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What is Globaloria?

COURSE TIMES

Our Pressley Ridge @ White Oak (PRWO) Globaloria Program is growing!! We now have three cottages sharing in this exciting and innovative learning opportunity. PRWO students are actively engaged in their Globaloria Program FIVE (5)days per week two class periods per day!! Each class is held Monday through Friday for a total of 90 minutes per day. For visitors, Pressley Ridge @ White Oak Globaloria student class schedules are listed below:

COTTAGE CHEROKEE
08:40 - 9:25 Ms. Lori's GLOBALORIA Class = Cottage CHEROKEE
09:25 - 10:10 Mr. Garvin's GLOBALORIA Class = Cottage CHEROKEE

COTTAGE #2
10:10 - 10:55 Ms. Lori's GLOBALORIA Class = Cottage #2
10:55 - 11:40 Mr. Garvin's GLOBALORIA Class = Cottage #2

COTTAGE #4
12:45 - 01:30 Ms. Lori's GLOBALORIA Class = Cottage #4
01:30 - 02:15 Mr. Garvin's GLOBALORIA Class = Cottage #4

Feel free to visit our school and join in our learning ANY time! One hint...be prepared to immerse yourself in 'virtual' learning as students ask YOU to engage in this innovative style of learning!!

WIKI CODE for UPLOADING FLASH

Hey Kiddos! In order to access the code for uploading FLASH to your wiki page, simply click the EDIT button to the right. Copy the code below. Past the code to the appropriate section of your MY PROJECTS page. Insert YOUR FILE NAME over top of: 1_INTROScreen_LoriT.swf. Save the page.

RUBRICS

Blog Evaluation Rubric

Wiki Evaluation Rubric

Presentation Evaluation Rubric

Participation Rubric

Overall Course Evaluation Rubric

Student Evaluation Checklist Rubric

SURVEY LINKS

2010-2011 PRE COURSE SURVEY LINK: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/XDNMNG8
MID COURSE SURVEY LINK: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MSWLDZK
POST COURSE SURVEY LINK: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MSCJD8C

HOW TO ACCESS THE BeFunky WEBSITE

Hey, Sweeties! WELCOME to BeFunky...our cartoon-converter central for Pressley Ridge School @ White Oak Village! In order to access the BeFunky site, simply 'click on' the following link BeFunky: and you are there! REMEMBER ALL GRAPHCIS MUST BE TEACHER (ie: Ms. Lori) APPROVED PRIOR TO THE CONVERSION PROCESS. ENJOY...Love, Ms. Lori <3

REQUIREMENTS FOR UPLOADED FILES

When uploading a file to your wiki please take the following steps:
ALWAYS begin with YOUR USERNAME followed by OUR SCHOOL'S WIKI INITIALS and the ASSIGNMENT NAME. These steps ensure you will not lose your files due to another Pressley student naming their file the same.

EXAMPLE
username_schoolwikiinitials_assignmentname.fla
(e.g. sports girl24_prwo_scrollingbackground.fla)

Additionally, AFTER ADDING THE FILES TO YOUR PROJECT PAGE, you must FILL IN THE DESCRIPTION FIELD on the upload page EVERY TIME you UPLOAD A NEW FILE. The description should ONLY BE A FEW WORDS in length. Describe any key changes you made (i.e. Added audio to game.) If it is an image or photo, describe it (i.e. Greek Goddess for Game.)

ATTENTION: Please SEPARATE THE UNITS you are working on with HEADINGS. This step will ensure I know when your special effects files end and scrolling background files start!

CIVICS and NEWS KNOWLEDGE COMMUNITY Website

For game resource in the CIVICS area visit THIS site:

Civics and News Knowledge Community

Play Games Made By Students

Check out the MyGLife Resources Website for games made by Globaloria students, and professional game developers, who have donated their games and code. Visit the Game Gallery to play games created by Pressly Ridge School students.

Pressley Ridge School Course News

GLOBALORIA ~ 2010-2011 ~ ASSIGNMENTS / DUE Dates

Date	Topic	Tasks to be accomplished	Notes to students
Unit 1 Day 1 08-24-10	Getting Started	Take the pre-course survey.
Day 2 08-25-10	Course Overview	Review and sign Consent Forms. Watch the video. Get familiar with the Globaloria platform. REVIEW: Creating a Gmail account. Usernames must be the your first name _ last initial_G1011. Example LoriTG1011. Record usernames and password for your Gmail account on an index card and turn it in to your teacher.
Day 3 08-26-10	Create Gmail Account	COMPLETE: Create a Gmail account.
Days 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 8-27 thru 9-3-10	Create Your Profile	Set up your Wiki User account using the same format as Gmail accounts. Design a personalized user page. Create a social profile. Record usernames and password for your Wiki Profile on your index card and turn it in to your teacher.
Days 4-10 same as above	Create Your Blog	IN MR. GARVIN's CLASS you will set up a blog account. Create your first entry. View your blog Manage privacy and posting settings. Set up a blogroll to connect with other student blogs in YOUR COTTAGE. Write a media rich post about your experiences in Globaloria thus far. Add your blog link to your social profile page. Record usernames and password for your Blogger account on your index card and turn it in to your teacher.
Day 11 09-07-10	Participation Guidelines	Read Globaloria Community Participation Guidelines. Check each other’s wikis and blogs – look for problematic things like using last names, using copyrighted work without source credit, etc. Leave a comment on one of your classmates talk page about their wiki. Create a blog post about why it is important to protect your privacy on the Internet.	Getting Started Unit – Finished.
Unit 2	Learning Game Design	Game Design Unit Topics
Days ___________ add date	Playing to Learn	Play Social Issue and Educational games. Review two games following a template. Post your game reviews on your projects page. Write a Blog post to reflect on which of these genre(s) are you most interested in using for your own game idea.
Days ___________ add date	Choosing a Topic	Choose a topic for your game following a template. Explore topic in depth. Post your work to your projects page. Write a Blog Post introducing yourself, your topic and why you think these links will help you research your topic.
Days 18, 19, 20. 21, 22 add date	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. Answer the suggested Blog Post: Do you play games in your free time? Which ones do you play and why are they your favorite? Does this topic give you a new perspective about playing games? Why or why not?
Day 23, 24 add date	Imagining Your Game	Imagine your game. Write your game idea down in Flash. Add your file to your projects page. Update your Blog: What are you most excited about as you begin your game? Be sure to add your flash file to your blog! Make media rich posts that people will want to view.
Days 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 add date	Planning Your Game	Create a team page. Fill in the Design Plan. Decide on your team roles. Fill in the game creation timeline. Update your Blog: Suggest posts ideas include: Post a picture of your team and introduce the team roles. What is your role in the team? Why are you good at this job? What is the hardest part about working in teams?
Days 30, 31, 32, 33, 34 add date	Paper Prototyping	Learn about game paper prototyping. Create your own paper prototype. Playtest with your team members. Videotape your paper prototype. Create a Viddler account and upload your paper prototype to the Internet. Add the video to your team page. Update your Blog: How has this assignment helped you think more clearly about your game idea? Has it caused you to modify your ideas or approach? Why or why not?. Record your Viddler login and password information on your index card and turn in to your teacher.
Days 35, 36, 37, 38, 39 add date	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. Update your Blog: List a new idea or concept (not just a "fact") you've learned about your game topic since you started this course. How did you come to learn this? What sources where helpful to you in gaining this understanding? What makes these news or research sources especially informative and trustworthy?
Days 40, 41, 42, 43 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. Update your Blog: Creating scenes in a sequence helps game designers tell the "story" of their game through a narrative. How are you using visual storytelling through your sequence of scenes to help players learn about your topic? What are examples of games you played in the Playing to Learn topic that use storytelling to teach a concept well? How have other narrative games influenced your game?
Days 44, 45, 46, 47, 48 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: Explore your Knowledge Community and find a research link you find helpful from another student's blog. Write a post explaining why this is a useful resource, link back to the blog of the student who originally posted it, and add the link to your blogroll. If you can't find anything of use from your peers' blogrolls, do some research and suggest a new resource that you found on your own.
Days 49, 50, 51, 52 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: Share a link, video or picture of an animation you like that relates to your game topic. What makes this animation stand out to you?
Days 53, 54, 55 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: Reflect on the class so far. Do you like working in flash? Why or why not? .
Days 56, 57, 58 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: Find a .swf file you like from another Globaloria team in your Knowledge Community and embed it on your blog (check out Blogging Tips if you don't know how). Be sure to properly credit the team or user who created the .swf by naming them and hyperlinking back to their page.
Days 59, 60, 61 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: How do you plan to use sound in your game? How will it help enhance the game play and learning experience of your game?
Days 62, 63, 64, 65 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: Do you think you've learned more about your game topic in the process of making this demo? If so, what have you learned and why do you think you've acquired this new knowledge? If not, why not? If you could talk to the journalists, website content-writers, Wikipedia authors or other "knowledge producers," how would you suggest they improve their resources to help you improve your learning-process?
Days 66, 67, 68, 69 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. Embed the Viddler clip of your presentation to your blog. Reflect on your presentation. What were your biggest fears about speaking in public, if any? Watch your presentation video. What would have done differently if you could do it over again?	Learning Game Design Unit - Finished
Unit 3	Development Plan	Game Development Unit Topics
Day 70, 71, 72 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.
Day 73 add date	Pseudocode and Commented Code
Day 74 add date	Integrating Code
Day 75-160 add date	Topics below and/or working on game development
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
Days 160-165 add date	Testing and Debugging
Day 166-170 add date	Finding Solutions
Days 171-175 add date	Presenting and Publishing Your Game
Days 176-180 add date	Updating and finalizing wiki--Final Survey

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