Tuesday, November 8, 2011

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?

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

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.

Thursday, October 13, 2011

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.

Monday, September 12, 2011

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.