Gamer Solve Scientist Problems

How did gamers use the computer gameFoldit to solve the protein folding mystery? 
They used the computer to solve puzzles to try and help find the foldit.
Who can particpate in this problem solving and be a player in Foldit? 
Anyone and they don't have to have a background 
What can critical thinking do for science? 
If you could solve a mystery through gaming for any kind of disease or illness in the world, what would it be? 
I would make one on asthma because i have asthma and i know how it feels and i hate it u can hardly run a lot and u have near deaths sometimes.

Mini Game

• What did you learn from your choice of games and genres to review?
• I learned that they are making buildings to fast and we might not have alot of trees and grass if we keep building, buildings.
• Name any game features that stood out to you, either because they were interesting or because they could be improved.
• I think that in some games it looks fake i want to learn how to make it more real in flash.
• Write down any questions you have about the game or genre you chose. You might answer them yourself later!
• Would that game really sell? Is it a good topic to make a game on?

9/11

How old were you on September 11, 2001?
When September 11, happened I was 2.                                        When did you first learn about the attacks and who explained the events to you?
I think I learned about it when I was in 4th grade.
What kind of impact did these attacks have on your life or your parents lives?
It impacted violence because what they did to all the innocent people that was wrong and when i think of them doing it to my family it makes me want to hurt them because i cant live with out my family.
What was the issue with this game?
There wasn't really a social issue it was people trying to make money for something terrible that happened.
How do you feel about it?
I think its not right that the people use this terrible thing into a game they don't know how it feels it wasn't in there country or it wasn't any of there families.                                                       What is the problem with portraying on such an awful violent event through a video game?
It is wrong because that was a bad moment and people son's, daughter's  mom's,and dad's died in that place then they make a game out of it, that hurts people.                                                       How can you make sure that your web games tell the whole story or teach a lesson in an honorable way?
I wouldn't make a game out of it I think that is wrong i would make a little movie clip and say good things about it not bad.

2 Single Story 2011

                                          "Danger Of A Single Story"

1. What does it mean to have a 'single story' about a place or community?

  It means to have a story about a place or a community, mostly everyone knows the same story.

2. Describe a single story you have heard told about your community. What is missing from that story? How could people learn more about the community?

  I heard that at my elementary there was a lot of fights but when I went there there wasn't hardly any fights only maybe 1.

3. Describe a single story you have heard told about another community. How did you learn that story? How could you find out more about that community?

  I heard that at Travis high school there are full of pregnant girls and when i went there i didn't see one pregnant girl.

4. How could a game let players experience many stories about a place or community?

  Show them some facts or videos during the game and you can put some bad thing in the game and put a player doing the right thing.

1 Cyberbullying 2011

First Blog Of 2011-2012 School Year

1. When does the cyberbullying begin?
When someone changes her status on her profile.


2. What is the result of cyberbullying that Taylor experience?  
She lost her friends and the guy that asked her to the dance because
people were saying too many bad things about her.


3. What type of cyberbullying does Taylor experience?
Someone that as a fake profile on the website and is helping
her but at the same time putting her down and that person
is her friend.


4. What would you do if you were in Taylor's shoes?
I would just have deleted my profile when my mom said.

The Lightining Thief

Today we finished watching Percy Jackson in The Lighting Thief. The movie was good it wasn't like the book well some was. Grover was my favorite character he is funny and cool. In the movie Zeus thinks Percy stole his lighting bolt. He told them that if he don't bring his lighting bolt back he will start war. Percy was trying hard to get it back but he went to get his mom first, then found out that the lighting bolt was in the shield Luke let him use. Luke stole the lighting bolt and Percy returned it.

Field Trip

 Yesterday we went to Sea World. It was awesome even though they only had 2 roller coasters, there was the Steel Eel, The Great White and this ship thing but it gets you all wet. I got on The Great White like 5 or 6 times it was crazy because it will flip you in the air and all that. Then I got on The Steel Eel like3 or 4 times it was awesome but when i picked my hands up i would float up and the ride would slam my chest hard on the pole. The ride that gets you wet i got on like 3 times i really got wet like a lot i was so wet i took off my shirt but i had a muscle shirt on. Now on Friday we get to go to schlitterbahn I'm so happy and excited.