User:JDLee/Learning Log
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Learning Log
After each class, add a short entry about what you did on this log. This will help you see your learning progress.
| Topic | Date(s) | Time Spent | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| What is Globaloria | 8/27/09 | 1.0 hour | We talked about what Globaloria is and did a survey. |
| Globaloria Games | 8/28/09 | 1.5 hours | We played games made by other kids on Globaloria. |
| Creating a Gmail Account | 8/31/09 | 1.5 hours | We made a gmail account and we requested a wiki accont. |
| Creating a Profile | 9/1/09 | 1.5 hours | We created our wiki profile, edited our profile, and got an avatar. |
| Editing a Profile | 9/2/09 | 1.5 hours | We added color, videos, etc. to our profile. |
| Editing a Profile 2 | 9/3/09 | 1.5 hours | We countinued from yesterday. |
| Editing a Profile 3 | 9/4/09 | 1.5 hours | We continued from yesterday. |
| Creating a Blog | 9/8/09 | 1.5 hours | We created a blog on blogger.com. |
| The First Post | 9/10/09 | 1.5 hours | We put our first post on our blog. |
| Going Over Guidelines | 9/11/09 | 1.5 hours | We went over the privacy policies and participation guidelines. |
| Playing Games | 9/14/09 | 2.5 hours | We talked to the governor's wife and played games. |
| Playing To Learn | 9/15/09 | 1.5 hours | We played games and reviewed them on our wiki and blog. |
| Game Reviews | 9/16/09 | 1.5 hours | We finished reviewing the games that we played on the 14th. |
| Choosing a Topic | 9/17/09 | 1.5 hours | We chose and researched the topic we wnted to base our game on. |
| Choosing a Topic 2 | 9/18/09 | 1.5 hours | We found blogs to follow about the topic that we chose. |
| Experimenting with Flash | 9/21/09 | 1.5 hours | We downloaded a minigame and created an animation in Flash. |
| Creating a Movie | 9/22/09 | 1.5 hours | We created a movie using Flash. |
| ActionScript | 9/23/09 | 1.5 hours | We created ActionScript to our carrot for our minigame. |
| Minigame Uploading | 9/24/09 | 1.5 hours | We finished making our minigame and uploaded it to the wiki. |
| Making a Team | 9/28/09 | 1.5 hours | We created a team,decided our roles, and team name. |
| Game Concepts | 9/29/09 | 1.5 hours | We made the concept to our game. |
| Paper Prototyping | 9/30/09 | 1.5 hours | We started to paper prototype our games. |
| Paper Prototyping 2 | 10/1/09 | 1.5 hours | We started to create paper prototypes of our games. |
| Paper Prototyping 3 | 10/2/09 | 1.5 hours | We continued to make paper prototypes. |
| Make up Day | 10/5/09 | 1.5 hours | We finished work that was in complete. |
| Filming Paper Prototype | 10/6/09 | 1.5 hours | Began filming paper prototypes. |
| Recorded Videos | 10/7/09 | 1.5 hours | We filmed our paper prototyping. |
| Planning our Game | 10/8/09 | 1.5 hours | We started to decide on team roles. |
| Planning Our Game | 10/9/09 | 1.5 hours | We continued from yesterday and started working on the design plan. |
| Design Plans | 10/13/09 | 1.5 hours | We continued to work on our design plans and timeline. |
| Design Plans 2 | 10/14/09 | 1.5 hours | We continued to work on our design plans and timeline. |
| Design Plans 3 | 10/15/09 | 1.5 hours | We continued to work on our design plans and timeline. |
| Design Plans 4 | 10/16/09 | 1.5 hours | We continued to work on our design plans and timeline. |
| Drawing in Flash | 10/19/09 | 1.5 hours | We drew a house in Flash. |
| Drawing in Flash 2 | 10/20/09 | 1.5 hours | We started to sketch our paper prototypes in flash. |
| Drawing in Flash 3 | 10/21/09 | 1.5 hours | We continued from yesterday. |
| Drawing in Flash 4 | 10/22/09 | 1.5 hours | We continued from yesterday. |
| Drawing in Flash 5 | 10/23/09 | 1.5 hours | We continued from yesterday. |
| Free Day | 10/26/09 | 1.5 hours | We could not use Flash because there was Benchmark Tests in our classroom. |
| Picture Taking | 10/27/09 | 1.5 hours | We took pictures for Photoshop. |
| Photoshop(story) | 10/28/09 | 1.5 hours | We edited the pictures that we took yesterday. |
| Drawing in Flash 6 | 10/29/09 | 1.5 hours | We started to draw in Flash again. |
| Photostory | 10/30/09 | 1.5 hours | We finished making movies in Photostory. |
| Drawing in Flash 7 | 11/2/09 | 1.5 hours | We are drawing in Flash again. |
| Drawing in Flash 8 | 11/3/09 | 1.5 hours | We are drawing in Flash again. |
| Drawing in Flash 9 | 11/4/09 | 1.5 hours | We are drawing in Flash. |
| Motion Tween | 11/5/09 | 1.5 hours | We added navigation to objects in Flash. |
| Tweening | 11/6/09 | 1.5 hours | We tweened objects and used frame-by-frame animation in Flash. |
| Tweening 2 | 11/7-10/09 | 1.5 hours a day | We added animation. |
| Adding Animation | 11/12/09 | 1.5 hours | We continued adding animation |
| Adding Animation 2 | 11/13/09 | 1.5 hours | Finished adding animation. |
| Blog | 11/16/09 | 1.5 hours | We blogged about the class so far this year and what we thought about the class. |
| Adding Animation 3 | 11/17/09 | 1.5 hours | We worked with the library and did some more tweening. |
| Adding Animation 4 | 11/18/09 | 1.5 hours | We are adding navigation to our game. |
| Adding Animation 5 | 11/19/09 | 1.5 hours | We are still adding navigation to our game. |
| Adding Animation 6 | 11/20/09 | 1.5 hours | We are adding navigation to our game. |
| Adding Animation 7 | 11/23/09 | 1.5 hours | We are adding navigation to our game. |
| Adding Animation 8 | 11/24/09 | 1.5 hours | We are adding navigation to our game. |
| Adding Sound | 11/30/09 | 1.5 hours | We added sound to animation and buttons. |
| Adding Sound 2 | 12/1/09 | 1.5 hours | We made play and stop buttons and started adding sounds to our game. |
| Adding Sound 3 | 12/2/09 | 1.5 hours | We added sounds to our game. |
| Adding Interaction | 12/3/09 | 1.5 hours | We made a character move with arrow keys. |
| Adding Interaction 2 | 12/4/09 | 1.5 hours | We made a character move with arrow keys. |
| Make-Up Day | 12/7/09 | 1.5 hours | We had a make-up day so all the groups could catch up to each other. |
| Assembling the Game | 12/8/09 | 1.5 hours | We started making the Flash files into one file. |
| Assembling the Game 2 | 12/9/09 | 1.5 hours | We are making the Flash files into one file. |
| Assembling the Game 3 | 12/10/09 | 1.5 hours | We are making the Flash files into one file. |
| Assembling the Game 4 | 12/11/09 | 1.5 hours | We are making the Flash files into one file. |
| Mid-Course Survey | 12/14/09 | 1.5 hours | We did a mid-course survey and updated our learning logs. |
| Asking Meredith | 12/15/09 | 1.5 hours | We asked Meredith for help about screens. |
| ActionScript | 12/16/09 | 1.5 hours | We are adding ActionScript to our game. |
| ActionScript 2 | 12/17/09 | 1.5 hours | We are still adding ActionScript to our game and talked to Meredith. |
| ActionScript 3 | 12/18/09 | 1.5 hours | We are still adding ActionScript to our game. |
| Christmas Break | 12/21/09-1/3/10 | 14 days | Christmas Break just started today. |
| Snow Days | 1/4/10-1/8/10 | 5 days | We had no school because of the weather. |
| Back to School | 1/11/10 | 1 hour | We are still adding Actionscript to our game. |
| Testing | 1/12-13/10 | 2 hours | We cannot use the computers due to testing. |
| Dream Job | 1/14/10 | 1.5 hours | We did a blog about our dream job. |
| ActionScript 4 | 1/15/10 | 1.5 hours | We are adding ActionScript to our game. |
| Class News | 1/19/10 | 1.5 hours | We got news on the schedule for the year and started to decide on our roles in the presentation. |
| Presentation 1 | 1/20/10 | 1.5 hours | We started working on the PowerPoint. |
| Presentation 2 | 1/21/10 | 1.5 hours | We are working on the PowerPoint. |
| Presentation 3 | 1/22/10 | 1 hour | We added animation to the PowerPoint slides. |
| Presentation 4 | 1/25/10 | 1.5 hours | We presented our game. |
| Presentation 5 | 1/26/10 | 1.5 hours | We reviewed the presentation made by Klangfarbenmelodie. |
| Presentation 6 | 1/27/10 | 1.5 hours | We reviewed the presentation made by Masters of Disaster. |
| Presentation 7 | 1/28/10 | 1.5 hours | We reviewed the presentation made by The Epic Failz. |
| Presentation 8 | 1/29/10 | 1.5 hours | We wrote a blog on our presentation. |
| Learning Log | 2/1/10 | 1.5 hours | We updated our learning log. |
| Development Plan | 2/2/10 | 1.5 hours | The class went over what my group needed for the game. |
| Development Plan 2 | 2/3/10 | 1.5 hours | We put the Development Plan on our team page and worked on the game. |
| Development Plan 3 | 2/4/10 | 1.5 hours | We put the Development Plan on our team page and worked on the game |
| Intro to ActionScript | 2/8/10 | 1 hour | We worked on ActionScript. |
| Snow Days | 2/9-18/10 | 10 days | We had about two weeks worth of snow days. |
| ActionScript Blog | 2/19/10 | 1 hour | We blogged about what we did in class on 2/8/10. |
| Programming Practices | 2/22/10 | 1.5 hours | We did the Programming Practices section of game design topics. |
| Learning from Others | 2/23/10 | 1.5 hours | We did the Learning from Others section of game design topics. |
| Finding Solutions | 2/24/10 | 1.5 hours | We did the Finding Solutions section of game design topics. |
| Preloader | 3/1/10 | 1 hour | Our group started on the Preloader section. |
| Preloader 2 | 3/2/10 | 1.5 hours | Our group is working on the Preloader section. |
| Preloader 3 | 3/3/10 | 1 hour | Our group is working on the Preloader section. |
| Preloader 4 | 3/4/10 | 1.5 hours | Our group is working on the Preloader section. |
| Preloader 5 | 3/5/10 | 1.5 hours | I am trying to get the preloader uploaded. |
| Preloader 6 | 3/8/10 | 1.5 hours | I am still trying to get the preloader uploaded. |
| Preloader and Sound Effects | 3/9/10 | 1.5 hours | We uploaded the preloader and started the Sound Effects section. |
| Sound Effects and Registration | 3/10/10 | 1.5 hours | We are doing Sound Effects section and I registered our team for the best Flash game in West Virginia. |
| Sound Effects | 3/11/10 | 1.5 hours | We are doing the Sound Effects section. |
| Sound Effects 2 | 3/12/10 | 1.5 hours | We are doing the Sound Effects section. |
| Sound Effects 3 | 3/15/10 | 1.5 hours | We are doing the Sound Effects section. |
| Writing Assessment | 3/16/10 | 1.5 hours | We could not get into the room because of Writing Assessment. |
| Sound Effects 4 | 3/17/10 | 1.5 hours | We finished the Sound Effects section. |
| Sound Effects 5 | 3/18/10 | 1.5 hours | We did the Sound Effects blog. |
| Scoring | 3/18/10 | 1.5 hours | We started the scoring section. |
| Scoring 2 | 3/19/10 | 1.5 hours | We are doing the scoring section. |
| Scoring and Timer | 3/22/10 | 1.5 hours | We finished the scoring section and we finished the timer section. |
| Writing Assessment Again | 3/23/10 | 1.5 hours | We had to go in the lab that didn't have Flash because of the Writing Assessment and I added a new picture and video to my profile. |
| Character Effects | 3/24/10 | 1.5 hours | We started on the character effects. |
| Writing Assessment Again | 3/25/10 | 1.5 hours | We could not go to our lab because of the Writing Assessment. |
| Development Topics | 3/26/10 | 1.5 hours | We finished writing the Development Topic blogs and put the finishing touches on the Development Topics. |
| Development Topics 2 | 3/29/10 | 1.5 hours | We extended the Development Topics one more day because not all of the groups were finished and added our Flash files to our blogs. |
| Starting the Game | 3/30/10 | 1.5 hours | We started to create our game. |
| Restarting the Game | 3/31/10 | 1.5 hours | We decided to change the way our game will work. |
| Finding Information | 4/1/10 | 1.5 hours | I was looking for facts about gambling for our game. |
| Start of Break | 4/2/10 | 1.5 hours | There was not enough people here to work, so we couldn't do much work. |
| Spring Break | 4/3-11/10 | 9 days | No school because of Spring Break. |
| Working on the Game | 4/12/10 | 1.5 hours | We worked on our game. |
| Blogging | 4/13/10 | 1.5 hours | We did the blog for the second STEM blog. |
| Working on the Game 2 | 4/14/10 | 1.5 hours | We worked on the game questions. |
| Server Down | 4/15/10 | 1.5 hours | We couldn't work on the game because our school's server was down for most of the class. |
| Working on the Game 3 | 4/16/10 | 1.5 hours | We worked on our scoring system and did a blog. |
| Working on the Game 4 | 4/19/10 | 1.5 hours | We worked on our questions and did a blog. |
| Working on the Game 5 | 4/20/10 | 1.5 hours | We worked on our questions and did a blog. |
| Working on the Game 6 | 4/21/10 | 1.5 hours | We worked on our questions. |
| Working on the Game 7 | 4/22/10 | 1.5 hours | We worked on our questions and did a blog. |
| Working on the Game 8 | 4/23/10 | 1.5 hours | We worked on our questions and did a blog. |
| Working on the Game 9 | 4/26/10 | 1.5 hours | We worked on our questions. |
| Working on the Game 10 | 4/27/10 | 1.5 hours | We worked on our questions. |
| Working on the Game 11 | 4/28/10 | 1.5 hours | We worked on our questions. |
| Working on the Game 12 | 4/29/10 | 1.5 hours | We worked on our questions. |
| Working on the Game 13 | 4/30/10 | 1.5 hours | We worked on our questions. |
| Working on the Game 14 | 4/3/10 | 1.5 hours | We worked on our questions. |
| Working on the Game 15 | 5/4/10 | 1.5 hours | We worked on the game. |
| Finished the Game | 5/5/10 | 1.5 hours | We finished the work on the game. |
| Uploading the Game | 5/6/10 | 1.5 hours | We started to upload the game. |
| Uploading the Game 2 | 5/7/10 | 1.5 hours | We are still uploading the game. |
| Presentations | 5/10/10 | 1.5 hours | We are working on the presentation. |
| Presentations 2 | 5/12/10 | 1.5 hours | We did our practice presentation. |
| Presentations 3 | 5/13/10 | 1.5 hours | We did our presentation. |
| Presentations 4 | 5/14/10 | 1.5 hours | We uploaded our presentation and did a blog. |
| Blogging | 5/17/10 | 1 hour or less | We did a blog. |
| Nothing | 5/18/10 | 1 hour or less | We did nothing. |
| Blogging 2 | 5/19/10 | 1 hour or less | We did a blog. |
| Survey | 5/20/10 | 1 hour or less | We did a survey. |
| Free Day | 5/21/10 | 1.5 hours | We had a free day. |
| Presentations 5 | 5/24/10 | 1.5 hours | We worked on our presentation in Windows Movie Maker. |
| Pictures | 5/25/10 | 1.5 hours | We took pictures to use in Photoshop. |
| Pictures 2 | 5/26/10 | 1.5 hours | We took more pictures to use in Photoshop. |
| Photoshop | 5/27/10 | 1.5 hours | We edited pictures in Photoshop. |
| Photoshop 2 | 5/28/10 | 1.5 hours | We edited more pictures in Photoshop. |
| Photoshop 3 | 6/1/10 | 1.5 hours | We edited more pictures in Photoshop. |
| Free Day | 6/2/10 | 45 minutes | We had a free day. |
| GIMP | 6/3/10 | 1.5 hours | We started to use GIMP. |
| Free | 6/4/10 | 1.5 hours | We had a free day. |
