Wednesday, September 11, 2013

9-11-2013 Finish Deconstructing Board Games

We will have a counseling presentation today during STEAM.

In the meantime, let's finish up our questions for our Board Game Deconstruction.

Go to your Drive and find your Collaborative Doc in your Drive.

You have 15 minutes to work on it.

We will debrief.

Then we will practice taking pictures with our computer to get ready for our rapid prototyping session!

Friday, September 6, 2013

9-9-2013 We must Deconstruct!

We will play another round of Monopoly then we will continue to deconstruct the game.

Today, we want to pay close attention to Dynamics and Aesthetics.  Check out the definitions here.

9-6-2013 Deconstructing Games Debrief

Yesterday, we created and worked on a collaborative Doc in our Google Drive.

Today, the team leader needs to Turn In the Doc by filling in the Form on this page (Click here.  See bottom of the page).

Then we will Debrief.  Google Debrief to see what it means.


After we Debrief, we will create a letter to place in a Time Capsule which will buried here at the school and will be reopened on the last day of school.

You will write a letter to YOURSELF.

The purpose of writing can be to communicate/ write your thoughts or feelings about the topics listed below. At the end of school, you will read your letting and see if your thoughts and feelings are the same or if they have changed.

No one will read your letter, not even your teacher, without your permission. So write in a spot in the classroom where no one will look over your shoulder.

The more effort you put into letter now, the more enjoyable it will be read later.

Here are some topics you can write about:

  • Hopes for the school year 
  • Fears or concerns
  • Goals
  • Friends and social issues
  • State of our country or the world
  • Likes or dislikes
  • And last, but probably the best topic - advice you would give yourself, etc.

Letter will be sealed in an envelope, with your name on the outside, and within a water proof container which will be buried outside for the entire year.


Wednesday, September 4, 2013

9-4-2013 Monopoly!

It's the day you've all been waiting for!  Today we begin our game design unit by, well, playing a game. We're not just playing the game because it is fun, we want to figure out the rules and strategies behind the game as well as have fun!  It's called Deconstructing Games!

Tuesday, September 3, 2013