Playing to Learn, Genre: Adventure

1.The game that taught me a new educational skill :
Synchronized Savior
2. The game or games that taught me about a new or existing social issue: 
I played a game called Synchronized Saviors. It teaches me about pollution and how to keep the environment clean.
3. The game or games I liked best: 
The game I liked the most was Synchronized Saviors.
4. What happens in the game or games: 
In the game you have to pick up the trash so your environment can be clean.
5. How you play the game or games: 
You use your mouse to pick up the trash.

Playing to Learn, Genre: Action

•  Game that taught me a new educational skill or gave information on a subject:

 Tempest in Crescent City doesn't work.

 Sigma Prime doesn't work.

 Zeitgeist doesn't work.

 Survivor taught me the most but it was kinda of boring.

• Game that taught me about a new or existing social issue:

Most of them didn't work but Survivor did work but it didn't taught me anything.
Mighty Guy 2 taught me how to survive in this game.

• Game I liked best:

Well most of them didn't work so I have to say that none of them.
In Fun Brain I like the game Migthy Guy 2 because it's a pretty cool game to play.

• What happens in the game:

In Survivor you just gotta save the person from being killed by the officers.

In Mighty Guy you have to get on the other side in order to win.

• How do you play it:

You use the left and right arrows to move. And you use the spacebar in order to jump in the game Survivor
You use the left,up,right, and the down key in order to move,jump, or duck in the game Mighty Guy 2

Gamers Solve Scientific Problems

• How did gamers use the computer game Foldit to solve the protein folding mystery?

They unravled a protein and they figure out how to cure AIDS/HIV.

• Who can participate in this problem solving and be a player in Foldit?

Anyone with strong critical thinking skills can participate in the solution.

• What can critical thinking do for science

Like when you want to find some answers for something you can find answers when you do critical thinking

Mini Game

I like doing the Mini Game because it's like practice to me. It makes Flash easy for me. When I started to make my Mini Game I started to learn who to use the codes.
I finished all my mini game steps from 1-8.
It was hard at fisrt but I got the hang of it.
I love doing the mini game steps because it helps me to practices the codes.
I helped like 2 or 3 students to finish at least the step.I'm gonna be practicing so I can be better at it.

9/11

1. How old were you on September 11,2011?
I was 2 years old when 9/11 happened.


2. When did you first learn about the attacks and who explained the events to you? I learned about this because my dad talked me about 9/11. 


3. What kind of impact did these attacks have on your life or your parents lives? My dad and my mom were shoked but it didn't affect their lifes.


1. What was the issue with this game? People started complaining about the game.


2. How do you feel about it? I feel bad because the person that made that video game is probably making fun of the people that had reletives in 9/11 who died.


3. What is the problem with portraying on such an awful violent event through a video game? It's bad because maybe people that were in 9/11 or had reletives there that died might think that it's just making fun of people and just making them feel sad.


4. How can you make sure that your web games tell the whole story or teach a lesson in an honorable way? We could make games that teach other young kids about 9/11 and show them how people were sad and felt bad.

2 Single Story 2011

"Danger of a Single Story"

• What does it mean to have a "single story" about a place or community? To have a a story a place or community. Or it could be a strong opinion about a place or community.
• Describe a single story you have heard told about your community. What is missing from that story? How could people learn more about that community? People from my community are really nice. What's missing from the story was maybe add some pictures or videos so people could see what kind of people live in your community so that people could have more information. People could see how people from that community do in there.
• Describe a single story you have heard about another community. How did you learn that story? How could you find out more about that community? Another community I heard of was about the Holocoust. I learned about this story in 6th grade. I could find out more by looking it up online.
• How could a game let players experience many stories about a place or community? It teaches a player about different kinds of stuff they go trough and what kind of problems people have in a place or a community.

1 Cyberbullying 2011

 This is my first blog post of 2011-2012 school year.



 What is cyberbullying? Cyberbullying is when technology is used and people harass you in either   computer,cellphones,or any kind of device that people could harass you with.And someone that picks on you.



What are the different types of cyberbullying? Gossip,impersonate,excude,or threat.



What should you do if you are being cyberbullied? Ignore them or tell a trusted adult.


What are same reasons that people cyberbully others? Jealosy or wants power.



What is Taylor's attitude toward "Clicksters" in the beginning of the story? It's fun for her.She likes to chat with her friends but then it gets worst.



What type of relationship do she have with her family? A good relationship with her mom and brother.



What type of friendship does she have? She has good friends friends at first and then they turn her enemies then the turn into their best friends again.


When does the cyberbullying begin? When she starts to use Clicksters.



What is the result of the cyberbullying that Taylor experiences? She starts to experiences bad things from people.



What type of cyberbullying does Taylor experience? Insulting.



What would you do if you were in Taylor's shoes? I would shut the account down or I could tell my mom.


How does Taylor react to the mean comments people keep putting about her? She's unhappy and really sad.


Does she ever try to stop people from post in insults? What could she have done diferently? No because she was really hurt. Block those people on the internet.


How do you think Taylor felt about her friends betraying her? Like wanted to kill herself because everybody hated her.


What kind of changes do you see Taylor experience troughout the film? She starts to realize that her friends care about her at the end. And her friends felt really sorry.