fun. Another quality would be the ability to be like Randy Hunt that would make it even better.

Playing to Learn

I liked all the games I played but Darfur Is Dying was probably my favorite. I liked it because it was a challenging game and had a good point. The only thing i diddnt really like was how you moved but, I guess it just made it more challenging which was okay.
One of the games i diddnt really like was Learn The Bones. It really wasnt a very fun game.
All you did was drag and drop the bones in the fitted spot which was kind of boring. After you finished the dragging and dropping part you answer stupid question on what you just did. So thats why i diddnt really like Learn The Bones.

Online safety for teens

Today I'm blogging about the Internet and teens. The Internet is a place for predators, and can be very dangerous if teens are careless, and don't pay attention to what they are doing.
Teenagers have to be aware of what they post and who they let see what they post. You shouldn't put personal info on a profile like myspace or face book or any other sites where people can view your information. Don't put things like where your exact address or any other personal information that could get you in trouble.