Roger's Globaloria

If I Had Time 5-24-11

2011-05-24T05:16:00.000-07:00

If I had enough time to complete my game I would add more scenes. I would do this because it would make my game more challenging, it would make my game better, and it would also make it more enjoyable.

The first reason why I would like to finish my game is so it would be more challenging. I like hard and challenging games and that’s what I planned to make. I want to make a game that the player can’t beat on one try.

The second reason why I would like to finish my game is so it would make my game better. If you make more scenes your game will most of the time be better. The player doesn’t want the game to be short so I want to give them what they want.

The third and final reason why I would like to finish my game is so it would make my game more enjoyable. If you have a long and finished game, then the player will like it better. Plus it adds more excitement.

What I learned During Game Presentations 5-13-11

2011-05-16T10:27:00.000-07:00

During the game presentations I learned two things about myself and two things about my classmates. The two things that I learned about myself was, I want to win this competition very badly, and that I'm not to nervous when I'm under pressure. I want to win this competition more than anyone in my class. When I got up to present my game I thought that I would be nervous, but once I started talking about it I calmed down. The two things that I learned about my class is the fact that they had good games and the second thing is that we can present professionally if we want to. Our class made good games, but I thought that if we would've worked on them as hard as we could've, then they would've been complete and really great games. The second thing that I learned about my class is that we can present good if we want to.

Group Overview 5-6-11

2011-05-06T05:09:00.000-07:00

Our game has been going great. I don't have much to finish on my game, but I'm still going to stay for after-school so that I can make sure that it's working properly. If I had to grade Heather on the work that she has done on our game, then she would have a F. I will be nice about it and give her a 55%. Heather has done nothing to get our game complete. The only thing that she done was the credits scene. I just hope that she studies our game and does a good job during presentations. If she does what she done in Mr.Addair's practice run, then we'll never have a shot of winning the competition. If I had to grade myself I would give myself a 95%. I think that I deserve this grade because I did everything on our game. If you want to play the recent version of our game, go to our Team Page.

Our Final Games 4-22-11

2011-04-22T05:17:00.000-07:00

Game Presentations are right around the corner. We are working very hard to try and complete our games. I don't need a lot for my game to be finished. We're having an activity today, but I'm going to try and finish my game while everyone else is having fun. The only thing that needs accomplished on my game is adding the fractions onto my squares. It shouldn't take to long, but with the luck that I'm having it could take all year.

What I Need To Finish 4-15-11

2011-04-15T05:23:00.000-07:00

We don't have but a week to get our games together and finished. It's going to be sketchy, but I believe that we can do it. I don't need a lot for my game to be finished, but it's going to be hard to get my game complete. The things that I need to complete is score, I also have to put the fractions on the blocks, and then I have to correct the hit test for it to go to the congrats scene. I don't know if I'm going to add score or not, I'll mention it in my next blog.

Changes Since The Start of The Year 4-11-11

2011-04-11T07:57:00.000-07:00

I've made a lot of progress on my game since the beginning of the year. At the beginning of the year I didn't do anything in flash, but lately I've locked down and got my head out of the gutters. The three main things that I've done lately is hit test, timer, and navigation with the arrow keys.

The first accomplishment that I had was hit test. One of the most important things in my game is hit test, so if I didn't create a hit test my game would be nothing. It took a couple of days to find the codes for it, but once I added them to my game it brought the game to life.

The second accomplishment that I had was timer. I still haven't figured it out all the way. I've got it counting down, but after the scene is complete it still counts down and makes my game glitch BADLY!!!

The third and final accomplishment that I had was navigation with the arrow keys. Navigation with the arrow keys is one of the most important things in my game. Without navigation of the arrow keys the football player wouldn't move. If the football player didn't move then it wouldn't be an original football game.

So these are the accomplishments that I've made to my game.Hit test, timer, and navigation with the arrow keys only took me about a two weeks to create all of these.

Peer Evaluations 4-1-11

2011-03-31T08:18:00.000-07:00

Yesterday we evaluated each others games. I was so shocked to see the progress that the other teams have made in the last weeks. I believe that I've made a lot of progress lately on my game. We had to walk around, play the other teams' games, and then we had to tell them one bad thing and two suggestions that could make their game better.

The fist comment that I got was good. It was describing how great my graphics were. It took me a while to get the football field, football players, and the routes for the WR to look good. I had to keep making them because I would mess up. Once I got help from Billy and some other classmates I made the graphics easier and better.

The second comment that I got was also good. It was describing how the other teams liked my game play. I try to make my game as fun as possible, but also while teaching them. In "Raider's Equation" you're a football player (Dustin or Austin). In the third quarter you have to run touchdowns while dodging blocks (enemies). In the fourth quarter you are the quarterback. You have to wait for the WR to get as far as they can down then field and then throw it to them.

The third and final comment was a suggestion from the other teams. It was describing how I don't have the hit test working on the runningback scene. I've tried and tried to get it working, but I can't figure it out. Some other classmates and I have been working our hardest, but none of us can accomplish it. I've tried the hit test actionscript, but it don't seem to help.

So that's the good comments and bad. From the graphics to the gameplay I try to make my game the best, and that's what I plan to do.

How I've Used My Time Wisely. 3-25-11

2011-03-25T05:18:00.000-07:00

We only have about one month left until presentations. I've been working hard on my game lately, so I can probably get it finished before presentation. Lately I've used my time wisely so that I could work on my game. I worked on my game both periods as fast as I could, so that on Friday I can show my progress. I plan on using my time wisely until the day of presentations. I'm going to try to get moving on a path working on my wide receivers. I only have a small amount to finish with my game, but it may take the rest of the year. You never know when something with your game may go wrong.If you want to see my progress go to my Team Page.

HUGE Problems and How I overcome them 3-18-11

2011-03-18T05:27:00.000-07:00

--At the beginning of the year I didn't even look at my game. I was to busy talking or doing some other nonsense. Lately I've locked down and started to work on my game. In the last two weeks I've got alot accomplised (hit test on the blocks on my bonus level and I got my football player to move). I have had three obsticles lately and they were, hit test, getting the player to move, and getting the blocks to loop.

--The first obsticle that I've had this year is hit test. Hit test has a lot of codes and if you don't get them correctly then it won't work. It took me about three days to figure out how to get hit test working. Thanks to Mr.Addair and Billy I've got it working correctly now. I learned how to make a hit test and how easy it is from this obsticle.

--The second obsticle that I've had this year is getting my players to move. Like I said before, it uses a lot of actionscript and one small error can mess your game up. I went onto my projects page and got the actionscript off of my bunny file. I learned that it was as easy this year as it was last year to make players move.

--The third obsticle that I've had this year is getting my blocks to loop. It took me about four days to accomplish this obsticle. Mr.Addair helped me with this problem. I learned that it wasn't that hard to make them loop, I figured out how to make players loop, and the final thing that I learned was that Mr.Addair is a great help.

--So now you understand my last three obsticles, how I overcome them, and what I learned from them. So I guess it isn't that bad to have obsticles in your life, because you will always learn from them.

Progress For Our Goal on Friday 3-11-11

2011-03-11T07:52:00.000-08:00

I have made some progress to my game scince the day that I made the goal for next Friday. I said that I was going make the choose a player scene complete, make a player move, and so far I've got them completed. I made a bonus level were you are a runningback and you have to dodge the blocks (defensive players) and make it to the other side of the screen. I also have two scenes with offensive plays on them, and then your WR. will run that route and you have to throw him the ball. You can look at my progress on my team page.

What We're Supposed To Have finished? 3-4-11

2011-03-04T05:10:00.000-08:00

Our game still likes a lot of work to be finished. My team made a goal with Mr.Addair. Our goal was to add football players to the football field by today. I've almost got the players added. So far in our game I've got the titlescene, aboutscene, helpscene, and almost level one. In our game you can choose the difficulty level. The harder the level, the faster the player.

Good and Bad News On Our Game 2-25-11

2011-02-25T05:18:00.000-08:00

So far this year I've got a little done on our game.Yesterday I started adding more buttons to my game.The good news about my game is that I have it all planned out. Another thing that's good news is the fact that I'm starting to work on my game. My final good news about my game is that it won't be that hard to finish.The bad news about my game is that I might need some help with the actionscript.You can go to my teampage and see my progress so far.

No More Quiz 2-18-11

2011-02-18T05:13:00.000-08:00

Since the game demos I've started to change my game from a quiz game.I've been working on getting the football players to move.So far my process on getting the players to move is not the greatest.This will bring our game alive.I'm doing this so my game will be a true football game.So far I'm having problems with getting the players to move.I'm thinking about asking Billy to help me.

What I've Done After The Game Demo 2-11-11

2011-02-11T07:26:00.000-08:00

After the game demo I've realized that I need to buckle down and really work on our game.So far since the game demos I haven't done much to our game, but I've got it all planned out.Heather and I have been talking about how we're going to make our game better.We've decided that it's the high school playoffs and your the quarterback who has to lead his team back to victory.You have to throw the football down the field and hit the right fractions before time expires.

What I Learned From The Demo Feb.4, 2011

2011-02-04T05:52:00.000-08:00

I'm going to tell you how I plan to make my game better. We still have to add some game scenes, mostly the football scenes. In our game we had to make some adjustments to our story. Instead of it being a quiz, the Globaloria Staff gave us some ideas on how to make our game better. It's the state championship and your down by a couple of touchdowns. You have to throw the football down field and hit the right fractions to score. You will have a certain time limit left in the fourth quarter and you will have to outscore the Mount View Knights. At the beginning of the game you can pick the difficulty and it will determine how many touchdowns you are down by.

Greatest Challenge 1-6-11

2011-01-06T07:57:00.000-08:00

Today I'm going to you about my greatest challenge so far this year.I'd say that my greatest challenge this year was actionscript.I believe actionscript was my greatest challenge because it can be hard sometimes.It can also be a pain in the rear if you don't know what your doing.Actionscript can be hard sometimes because they're a lot of codes and they can get frustrating.For the easiest movemont you have to put in a code that is huge.I don't believe that anyone in our class likes actionscript.

Accomplishments 12-10-10

2010-12-10T05:18:00.000-08:00

This year we have done a great job on creating our games.Everyone had spell errors on their games and game demos.We need to work on our spelling mistakes and other errors.I'm looking frward to the end of our game.I hope it turns out like I hope.Here's a link to our team page.http://myglife.org/usa/wv/srmswiki/index.php/Team:XRockstarsx

Game Demo's 12-2-10

2010-12-02T07:55:00.000-08:00

Our game demos helped me see that our game isn't doing to be easy. It also showed me that everyone else is going to have problems creating their games, but we will pull it off. In your game demo's you never want to use dark fonts on dark backgrounds, or light fonts on light backgrounds.I learned that we should always use spell checks because we aren't the best spellers and we had a lot of spell errors on our game demos.

Adding Sound 11-19-10

2010-11-19T05:25:00.000-08:00

In our game I'm going to put sound on it.Since our game is about football I plan to put a beat or a classic rock song that gets faster and faster as the other people get closer and coser.I think that it will make our game better because when the player hears the beat he/she will get pumped up and will get into the game.

How Do I Like Flash??? 11-12-10

2010-11-12T07:55:00.000-08:00

I like flash, but sometimes it can be a pain in the rear.I like flash because it is fun and easy. It can teach you a lot about computers and can tell you a lot about yourself.If you want to you can go to my projects page and click on my flash links and see how flash actionscript works.This week we were working on game demos, so here is a video of one.

Adding Animations 11-5-10

2010-11-05T05:18:00.000-07:00

Adding Animations was the second easiest unit.The easiest was adding buttons.Here is a link to my projects page.http://myglife.org/usa/wv/srmswiki/index.php/User:Bolen96/Projects-8th_Grade_Globaloria_Fall_2010 .These animations stick out because the picture deals with football and my game is about football.

My Struggles and Success 10-29-10

2010-10-29T05:40:00.000-07:00

So far I have got the tittle scene, the about scene, the help scene, and the choose a player scene.My struggles have been with the choosing a scene because I can't draw the players good.My success is in the about scene and the title scene.I'm looking forward to creating the game and playing the final demo.

Adding Buttons Blog 10-22-10

2010-10-22T05:25:00.000-07:00

Adding buttons was really easy. The codes are easy to remember because I used them a lot last year. Buttons aren't that hard to make all you do is draw a shape , group them, convert it to a symbol, and put the code in. I didn't have to do any researching on this topic because I used it a lot last year to know what I'm doing.

Planning Your Game 10-15-10

2010-10-15T05:16:00.000-07:00

I am showing them how to get equivalent fractions and decimals in a much easier way."What Would You Do?" uses storytelling in a great way.This game helped me because it has a great story and I want my game to have a great story.A website with great games is http://y8.com/.

Drawing A Scene 10-7-10

2010-10-08T05:16:00.000-07:00

Drawing a scene has made me realize that this game is going to be harder than what I thought.It's going to be hard to make the football player throw the football.My flash skills are going to be put to the limit with this game.Mr.Lester is going to be a great help because he likes sports, and my class mates are going to be a great help because half of them play football for the middle school team.I believe that Mr.Lester is a great source because he don't lie.My classmates will be a great help because they are my friends and I trust them.

Paper Prototype 10-1-10

2010-10-01T07:57:00.000-07:00

The Paper Prototype has shown me how much Heather is going to help and what our game is going to be about.Paper Prototype has made me change my ideas from a dirt bike game to a football game.I'm perfectly fine with the change because I LOVE football.We changed it from dirt bikes to football because we thought that football would be easier. Here's a cool football game that I'd like to base our game on!!!!

Imagining Your Game Blog 9-24-10

2010-09-24T05:08:00.000-07:00

Well my game has to be on 8th grade math level so we picked fractions ,percents and decimals.So I am hoping for my game to be about football and i want it to deal with the new high school River View.I love there colors purple black and silver.So the way I am going to sit my game up is I am going to have a fraction lets say its 1/2 the player will have three answers to choose from .There going to have to take that answer and turn it in to a fraction decimal or percent it just depends what they are given to chose from.This game is going to teach them how to turn fractions into decimal if they don't know and percents into fractions.It will have a help scene which will guide you through this game .I am hoping to have at least 10 math equations in this game where you must turn the, into fractions,decimals ,and percents.This game is going to be fun and really learning to because i know how it is learning its so boring so where going to bring the boring out of work.

I am exited about seeing how me and Heather are going to work together and give each other roles.

Choosing a Topic 9-10-10

2010-09-10T05:23:00.000-07:00

Hi, I'm Roger Bolen and my game topic is going to mathmatics.I like this topic because math is my favorite and best subject.

My first link is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathmatics. This link helped me by telling me that the earliest uses of mathematics were in trading, land measurement, painting and weaving patterns and the recording of time.

My second link is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Math_games.This link helped me by telling me that a mathematical game is a multiplayer game whose rules, strategies, and outcomes can be studied and explained by mathematics.

My third link is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiplication .This link helped me by telling me that multiplication (symbol "x") is the mathematical operation of scaling one number by another.

Game Topic 9-3-10

2010-09-03T05:31:00.000-07:00

In playing to learn unit my favorite game was Gravitee.I didn't see any learning in this game, but it was fun.The game topic is sports.I would like to create a game that deals with sports.

Expectations 8-30-10

2010-08-30T05:19:00.000-07:00

This year I hope to create and finish a great game.I expect that our game will be better than last years.This year our game topic will be mathmatics.It can't be two plus two.It has to be mathmatics in our grade level.This year I'm more excited than anything else because I know a little more about flash this year than last year.I'm excited because I've got a new partner and she is going to be a real help.

What I learned 6-2-10

2010-06-02T05:15:00.000-07:00

I think that our game presentations went well.Stephen and I did extremely good.I think that everyone in our class and the eighth grade did the best that we could.

Stephen and my game got finished, but it could have used some touch ups and possibly another level.

This year I think that the one thing I learned was how to use and code action script. Mrs.Barker was a huge help with us this year.She taught us how to code action script and how to create our entire game.

Function Blog 5-13-10

2010-05-13T05:26:00.000-07:00

In our game we used to have questions, but we decided to change the game completely.About one month ago Stephen and I were told that our game didn't relate to civics, so we had to change our game and start all back over.We decided to scrap our whole game and start from scratch.If I had the choice to add the questions again I wouldn't.

Function Blog 4-29-10

2010-04-29T06:30:00.000-07:00

I commented on Matt from GEHS and also on Nick from GEHS.I commented on Matt because he talked about what he has finished.I commented on Nick because he talked about his presentation and how he used the internet to make his presentation better.

Function 4-22-10

2010-04-22T05:22:00.000-07:00

Stephen and I are teaching about the Freedom of Expression, which is the first amendment. I would say that the hardest thing to teach about was the questions for the car scene.First we had to find facts for the car scene and then we had to make questions from the facts. Finding the facts was not hard, but thinking of the questions was quite hard.I thought to put this in our game so that the player will know what the Freedom of Expression is.We figured that if we gave them facts it would make the game a little more easier and interesting.After the facts and questions are given to the player he/she will arrive to the court and have to pick who they thought wasn't guilty by using the knowledge that they got from the facts that we gave them.The link to my page is http://www.myglife.org/usa/wv/srmswiki/index.php/User:Bolen96.

Function Blog 4-15-10

2010-04-15T05:17:00.000-07:00

This week I was asked to make a blog about the way news and other sources might similalry manipulate information about civics.I believe that people try to show their own opinion, but sometimes they lie.If you are looking for some research don't write down the first thing you come to.Right now I don't have any advice for anyone besides work hard and if you do any more research look around the web before you write down anything off one site.

Function Blog 3-31-10

2010-03-31T06:37:00.000-07:00

This week I was asked to pick someones game and compare their game demo to their paper prototype.I'm supposed to talk about the changes they made and the development of their game and some advice to help them with their demo.This week I choose team Tigers.The students in this team are Cassie and Heather.Their game is called Supreme Basketball.Last week I did my blog on Aaron and Andy.Their game title is "Hitler vs Stalin: Who Shall Win?".Here's the link to their team page http://www.myglife.org/usa/wv/shhswiki/index.php/Team:A-Team2. I think that when Cassie and Heather's game is finished it will be very helpful in civics.The game's topic is Freedom of Expression.When Cassie and Heather finish their game I think it will be great and I would love to play it again.The link to Cassie and Heather's team page is http://www.myglife.org/usa/wv/srmswiki/index.php/Team:Tigers.

Function Blog

2010-03-25T06:34:00.000-07:00

I think that the "Hitler vs Stalin: Who Shall Win?" game is the best.The students who created this game are from South Harrison High School.The creaters of this game are Aaron and Andy.The link to Aaron's projects page is http://www.myglife.org/usa/wv/shhswiki/index.php/User:Aaron.underwood4. The link to Andy's projects page is http://www.myglife.org/usa/wv/shhswiki/index.php/User:A.Merrill3434. I think that this game teaches about Adolf Hitler,Nacism,Facism,Socialism,and Democracy.The link to their team page is http://www.myglife.org/usa/wv/shhswiki/index.php/Team:A-Team2.%20. During the Holocaust six million people got killed.

Function Blog

2010-03-19T06:28:00.000-07:00

I am going to share the most fun and easiest work from my team page.The easiest thing was probably the paper prototype.I picked this because it was fun and me and Stephen(Teammate) worked really hard together.The paper prototype relates to civics because it is about the Freedom of Expression.I think that our game relates to the function community because in the first scene you are in a car on the way to the court and facts will pop up about the Freedom of Expression.Then in the second scene you are still in the car, but this time instead of facts popping up it will be questions about the facts that we gave them.In the third scene you are at the court and the judge will tell you information about the case and then the lawyers are going to tell you their side of the story.In the fourth scene you are still at the court, but this time you just have to pick who you thought won the case.I think that me and Stephen worked together because I would do one scene and he would do the other.If one of us needed help we would be there for each other.Sometimes we would argue a little but we would eventually get through it and agree on something.I think that working with Stephen really made me realize who he really was.

The Presidential Cabinet

2010-03-12T05:24:00.000-08:00

The duties of the Secretary of State carries out the President's foreign policies through the state department and the foreign service of the United States. I got this Information from http://www.state.gov/secretary/.

The Secratary of the Treasury was concerned with national security and defense until 2003.The Secratary of the Treasury is head of the United States Department of the Treasury.I got my information from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Treasury.

The Secratary of Defense is concerned with the armed forces and is head of the United States Department of Defense.I got my information from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense.

The Attorney General is concerned with legal affairs and is head of United States Department of Justice.I got this information from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Attorney_General.

Every citizen in the United States has to be 18 or older to vote.

How They Went!!!!

2010-03-05T06:04:00.000-08:00

I think that the game presentations went well besides the fact that I used the wrong PowerPoint. I learned that our game needs a lot of work done with it. Yes we are going to probably rename our game and we are going to focus on one amendment.We realized that we need to focus on one amendment, change the title, and finish the game scenes.

We have two or three different topics, but the game presentations made us realize that we need to narrow it down to one.Like I said before we have two or three different topics, but we are going to narrow it down to one, but we don't know what one.We still need to do a little more research about the amendments and peoples rights.We might change our name, but we think that our name suits our game because it is a trivia game.We will add more scenes.

Function

2010-03-01T07:20:00.000-08:00

Hi, My name is Roger and my username is Bolen96. My partners name is Stephen and his username is Bubbystevie01.Our team name is Halo Machines. Our game name is The Courthouse Trivia.Our game is in the function community because we get to make decisions about court cases as the jury.Here is the hyperlink to our team page http://www.myglife.org/usa/wv/srmswiki/index.php/Team:Halo_Machines.

Plagiarism

2010-01-29T06:32:00.000-08:00

1.The copyright law is the law of the United States that protects the works of authors, artists, composers, and others from being used without permission. Fair use allows you to use a limited amount of copyrighted material as long as it is for educational reasons.

2.The works protected by copyright are literary works, musical works including any accompanying words, dramatic works including any accompanying music, pantomimes and choreographic works, pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works, motion pictures and other audiovisual works, sound recordordings and architectural works. The works not protected by copyright are ideas, procedures, methods, systems, processes, concepts, principles, discoveries, or devices,titles, names, short phrases, and slogans, and mere listings of ingredients or contents, works that are not fixed in a tangible form of expression, such as an improvised speech or performance that is not written down or otherwise recorded, works consisting entirely of information that is commonly available and contains no originality, and works by the u.s government.

3.Public domain is works that are not copyrighted.You can use it without permision as long as you give them credit of were you found your work.

4.You can use up to 10% in your work or in your game.

I got my information from http://www.copyrightkids.org/ and http://www.cyberbee.com/cb_copyright.swf.

My New Year's Resolution

2010-01-22T05:21:00.000-08:00

My new year resolution is to finish my game demo with ten levels.I would like to finish my game with ten levels because then I would have a better chance of winning the competition at the end of the year. I also want to win the best game competition at the end of the year. I would like to win the competition because I would get a free laptop with flash updated on it. If I win the competition I will thank Mrs. Barker for helping me in Flash and for never letting me give up.I would like my new year resolutions to come true so that I would get an A on my report card.

My Research

2009-12-18T05:20:00.000-08:00

These last two days I have been researching.I have been researching really hard. I have been researching about citizens' rights.Here are some rights.

Every citizen has right to vote if you’re 18 or older, the right to a fair trial, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, right to national security, privilege of traveling, and every citizen has the right to be eligible to work in all areas.Here are some more rights.Freedom of religion, freedom of assembly, to keep and bear arms, freedom of the press, and protection for those accused of crimes. I got my research from http://www.wikipedia.org/.

People have problems or questions about citizens rights everyday.

I did my research so that I could figure out some facts and I also done it so that I could make my game better.

Assasination of Abraham Lincoln

2009-12-11T08:14:00.000-08:00

The presidential party arrived at Ford's at about 8:30 P.M. Armed with a single shot derringer and a hunting knife, Booth arrived at Ford's at about 9:30 P.M. Joseph Burroughs, a boy who worked at the theater, held his horse in the rear alley. Booth went next door to a saloon for a drink. He entered the front of Ford's Theatre around 10:07 P.M. Slowly he made his way toward the State Box where the Lincolns were sitting with Clara Harris and Major Henry Rathbone. Lincoln's bodyguard, John Parker of the Metropolitan Police Force, had left his post. At about 10:15 P.M. Booth opened the door to the State Box, shot Lincoln in the back of the head at near point-blank range, and struggled with Rathbone. Booth stabbed Rathbone in the arm and jumped over 11 feet to the stage below. When he hit the floor he snapped the fibula bone in his left leg just above the ankle. Many in the theater thought he yelled "Sic Semper Tyrannis" (Latin for "As Always to Tyrants"). Mrs. Lincoln screamed, Booth flashed his knife at the audience, and he made his way across the stage in front of more than 1,000 people. Everything happened so fast that no one had time to stop him. Booth went out the back door, climbed on his horse, and escaped from the city using the Navy Yard Bridge.

Adding Animation and Sound

2009-12-04T05:35:00.000-08:00

I'm going to blog about what I've done in the adding animation and sound units.

So far in adding navigation I have made a square move, then I made the square move about half of the screen and then it will change to a circle and keep on moving, the final thing I done on this unit was, I made my house move from side to side on my title scene.

So far in adding sound I have made a man walking across a brick wall doing a front flip and then stopping after he finishes the flip and he will stick his hands up in the air.I haven't added sound to him yet, but I am going to put a zoom sound while he's in the air and then when he gets done I will have a background sound going hooray or something.

I have been working really hard and if you want to see look at my projects page.

Coal Hurts, but Helps

2009-11-25T05:23:00.000-08:00

Lately I've heard a lot about coal issues. People are trying to stop coal businesses in West Virginia because of the pollution it is causing. I don't think they should shut down coal businesses because most of the people in West Virginia will be jobless.In West Virginia 99% of the generated electricity comes from coal.Coal occurs in 53 of West Virginia's 55 Counties, but only Jefferson and Hardy in the eastern panhandle have no coal. More than half of the nation's electricity is generated from coal. Coal provides the majority of electric power in 32 states.Now you now why I don't want coal businesses to shut down.Watch this video about people wanting to shut down coal mines.

What I've learned in flash

2009-11-20T05:24:00.000-08:00

1. In flash I have learned that you can add buttons to go to the next scenes. I also learned that you can trace pictures and they will become your own. I also learned how to add buttons and how to add movement.

2. The easiest part about this unit I thought was the making the buttons.The hardest part was trying to add the navigation.The reason I got through this unit was because I asked for help from the teacher and from some of my classmates.

3. I have learned that our game might be fun and that it is going to be educational.We reseached about people in the Supreme Court and about our rights.

4. I can't get my back button to work so I'll probably ask Mrs.I Barker to help me if I can't get it.

5. Yes, I need a little more time.

Watch this video on adding navigation.

What We've Done In Flash

2009-11-13T05:20:00.000-08:00

My partner and I have been working really hard on our flash project. We created the title scene and the loading screen. I added a background color to my loading screen.In my title screen I drew a court. I think for me to be drawing it, it looks okay.I still need some work to do on my flash project. I think the hardest part about this unit was when I tried drawing the court with the pencil.The easiest part was when I created the title.I would think about what color I wanted my background and what I even wanted to put on the next scene.I liked to use the paintbrush and the line tool the most.I used the lasso tool the least.I have all of my flash work on my projects page.

Swine Flu Needs To Go!!!!

2009-11-09T05:30:00.000-08:00

The Swine Flu is a major deal in the United States right now

I think that the H1N1 flu ( aka Swine Flu) needs to be addressed.This flu is getting outrageous.If the people of the United States don't figure out how to eliminate the Swine Flu, we will all catch it.

The Swine Flu concerns me because anybody can catch it.If I catch it I can die. A White House report from an expert panel suggests that from 30 percent to half the population could catch swine flu during the course of this pandemic and that from 30,000 to 90,000 could die.

So far, swine flu isn't much more threatening than regular seasonal flu.During the few months of this new flu's existence, hospitalizations and deaths from it seem to be lower than the average seen for seasonal flu, and the virus hasn't dramatically mutated. That's what health officials have observed in the Southern Hemisphere where flu season is now winding down.

Still, more people are susceptible to swine flu and U.S. health officials are worried because it hung in so firmly here during the summer.

I got my facts from http://bulletin.aarp.org/yourhealth/diseases/articles/swine_flu__things_you_need_to_know.html?CMP=KNC-360I-MSN-BULL&HBX_OU=52&HBX_PK=facts_of_swine_flu.

What We've Done

2009-10-30T05:19:00.000-07:00

This unit has been fun.Out of all of these units I have liked paper prototype and the playing to learn units best.

We learned how to make our game on pieces of paper.After we made our paper prototype we got to try them out.Yes we actually got to play our games.When we played them and when we thought they were good we video taped them.When we video taped them they went on the internet.I thought that this unit was fun.

I looked up some information on the internet.The sites I looked up was http://judgepedia.org/index.php/2008_Judicial_Elections and http://www.ward-and-murphy.com/courts.html .

About Our Game

2009-10-16T05:25:00.000-07:00

1. My partner's name is Stephen Baker. Our game is about rights. Our rights are a big deal in this country. Rights and respnonsibilities are a big part in civics. People have their own rights like religion beliefs or the right to wear what clothes you want to.

2. The player will learn about rights.Rights are a big deal in civics. You have a lot of rights,everybody does.People can go to court because of their rights.

3. I believe that our game will fit into the ideals section. I believe this because in the ideals section it has Minority rights and Individual Rights and Freedoms.

My Game Idea

2009-10-08T06:33:00.000-07:00

I am in a team group.The team name is Halo Machines.My group partner is Stephen Baker.He is a great partner and he keeps his work up to date.He helps me all the time.

We came up with a game idea. Our game name is The Courthouse.Our game topic is rights and responsibilities. At first when we were thinking of a game we were going to call it the rights and responsibilities of ctizens, but then we decided to call it The Courthouse.

When kids play our game we want them to learn about rights and resonsibilities. We want the kids to learn and have fun at the same time. We want our game to be realistic and have good graphics.

In our game the characters are the judge, the plaintiff, the jury, and the defendant.In the game the defendant will have to answer questions and the judge will pick when the plaintiff can ask his questions and when the defendant can answer the questions.At the end of the trial the jury will pick if the defendant is guilty or not .

The blogs that help me and why

2009-10-05T05:31:00.000-07:00

The first blog helped me because it described what I needed to know.It was educational.The blog was long but I read it all.

Thee second blog helped me because it told me about rights and responsibilities.It was also educational. This blog was long to but I still read it and I'm glad I did.

What is happening in Globaloria

2009-09-28T06:33:00.000-07:00

Globaloria is a great class.I'm glad that I took this oppertunity and got in this class.Globaloria has been going good for me.I haven't had any problems yet.

I think that the most interesting and fascinating thing about Globaloria is that the whole class is on the internet.

We learn how to create video games and how to use Flash, nobody else in the whole school gets to learn how to do that.

We learned how to play educational games and we thought of what we could create a game about.

I played the games Dufar is dying, climate change, stop disasters,and what would you do.I like the games Dafur is dying and the game stop disaster the best.I liked them because they are educational and fun at the same time.

I like flash.It is cool.Flash is hard but if you listen you will get how to use it.

This year I hope that I can create a game that is fun and educational.

In my group I want to be the sound expert or the artist.

I hope I get the drawing part because I can draw good and I like drawing open hand.I hope I get the sound expert because I think it would be fun and I think I can do the job.

The safety of the internet

2009-09-21T05:30:00.000-07:00

The internet is a big thing in todays technology.You can surf the internet and look up data,but everybody don't see what dangers come with the internet.

We are kind of safe on the internet ,but it still has dangers like threats, black mail, and hacking.

The internet is more safe than dangerous.I want the internet to be safer than what it is.People think that the internet is the worst thing to get on, but it isn't.

Rights and Responsibilities

2009-09-11T05:27:00.000-07:00

Every right comes with responsibilities.It doesn't matter what right it is there will always be respsibilities.If you loose your responsibilities then you could loose your rights.

If something isn't fair then it just isn't fair.There is all kinds of rights.One of them ,that everybody should know is your religion beliefs.Nobody can force you to believe in something you don't.It is up to you to stand up for yourself and speak your mind about things.

Everybody has responsibilities.Our responsibilities in school are to be to class on time, work hard, and ask questions if you need help.If we do good in school then we will get rights and rewards.One resonsibility in school is the dress code.Everybody has to go by the dress code.

What I hope to do in Globaloria

2009-09-03T06:49:00.000-07:00

I hope that I can learn how to get on computers with out even asking how.I want to be better with technology and the internet.

I hope that if I blog all the time it will make me be able to type better and faster.I hope that this class will be fun and educational at the same time.I want to make a game about a walking windmill that walks over gases it will destroy it.I'm afraid that I will mess up on my blogging or something and I will fell this class.I hope that my blogs will be what Mrs.I Barker is looking for.