Jun 16 2011

Games!!!!

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All completed and tested games are being added daily! Please have your classmates test your game before putting it in the dropbox. If you have problems or bugs or confusion in instructions or error messages you MUST fix them before your game goes live. Game Page (Please leave comments to the Game designers – what [...]

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May 18 2011

Game Design / Lets Make Some Games!

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What is a game? Player: the person who is playing your game Levels: when a player succeeds at something they can go on to the next and more difficult level. » Games are an activity. » Games have rules. » Games have conflict. » Games have goals » Games involve decision making. Before you decide [...]

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Apr 14 2011

Dreamhouse Projects

By now you are all well into designing and building your Dreamhouse. You should have written procedures and are testing that they work (no errors!!) and thinking about the extra things you can add to your house and landscape. Here is a link to some of the Dreamhouses created by students in 2009. Take a [...]

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Mar 29 2011

Microworlds Ideas, Resources and Examples

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As you are experimenting with drawing shapes and patterns in Microworlds you may have some questions or some ideas that you aren’t too sure how to solve. Here are some resources that can help you out with questions or just give you some ideas. Open Learning Forum (ask questions, get answers) Going In Circles Games [...]

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Mar 23 2011

Turtle Shapes

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The “formula” or “expression” that we are using to generate these shapes is based upon: pd repeat 4 [fd 75 rt 90] This can also be written as    pd repeat 4 [fd 75 rt 360 / 4] We are using the turtle to draw shapes. If you have a shape you would like to share [...]

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