Students: Here are your instructions for Thursday's class. Each of you should have the following accomplished by the end of class: On Wiki - Upload all versions of mini-game projects in both .fla & .swf formats. Embed all versions of .swf files on "My Projects" page with complete description of what was accomplished in each version. Include links to the .fla files in the descriptions (use the code snippet for external link with different name).
On Blogs- Your assignment is to find an interesting post on another student's blog and comment on it. Then, write your own post reflecting on the other student's post. Include a link to the original post in your post. I will be checking these assignments online.
If you have questions, leave them as comments on this post.
Good Luck!!!
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Friday, September 25, 2009
Taking Noses off the Grind Stone - Opportunities for Sharing Knowledge
We all know that there are things that we can learn from others. And, we all have things that others can learn from us. However, many times, we get so caught up in our own processes, our own problems, and our own patterns, that we neglect to see the learning opportunities all around us.
Today, I enjoyed the chance to take advantage of just such an opportunity. Mr. Warfield invited my Globaloria Class to his room to help his students with the customization of their blogs. My students were placed into a position to help mentor the students from Mr. Warfield's class. However, in addition to helping the other students, many of my young bloggers found that they could learn much from those who they were helping!
The students from the two classes created a great synergy as they helped each other try out gadgets, find playlist html snippets, and adjust colors and fonts. Many ended up adding each other's blogs to their blog rolls. All in all it was a very fulfilling experience for me to observe these students sharing knowledge.
My point is, no matter how busy we get, sometimes it's a good idea to get our noses off the grind stone and take a look at what others are doing. All of us have something to share, and we can all learn from other's experiences!
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Wiki Progress
It has been a pleasure to see some of the students in my Globaloria class really taking charge with their wikis outside of class time.
In particular SarahEllen
and Dakota
have each made huge progress. Dakota currently has 40 edits, and SarahEllen is up to a whopping 55 edits. This is after being introduced to the wiki three class periods ago!!! Awesome job guys! If you keep this up we are sure to be successful in this class.
I challenge all of my students reading this post to see what you can do to make your wiki profiles and blogs unique and insightful. These areas offer you the opportunity to have true ownership in this process and in the program. The more communication we set up in the blogisphere, and the more time you spend practicing good habits of uploading and editing the wiki, the more success we will have when rubber hits the road with game design!
In particular SarahEllen
and Dakota
have each made huge progress. Dakota currently has 40 edits, and SarahEllen is up to a whopping 55 edits. This is after being introduced to the wiki three class periods ago!!! Awesome job guys! If you keep this up we are sure to be successful in this class.
I challenge all of my students reading this post to see what you can do to make your wiki profiles and blogs unique and insightful. These areas offer you the opportunity to have true ownership in this process and in the program. The more communication we set up in the blogisphere, and the more time you spend practicing good habits of uploading and editing the wiki, the more success we will have when rubber hits the road with game design!
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