January 29 Yeah!!!

Today our students made great progress using the actionscript we got from Brian at the Workshop.  They seem to think that the coding will be very useful to them in their games.  However, the Wiki was down and we were not able to get alot of the progress posted today.  Hopefully we'll be able to do more of this next time.

Until Next Time....

Getting Better at Flash

Well, I was inspired after the Globaloria Academy workshop this past weekend and decided that I should see what else I could do using Flash.  So, I went home and had my 5 year old daughter and 3 year old son tell me what they would like to have in a game.  My daughter suggested a butterfly that could land on a tree branch...and with the ActionScript that Brian walked us through on Saturday, I was able to make a little flash game that my kids ask to play over and over.  Pretty cool.  Also, I showed some of the students, and they are pretty excited to apply the coding into their own game designs.  THANK YOU WORLD WIDE WORKSHOP TEAM!!! Especially Maitreyi, Steward, Jeff, Lee, Shannon, and Brian.

Discussions, Games, and New Evaluations/Assessments

Today, Abbie and I had a nice discussion on how we can move our students' games forward a little faster.  We have been putting a lot of thought recently into the idea that we can hold them to greater accountability through individual assessment.  So, on Friday, we will be meeting with the class to discuss daily grading on their individual roles.  

We have decided that the teams need to have playable demos of their games ready by January 16th.  This will have them ready to present to the World Wide Workshop representatives the following week.  It is good for our students (and teachers....) to have a solid deadline to be working toward.  

All in all, both teams are working to finish their game planning by the end of class today, and their doing very well.

That's all, I hope to blog more often in the next few weeks....