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Welcome to the Globaloria Kasson Middle School Wiki
Kasson Middle School is proud to immerse students in Globaloria: a college-prep and career-prep course in which students learn to create inspiring and educational web-games using a social network for learning.
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Kasson Middle School Course News
| Date | Topic | Tasks to be accomplished | Notes to students/CSOs addressed | |
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| August 20 | Logistics | http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/XDNMNG8 Take a survey! | Consent forms due by September 1 (bonus for tomorrow!!) | |
| August 23 | Course Overview | Watch the video. Get familiarized with the structure of the course. | Getting Started | |
| Aug. 24 & 25 | Create Your Profile | Make a gmail account Set up Wiki User account. Design a personalized user page. Create a social profile. | Can you be the first to change the background color on your wiki? | |
| Aug. 26 & 30 | Create Your Blog | Set up a blog account. Create your first entry. Review privacy and posting settings. Set up a blogroll to connect with your peers' blogs. Add your blog link to your social profile page. Write a RICH post about your experiences thus far. | Will you have the most unique blog? Pictures, music, background? | |
| August 31 | Participation Guidelines | Read Globaloria community participation guidelines. Check out your peers' wikis and blogs against the guideline expectations. Leave a comment on your peers' talk page about their wiki or blogs. | Post to your blog...why must you protect your privacy on the internet? (5 sentence minimum) | Make sure you turned in your consent form!! |
| Sept. 1 | Learning Game Design | Game Design Unit Topics | ||
| Sept 2 & 3 | Playing to Learn | Play Social Issue and Educational games. Review two games following a template. Post your game reviews on your projects page. Blog about your experience. | Answer the blog questions in the course outline!! | |
| Sept 7 | Choosing a Topic | Choose a topic for your game following a template. Explore topic in depth. Post your work to your projects page. Blog about your experience. | Make sure you answer any questions in course outline! | |
| Sept. 8 and Sept. 9 | Mini Game Project | Create your first mini game by learning how to 1)work with movie clips 2)understand game control loop 3) work on keyboard control 4) introduce collision detection 5) keep score 6) work with simple AI for enemies. Post your game to your projects page. Blog about your experience. | ||
| Sept. 10 | Imagining Your Game | Imagine your game. Write your game idea down in Flash. Add your file to your projects page. Write a blog entry about your experience. | ||
| Sept. 13 and 14 | Planning Your Game | Create a team page. Fill in the Design Plan. Decide on your team roles. Fill in the game creation timeline. Create a blog entry about your experiences. | ||
| Sept. 15 & 16 | Paper Prototyping | Learn about game paper prototyping. Create your own paper prototype. Playtest with your team members. Videotape your paper prototype to the Internet. Add the video to your team page. Create a blog entry about your experience. | ||
| Sept. 17 & 20 | Drawing a Scene | Explore Flash drawing tools and learn to use layers. Convert your paper prototype into a game demo. Add your work to your projects page and your Team Page. Create a blog entry about your experiences. | ||
| add date | Adding Scenes | Learn to use frames. Add scenes to your game demo. Learn how to organize your timeline. Post your game demo file to your projects page and your Team Page. Write a blog entry | ||
| add date | Adding Buttons | Learn how to create interactive buttons in Flash. Learn about instances. Use Action Script to control your timeline. Learn how to add navigation buttons to your game demo. Add your updated game demo file to your projects page and your Team Page. Update your blog. | ||
| add date | Adding Animation | Learn about creating and using symbols in your library and adding frame by frame animation. Learn about motion tween. Add animation to your game demo. Add your updated game demo file to your projects page and your Team Page. Update your blog. | ||
| add date | Adding Input I: Keyboard | Explore keyboard controls. Learn how to use If statement. Add keyboard based movement to your game demo. Add your updated file to your projects page and your team page. Update your blog. | ||
| add date | Adding Input II: Mouse | Explore mouse controls. Learn how to use drag and drop with collision detection. Add mouse control to your game demo. Add your updated file to your projects page and your Team Page. Update your blog. | ||
| add date | Adding Sound | Learn how to add sounds to the buttons. Add sound to the buttons in your game demo. Add your updated file to your projects and your team page. Update your blog. | ||
| add date | Assembling Your Demo | Explore various videos on combining files. Learn about additional tips on combining the files. Assemble your game files and post assembled game demo to your projects and team page. Post a blog about your experiences. | ||
| add date | Presenting Your Demo | Finalize your game demo. Add your final game demo to your team page. Organize your team page to make it look great. Present your game demo. Upload the video of your presentation to your team page. Blog about your presentation experience. | ||
| add date | Development Plan | Game Development Unit Topics | ||
| add date | Your Development Plan | Review your team page. Update your team's timeline. Add the link to your team page to the master schedule in the notes section of the master schedule after you have identified the tasks and tutorials for the team. | ||
| add date | Pseudocode and Commented Code | |||
| add date | Integrating Code | |||
| add date | Game Development Topic from Your Plan | TBD by each Game team | ||
| add date | Game Development Topic from Your Plan | TBD by each Game team | ||
| add date | Game Development Topic from Your Plan | TBD by each Game team | ||
| add date | Game Development Topic from Your Plan | TBD by each Game team | ||
| add date | Game Development Topic from Your Plan | TBD by each Game team | ||
| add date | Game Development Topic from Your Plan | TBD by each Game team | ||
| add date | Game Development Topic from Your Plan | TBD by each Game team | ||
| add date | Game Development Topic from Your Plan | TBD by each Game team | ||
| add date | Game Development Topic from Your Plan | TBD by each Game team | ||
| add date | Game Development Topic from Your Plan | TBD by each Game team | ||
| add date | Game Development Topic from Your Plan | TBD by each Game team | ||
| add date | Testing and Debugging | |||
| add date | Finding Solutions | |||
| add date | Presenting and Publishing Your Game |
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