Can math Games be fun? When this question is asked I would usually say NO! But the reason I would say no is because I really don't like math at all. When I play some math games on FunBrain they can be alot of fun. I think the games that are fun usually have a math question then a fun thing to follow. As my blog readers already know I am not a fan of math and I really don't think there is anything that can be done to make it anymore fun. One of the math sites I really enjoy is FunBrain. There are games that you can play for just about any topic.
Wow; Almost Christmas time which means time for a break..Yay.So far this week I have completed adding sound and interaction. Well what can I say about this topic so far.... I am so happy it is over. Week after week we do things that are basicly the same. Well this week things have really picked up and we have had to step up and finish what seems like everything. Ading interaction has been really tricky. One of the websites I got a sound from would not let me add it to my flash file and after five or six trys i got really angry. I think adding sond was just as hard though. I hope as this year progresses I can do all this without havong to use a guide in the last things we do(:
This year has had so many things happen in it. The main thing that has changed for me has actually been in this class. You may wonder what I am talking about well I ma talking about my group. The two people that are in my group are Bobby and Nathan. When we first started off in this class I was not happy about who my group was but, as the year has gone on I have really started to appreciate them(: Both of my team mates have strong and weak points. But I have noticed that when one has a a probem the other can fix it! Some of the other teams still complain about there group but I don't think i would trade mine if I could(: What a year♥ Oh and my goal before the end of this year will be to become closer to the group then I already was. I and also hope that we have a good gae to present because we all work so hard in this class that has so many ups and downs.
Adding navagation had alot of ups and downs to it. But over all it was okay. I think so far adding navagation is the hardest leason that I have down. My group is the best but i was sick last week and had to miss a few days; well when i came back none of my froup new what to do at all. So right now we are really struggling to make up all the stuff we have missed. The HUGE problem we have right now is all of our levels are on different computers and flash. And each time our teacher trys to help i get really stressed out and right now i am to the point of going crazy. But i know in the end my group will pull together and be okay.
Wow;; My tenth..So close to tweenty(: Globaloria is just as fun and stressing as always. There is always work to be done in this class. When we first started of my group has so many ideas and all wanted our individual ideas in the game. We have all come along way and made our outline for the game. We have a lot to our game that makes it different from other peoples. We use flash for everything in this class, but none of use where really good at it. Recently my whole group learned how to make our images and stuff more realistic and we also learned how to make out buttons. I think the thing my group struggles with the most is learning things together. I have noticed that usually only one person from the group knows how to do it..To be honest I don't think its fair so I talked to my group and we are all going to try to put more effort in to our learning. Globaloria is a blast and I can't wait to learn more through the year to make my game and my team better.(:
`Wow!! Flash is so fun. Me and my group have learned so much. Me personally I have learned how to make buttons and how to change all my colors. I have also learned how to change the color of shapes. This may not seem like that much but flash is actually very complicated. I think the hardest thing I have done so far is make buttons. To make buttons you have to go through so many steps. Whats funny yet frustrating is after all these steps you could have messed up and the button wont work. When this happens you usually have to go back and see what you did that messed the button up. I have also learned that the control and the z key make your mistakes go away. Flash is more then just the art. We have learned how to write stuff in it then put it to our projects page. As a group we have learned how to draw the mazes we need to make fracman and we have also learned how to use our layers for different things. Flash is a blast and I hope to learn more from it:)
My role in the group is a project manager. So far i think i a pretty good at the job. i help people when they need help and I think i usually keep the group on track. Me and my team I think have come along way.All of use have different and very creative ideas. Therefor sometimes we disagree. But when my team disagrees we usually decide to use a few of the ideas to make one that we all like. When we do that we all get at least a little of what we want in the idea. I am really looking forward to getting to see how people like our game. The only thing i am worried about its the negative comments. I know how hard we work and I would hate for somebody not to like the game that we are working so hard and putting alot of time into. Our inspiration for the game was actually another game. Out inspiration was pacman. I really like the game and the other ones in my group did to so we wanted something kinda close to it.
Personally I feel that I have learned so much by using the computer for this class. While learning I feel that I also enjoy what I play and do.This class is not always(usually) fun but the sample games we get to play are. Some of the educational game I have played are The Cost Of Life and Darfur is Dying. I absolutely love the Cost of life..I play it alot. I learned that life for some people has not always been easy. In fact nobody's life will be perfect and this game shows everything from school to trying to stay healthy and not catching things from the farm. I think that games can create a learning atmosphere or we would not have this class. I know that each time my group works on our game we get better ideas for how we can help younger kids understand fractions.
Wow...There is alto that I have experienced with this lesson. I learned that this class is not at all easy and I also learned that that more you get into this class the harder it seems to get. But when I leave this class I also feel like i h ave accomplished alot because of the flash challenge. The hardest thing for me is making my flash exactly how it is in the example. Sometimes I don't see the right keys and I become really frustrated. But I think I am excited because everything we do is one step closer to having a complete game that people can play and hopefully give positive fed back. I am also pretty excited about getting to make the characters of the game. i am hoping that each person in our group would want to make one of the characters about them and play as them self. I think that would be alot of fun.I can't wait to make my game. The only problem I think I would have would be patience.But I think with the group I have we will be fine.
I added the blogs I did because I thought in some way they could be useful. They are also very interesting. Finding math blogs is actually not easy. Most of the math blogs that i found where for bigger kids in higher grades. The first blog I added had alot about fractions and I found that pretty useful for the curriculum we where covering in math class. It showed how to multiply, add,subtract, and divide. That blog would really help if somebody needed help and they could just go and read the blog instead of asking a teacher. I also choose this blog because it looked as if the people that wrote it where in out grade. I also choose this blog becausethe home page has alot of choicesas to what you can read about. It also has a few games that you can play.
Wow, so far I feel like this class has been great I feel like i have already learned so much and its only the first few months of being back. There is so much about Globaloria that I find fascinating, the main thing for me would be how quick we have picked up on all the things we have to know. For me the learning log looked hard and I thought I would mess up but after the first time I had it. This class has so far provided alot that nobody else knows how to do. We get to us flash and we get to blog and alot of other stuff people thinks is boring. But this class is so much fun. Its opened my eyes to see that this is actually the most interesting class I have ever taken. The playing to learn unit to me was a blast. There was one game I wanted to play everyday and I still find it quite interesting. We haven't done that much as far as making a game but we have learned how to make things move and that's pretty difficult. So i can only imagine how hard it was to make a full game and share your idea within that game. I have played at least one game froem every genre.The Cost of Life is the game I like so much. Its just a great game!! I think Viddler has been a great source to find information about what you need and watch it in a video so you don't have to read. Flash is a really cool program and I hope that I become alot better at it or I might have a hard time in this class. I hope that with flash I have a completed game before the end of the year and I hope the game that I make is a success. When we get our group together I would like to be the artist.I'm not that good in art but it seems like something that would really push me to do my absolute best!
When we are using the internet there are alot of things we should know. We should know how to keep personal information in our school and not outside of it. And when we give our information we need to make sure it is going to a person you can trust and know pretty well. When you use the internet it is also important that we know exactly what where doing so hackers don't get in to our system and steal peoples information. In this Globaloria class most of our personal stuff is kept to a minimum and when we keep all that on the down low I think we keep ourselves pretty safe. But there are alot of people that know what they are doing and can hack into our data base and steal information. So when I am at school on the internet and the teachers tell me exactly what to do I feel pretty safe because i trust that they wont put me on a site that could get me harmed in anyway. I feel like the internet is usually safe, most people aren't aloud to use a computer until a certain age and I know in my house when I reached the age my parents still wanted to know everything I was on. In my opinion the only time I feel like the internet is a problem is when you put yourself in danger. But i also feel like the internet is safe because you have to sign an agreement form before you can use a computer and it tells you what you can and can't get on.
Well when I am asked do I like math I cant really say yes or no. For me there is mixed feelings. Math is ok.. Its not my favorite subject at all. I think maybe if i where better at math I may like it more but its just a subject I really struggle with. My favorite lesson in math would probably have to be turning fractions into decimals. But I also like scientific notation. I like both of these lessons because if you need help you have your teacher but you also have a calculator. Sometimes when you can't use the calculator your teacher will allow you to be with a partner. I really enjoy working with a partner or group because you get to see what your classmates know. But I like using a calculator when i am stuck to because it is usually pretty quick. My least favorite lesson in math would have to be order of operations using decimals. For me that makes things ten times harder then they would usually be. This lesson is hard to me even using a calculator. I really don't know why I struggle with it so much but I do. I also struggle with multiplying decimals. I just don;t think that decimals like me at all. They are always giving me a hard time.
In this Globaloria class I hope that I learn alot about all kinds of stuff. I want to learn how to make my game better then last years by learning all I can from my wiki page. I would like to make my game about problems I had when I was younger in class. I would really like to make the game focused towards up coming sixth graders to help them when they first get to middle school.But I want the game to be focused in there math journey because thats what i had the biggest problem with. Hopefully my game will succeed in helping kids through this by educating them about what you will need for math class. I am pretty excited about being in this class so far. I am really looking forward to everybody playing my game and hopefully talking about how much fun they had and how helpful it was for them to play my game.Wehn I was first in middle school i needed alot of help with fractions so I am wanting the game to be about fractions and everything there is to learna bout them! I am a little bit scared about how peoples reaction will be to my game. I am worried that people will be judgemental of my game like they are to people on the first day of school. I want people to be like I love Kegan's game. And people from last year didn't really talk that much about the games that where made. But so far globaloria has been a blast!!
Hey, My name is Kegan I am a middle School Student. I love to cheer and hang out with friends. So far Globaloria has been a blast and I hope you enjoy the things I blog about!
