STEM Competition Updates:

Students who are participating in the STEM competition: Please check out the following info and make sure you are meeting the deadlines for the contest.

FROM RACHEL ROSENFELT, Globaloria Assistant Director:

We have created a STEM Games Community site. Please review it, enjoy, and send your suggestions.

Here are some steps to follow and actions to consider:

1. Add this link to your school's wiki homepage tomorrow.

2. Encourage your students to explore STEM game-makers across the WV community.

3. Encourage your students to provide positive feedback on blogs and wikis will foster healthy sportsmanship, and help all STEM game-makers raise the bar for their own game.

4. Take a look at the STEM Thinking page. We created blog prompts that we strongly recommend your students answer.

5. Blog prompts that show quality STEM thinking will be considered by the competition judges when they make their final decisions.

6. We have extended the due-date for Paper Prototype Submissions to April 10. (WE WERE ON BREAK, PLEASE LINK TEAM PAGES THIS WEEK)

7. Submit a link to your team page when the paper prototype is uploaded at the MyStemGames.org page.

Please check out all of this material and update your materials as necessary to ensure your preparedness for the STEM Competition.

Mapping out your game plan for the rest of the year!

Students:

Our class has come a long way throughout the year in our game design journey. Believe it or not, we have less than 8 weeks left in the school year for seniors!

While we have had many great successes along the way, it is important that we finish strong with quality game demos or even better complete games! We will be presenting our games or demos to a panel of your peers, other teachers and administrators, and members of the Globaloria community locally and at a distance via the web! These presentations will be scheduled near the end of the school year as a culminating event for our class.

In addition, many of you will be presenting your games or demos for the STEMS competition in April and May.

Your blog assignment due this Thursday is to outline specifically how you are going to approach your your game design as it comes closer to the final presentation dates. How will you use class time to complete your game or demo? How can you use out of class time to help in meeting your overall goals? Can you blog outside of class? Can you work on soundtrack material outside of class?

Suggestion: Start with the end in mind. What do you believe you can clearly accomplish by the end of the year from where you are now? Then set up smaller checkpoint goals for each week, and then each class. Measure your successes and re-evaluate your goals and plans often. This will give you the greatest chance for success as we reach the end of the year.

Good Luck and Godspeed!

New Wiki Posting Protocol

Students:

In order to keep wiki management as simple as possible, we are now requiring all files uploaded to use the following format.

GEHS_TeamName_FileName_MonthDay.swf

This will help those who have to maintain the wiki with organization, it will prevent unintentional file overwriting, and it will help you remember which file is which.

ASSIGNMENT:

Today, upload your most recent swf and fla for your game with the new file naming method. Embed the swf and link to the fla to show that you understand the procedure.

Good Luck!