WesTest

  We have only met together once this week because of the WesTest.  I am proud of the work you have been able to accomplish.  With the end of school and all the activities, we will be limited in what we are able to complete.  You have completed more than we thought you would and you have stayed with the task even with the difficulities, such as the computers shutting down, partner's absent, etc.  I wish we could have finished your games, because you had great ideas and your focus on detail was inspiring.

Video Games

I must admit that playing video games is not one of my favorite things to do in the world.  I do like to play PacMan and Tetris but I become easily bored and want to do something else.  When things are happening fast on the game board, I become confused as to what to do.   I have a game on my phone that I enjoy playing called Brick Breaker.  I find that enjoy playing the game in the car, when someone else is driving, or sitting in the Dr's office.  I have even been known to play it a time or two in church.  (Don't tell my Pastor!!)  If I have free time, I would like to do something besides playing a video game.  I will be waiting to hear about your favorite game.

Paper Prototypes

 We are back in school after a rainy Spring Break.  We have a few days left of school and I am excited about your games.  I am anxious to see your video about your game and the creative ideas.  You all have been great as I have learned with you.  You have tried all I have asked and have been patient as we have encountered difficulties.  I wish we could have started at the beginning of the year so you could have completed your game on Flash.  Keep up the good work as we finish out this year.

What is next?

I know you thought we would never get to this point but you are ready to start designing your game.  The mimi game was trying but you all stayed with it.  I am proud of you not giving up.  The codes we used are the ones you will need for your game.  This should be a fun week before we go on Spring Break.  Keep up the good Globaloria work.

Spring

The weather is beautiful and it will be easy to get spring fever. We have had some set backs with the mini game and getting it all to work. This is real life. We think we have things all figured out and that things should run smoothly and then life happens. Thanks for keeping with it until your mini game works and helping others with their mini game. We are almost ready to start your paper demo and I am excited to see what you will design.

Mini Game

The mini game has caused us some headaches as we look for mistakes. I can not figure out why it does not work when all the codes are correct. When I did this same activity at training, the instructors told us we would get better at the code and recognizing what is wrong. Looking at so many of yours, I have found this to be true. We need to watch using ( for { and so forth. Keep up the good work.

Blogging

I have spent my evening reading blogs and I do not understand why this is so hard. Your blog this week was to deal with the games you played and what you thought about them (both the good and the bad). Your blogs will be graded on content, not just that you blogged. We need to get our thoughts together and write more than one sentence. I expect more next week.

WE ARE MOVING NOW!!

I know it has taken forever but we are all up and rolling now. I am so excited to have everyone on wiki and the work I have seen on your wiki pages. Some of you need to add more to those wiki pages, but for the most part I am pleased with your progress. We should be able to move faster now and I appreciated your patience as we are learning with you. We will be looking at games again this coming week and trying to evaluate the games. Hopefully you will get some ideas of what not to do and what to do with your own game. Keep up the great work. I am looking forward to reading your blogs!!!!!!

Week 3

This is the end of our third week and we have had a very slow start. I appreciate your patience and your help as we have had trouble. This week I am looking forward to you setting up your profile page and your own blogs. I think things will start moving now that we have the email and wiki pages ready to go.

Second Week

This week has been very frustrating for you and for me. Nothing has worked this week and the lab being closed has slowed things down. Welcome to the real world. You will find in life that things go this way. Sometimes we think we have it all figured out and then things don't work they way we want them to work. You have to be persistent and try new ways to get things up and running. I am hoping for a better week. You all have been so patient and excited and I appreciate your being easy to work with so far. Hopefully, we will have a productive week and we will get rolling this week.

First Week

Globaloria started this week for us. We had a snow day and an early out day, so we only had two days together. I am so excited about this class! I loved the excitement and the questions that were asked by everyone as you were introduced to Globaloria. The questions were focused and showed your interest in the class. I am excited to get started and to see your ideas. I am expecting great results and I think if we had the full year to work you could be contenders for the competition. As we start, some activities will not be as thrilling as you want but we have to get the background so we can move on the greater things. We will work together and have a great semester.