About My Topic

My Topic is about....Heist in History


This issues interests  me because....It shows many things that has happen over a long time ago from the past over to the present.It shows how people planed these genius heist that they got away with! It shows their Patience,Timing,and Planning.


I want people to learn...How to plan things out before going into action.My game will teach this by putting u into the place of the robber.


because....I feel like we as people don't really plan things out feel just got into affect without looking at the problem your set into.I am one of the many with this problem I go into affect without planning and sometimes face the consequences.


This issue needs to be addressed because...I think that we need  to show more Patience,Timing,and Planning.I want people to also learn more about the past history in our world.


I got this picture from http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/8916276/New-clues-in-DB-Cooper-hijacking-case-after-clip-on-tie-discovery.html

• WHO are you designing your game for? I am designing this game for students from ages 12-15.So they can develop the skills of analyzing something before going into action.

• WHAT will your game teach the player about your topic? People how the managed to get a way with such elaveret heist.By showing them what skills they used.Like planing,Quickness and patience and all of this will be Incorporated into the history behind heists..

• WHERE does your game happen? In many different places but back in history.
  • Describe the world you will design for your game. It will be a very old world where but challenging world where u have to look at things very closely.
  • How will this setting add to the learning experience?The setting will be a non distracting setting where you pay close attention to every small thing.Where you need the patience and analyzing skill.

• HOW does your game world teach the player about your topic?The player will learn about past heist in history.
  • What happens in the world that helps the player learn?The game will take you through multiple heists.
  • How does the player use what they learned to make something happen in the game?They will pay close attention to the things around them.They will be able to use these things in real life situations.

• WHY is a game a better way of understanding your topic than a quiz? It's a different thing from just sitting down and having a book thrown at you and having to learn about this stuff like that.

Emperor Penguins of Antarctica

What challenges do the penguins have to overcome?One of them is the major drop in temperature,blizzards,predators and shortage of food.
How does their habitat challenge their livelihood each day?Well the top one is their surface is slipery and unstable,thus making them not be able to run from the predators or get to food quick  enough.
What types of adaptations do penguins need in order to survive brutal winters and predators?Learn how to stay warm in the winter.By culdeling with the other penguins.Hunting their food.Hiding from predators.Their fat and fur.
Why is there a period of time in which there is practicully no sunlight?How does this affect the climate?The earth is rotating around.Yes the climate drops!
How could climate change negatively impact the mating ritual?

Playing to Learn, Genre: Sports & Racing

Cars, Basketball, Cricket, Football, Soccer, People, Turtles, Timer- These are all things you may find in a Sports or Racing game. These types of games usually have some type of competition that the player must participate in to win the game. They model real life racing or sporting events. 
1. Game that taught me a new educational skill or gave information on a subject:Billiards
2. Game that taught me about a new or existing social issue:This game taught me about using your head and using your angles to see where and were not to strick the ball.
3. Game I liked best:Billards
4. What happens in the game:You try to make the balls into the pockets.
5. How you play the game: You play the game by hit the ball in angles and making them into the pockets.

Playing to Learn, Genre: Strategy

Strategy games involve the use of critical thinking skills to accomplish a long-term goal. In a strategy game their might be a need for analyzing a situation to make the best moves possible in order to win the game. Sometimes there are time constraints or obstacles to overcome.
1.The game that taught me a new skill or subject:  Ayiti: The Cost of Life

2.The game that taught me about a new or existing social issue: Ayiti: The Cost of Life,is a game that challenges its players to manage a rural family of five in Haiti over four years and keep them healthy, get them educated, and help them survive.:

3.The game that I like or liked the best:Ayiti: The Cost of Life

4: What happens in the game or games:You have to sustain a life in a rural life..

5:How do you play the game or games:You just have to sustain a family in this life by making  choices that u think are best.

Playing to Learn, Genre: Action

Action games are usually made up of characters that are fighting or engaging in some type of combat. It could be violent combat, or fighting with special abilities or weapons. There can also be war or a good guy fighting the bad guy to save a planet or a person.
1. Game that taught me a new educational skill or gave information on a subject:Survivor 
2. Game that taught me about a new or existing social issue:It taught me about the holocaust involoving a prisoner/jew who tries to escape.
3. Game I liked best:Survivor
4. What happens in the game:You have to try to escape from the building.
5. How you play the game: You use the arrow keys to aboid the bad guys and spacebar to jump over them.

Playing to learn, Genre:Puzzle/Mazes

Puzzles and mazes are a genre of game where the player generally has to find there way over or through obstacles and also need to use knowledge to solve problems that are put in front of oneself.

1.The game that taught me a new skill or subject: Worlds hardest game ,it teaches you about analyzing something before you go into action.Pay attention to them.


2.The game that taught me about a new or existing social issue:

3.The game that I like or liked the best:Worlds hardest game

4: What happens in the game or games:You get little yellow balls and pass the level & every level gets harder.

5:How do you play the game or games:Try not to get caught by the little blue balls.

Playing to Learn,Genre;Adventure

An adventure game consists of a central theme or story of exploration and plot development or going through obstacles to reach a point of achievement.


Mario was a adventure game because there are many obstacles in your path throughout the whole game to your goal destination.

How old were you on September 11,2011?
I was 3 years old when this occurred.
When did you first learn about the attacks and who explained the events to you?
I first heard about this like in 3rd grade.The teacher was the one who explained  it she said that a terrorist had attacked us.
What kind of impact did these attacks have on your life or your parents lives?
Well I think everyone agrees when I say we all became paranoid about this happening again.We all became more strict about who you could trust or not.

What was the issue with this game?
It was ignorant about the feelings of people that lost loved ones in this attack.
How do u feel about it?
I feel that this game was bad,because it was pretty much on the distruction about the World Trade Center.The reason for this was because this was a grusum thing for America.
What is the problem with portraying on such an awful violent even through a video game?
Like I said its ignorant about Americans feelings.
How can you make sure that your web games tell the whole story or teach a lesson  in an honorable way? I think its better if you just don't make a game about t 9/11.It was a great dilemma for Americans.

# 2 Single Story 2011

 "Danger in a single story"

What does it mean to have a single story about a place or community?

Well it tells about a thing that you have experience.Most liking like what you have been told,seen and done.
In her story she tells about how she had misjudgments towards others.One day she moved in to college and her roommate was misjudging her. 

Describe a single story you have heard told about the your community.What is missing from that story ?How could people learn more about that community?
Well right now I am attending a school on the East side of Austin and most people (EVERYONE) thinks this part of Austin is juvenile.People always steal,fight,do drugs but they are totally wrong.That's one of the reasons the school is over here.We want to prove that we are much more than what they all think.Whats missing from this story? Well lots of things one is that we are not at all what they think we are.Learn more ? Well that's easy they can come experience what we are doing kind of like a single story.




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?


Ive heard that South Austin is the opposite of what they say about East Austin.They have Huge houses  and good education etc.I learned this story from friends and some from the news.I think i could find out more about his is I just visit this part of Austin.


How could a game let players experience many stories about a place or community?
I don't really think that a game could be used for this kind of issue but maybe you could by making a game about communities.

#1 Cyberbulllying

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

Cyberbullling:A cryberbully is someone who bully's from the Internet.He/she can harass someone by putting mean comments on their profiles and thinks they will get away with it.

In this movie there is a young girl named Taylor who didn't really care much about these websites but,as she got her own computer she began using a social website called Clicksters.All her friends had one so she made one for herself.Her life isn't too bad or too good its just right but one situation in her family was her dad leaving her mom for a younger women,thus Taylor having so much hatred towards him.She began t use Clicksters very often,and one day her brother hacked her page and wrote mean things about her.After that happened her friends began to acted very strange around her and make rude remarks about her.her brother conffesed and said that he was the one that wrote those mean and nasty things on her well.

Her sister was so mad to the point of not trusting his brother anymore.Taylors mom doesn't trust her anymore,she began to get crazy.Then Taylor takes back everything she had said about her dad and gave him a call asking for his help.In a few days her dad finally got back to her,thus having a talk about what has been happening.Taylor got mad and her mom tells her to shut it down but she didn't listen to her.All her friends turned on her and she felt like her worlds was falling apart.

She began to have thoughts about killing her self and made a videos saying she will.One of her friends named Samantha came to her rescue telling her not to do that.

What is your team name ?
The Jampack
What is the name of your game?
The name of our game is....The Weather Checkers
What is it about?
This game is about ...us the team tring to teach our new generation of poeple what to do in case of a natural disaster.
What scenes have you completed?
We have completed most of our game scenes.
What parts of your team page are completed?
Our team page is all done.
How much more work do you need to complete?
we still need to put some stuff together into one whole game.
What can you do from now until Friday to get everything finished and turned in?
We will have to set our mind to the goal of finishing this game by Friday
What grade would you give yourself in Globaloria overall?
I don't really know.....of course I would want to give my self a A but in all I think we would get a B
What are all of the things you have learned this year?
Well  I have learned lots of things from tracing adding keyboard control to adding sound into our game.
What are you proud of in Globaloria?
I am very much proud to be apart of Globaloria because its a wonderful experience that I think everyone should get a Chance to experience. I mean the thrill you get from adding sounds from the excitement you get when u finish the whole game!
How can you improve next year?
Next year i will set my mind to fullfilling the game in the right maner.

Christian 13 2011

1}What does the site teach?
The site teaches you about civics and what you
 can and cant do to help awareness.
2}How does it teach civics?
it teaches you how to d things about things you think are important.
3}1-2 things you liked?
1-that's its fun!!!!!
2-it teaches you these stuff very easily.

Christian G 2011

Okayyyy......so first of all?Yall know the new game system the Nintendo 3DS right? Of course u do. Well i know we are all excited for this,  first of all its 3D who wouldnt want to play it.One f the things that is cool is The Nintendo 3DS has a Mii such as like the Wii and the way this is,is that u can build your own personal character to your Nintendo 3DS.Another awesome thing on this is that it has TV!!!!! It's powered by Fuji TV.Also the Nintendo 3DS will have a camera for videos and pictures such as the DSi.

Okayy I got this picture from

arstechnica.com

I wouldn't incorporate a celebrity into my game because I think  it would be better to not do that, the reason why would be so u can be original.
If my game did ever go big in the game market I would do allof these  TV,Internet, and on a radio.
I think this is a really cool thing that SXS did.

Christian Gomez

I think that this is very inspiring to see kids actually be able to help no only they're community but all of Japan.If we had the changes to help these kids in they're attempt to help Japan I will most definitely help.Its a good thing that they are helping these people that are in need. We are so fortunate that this is not happening to us.So that's why I would try to help these people.Its really sad that this happened.All the family members that were lost ,all the friends,all my pairs go out for these people.

Ok first of all I think that this is a amazing accomplishment for Sony. I would want to get one as soon as possible. The things that went into making this game system  are enormous, well its touch screen . You can us the Internet, music, comics ,read, camera to take pictures and take videos and some kind of phone .Oohhhhhh yeah it has bluetooth too.This is super i mean super I am actually interested of getting this super fast.Well this is by far the best game system ever invented in my opinion.

                                                        Mad Hot Ballroom


What does the word "Teamwork" mean to you?
To me its working together with different people and coming to together to do something good.
This documentary was filmed in 1994.

How do you see these students trying to work together?

The way they work together is tremendous they support each other and are right on beat with their feet and see and they re so in sync that the know what the next move is.
How important was teamwork for these students?Team work means a lot of things to them but to some of the students there are all in sync with team work being helping each other out in every little thing tat comes as a obstacle.

What do you think is the main message that these students should take away from this experience?   Is having the experience of being in a compitition  and not being afraid of expresing their feelings of dancing.

How will you work together with your teammates in Globaloria?
By putting my self in their place and working together as a whole team not just a individual. As the team laeder I will have to keep poeple in task.

Christian G 6 2011

Super Chick Sisters
Well I played the game and i thought "wow".
The reason why I thought this was because the way they Incorporated the social issue into the game is tremendous.
Showed how they treat all of their chickens and made sure the message was sent out.
 Well now ill tell you how I played the game.
The whole point of this game is to try to get by these obstacle courses without getting touched.
The social issue of this game is that they're killing to much chickens in a very cruel way.
This restarunt is killing to much chickens
JLoBully From The Block
Well this game is really fun,I could not stop playing it.
The game play of this game is to not get captured by JLo.
The way to play this game is by using the arrow keys to move up and down and side to side .
Your suppose to save the animals and people  before getting caputered by JLo.
The social issue if this game is animal abuse and how to affects the animals in many ways.
The way they incorporated this into a gme is really because it shows how she actually hurts these animals.

Christian G 6 2011

The games I chose was MathMan.
Its a really fun game and it also teaches you a lot of math.
The math it teaches you is fast multipling skills.
This game is really cool for the things it teaches you

Christian G 4 2011

 

The Wizard

At the beginning of the movie, Jimmy is walking down the highway. Where is he going?
To California
What is the problem that the little boy, Jimmy, has?
Hes tramatised
Jimmy likes to stack and build things. How does  this relate to video games?

He plays the games because it helps him forget about his sister.
What makes him such an awesome video game player?

Hes very focused.
What kinds of games do you see being played? Have you ever played any games like this before?
Ninja Gaiden,double dragon and Street Fighters
How many different game systems do you see in the film?
3
What did you think about the Power Glove?
It's pretty cool because it makes u active.

The stackting is like the picsoles of a video game.
Playing video games seems to help Jimmy feel better. Why do you think this is?

ChristianG 2 2011

 This game is awesome it's amazing, to see how they made the game and to see how all of the things came together to become a game that is very much liked.
 I am amazed how all of those things incoparated into one little game that is really good.
This game is the best game I have played so far.

Christian G 1 2011

                                                               Google Science Fair

I think it's great how people from all over the world come together and have a science fair to expose different people to different areas in science. Like the girl said its better to expose your self to things so that later on in life you can know what your interest in life is and what u have passion in. Its cool how the people in that video think we all had potential to succeed in the fair ,I mean we all really do have the potential but it all depends on the person that doing the project.