The home stretch????

So, here we are with the last few weeks of the semester staring us in the face. Now more than ever, we need to have a clear strategy for accomplishing our goals. What is your plan to finish your game and prepare for your final game presentation? How will you use time in and out of class to work to your advantage as we make our final push?

Consider these questions and post about your plan! Best of luck to everyone in the Globaloria community!

GAME DEVELOMENT - Where our paths diverge

Students -

Throughout our Globaloria studies so far, we have all been on the same journey. We have made mini-games together, we have prepared demos together, and virtually all class topics have related to everyone in the same way.

Now things are different. In the Game Development phase it is up to each individual team to find the script, tutorial, or examples you need in order to complete your game.

Take a few moments and write a blog post about the types of coding that you will need for your game. Will you need code to jump? Maybe to use mouse controls? Discuss how you plan to bring your game from a demo into a fully functional playable game.

Good Luck!!!

The Globaloria Community - What is your role?

In any community, each citizen has some sort of role, and hopefully some sense of responsibility. This is in fact one of the basic ideas behind the focus on Civics as pertains to Globaloria. As our classes and our students work to create civics based games, we have the larger goal that they (as well as the end users of the games) will learn to think about their role in the community, the state, the country, and the world.

However, we can also scale back and consider the Globaloria community a place where roles are important. We are all working independently in our individual schools and teams trying to create our games. In some cases, we are even in competition with one another as we enter the contests for Civics and STEM games. But when it comes down to it, the community as a whole only truly thrives when we (Students, Teachers, Mentors, Interns, World Wide Workshop Staff, Administrators, Researchers, etc.) step into our role and not only do our best to complete our piece of the pie, but also share our successes with those who can benefit from them.

Students - Have you found a skill that you are comfortable with (i.e. Art or Coding in Flash)? If so, how are you using that skill to help those in your Globaloria Community?

Teachers - What are we doing to not only help our students, but to make sure that as we gain knowledge, it is shared with those around us?

The tools for these interactions are readily available to us with our blogs and the wikis.

In order for our community as a whole to grow and move to "the next level", we must be willing to learn from each other and stand on the shoulders of the giants who have had success in various areas. Borrow good code, and try to understand it. Then share it with others. Ask for help in areas where you need it, then don't be shy about sharing your strengths with those who may benefit from your assistance.

It is our civic responsibility to the Globaloria community to find our roles and maximize our strengths within those roles. What can you do to achieve this?

Within the next week, try to reflect on your role and examples of sharing strengths in the community. Write a blog post of your own in which you discuss your reflections.

Till next time.....