Power+Game

=== Area of Interaction: Environments === === Significant Concepts: Basic video programming, and the appeal of virtual environments. Also, the positives and negatives of technology.) === === Unit Question: What is the appeal of a virtual environment and what are the negative and positive consequences? ===
 * POWER GAME TECH 1 **

REQUIREMENTS:

 * 1) === Take the Power Game Test on Skyward.  ===
 * 2) === Create a new page on your wiki. Name it "Power Game".  ===
 * 3) === Copy and Paste this page onto your wikispace.  ===
 * 4) === Create your own video game using Power Game.  ===
 * 5) === You must work on this video game for 7 days. You should add new elements to your game every day!  ===
 * 6) === Make at least 5 levels on your video game. Your width for each level should be at least 2600.  ===
 * 7) === Take one picture of each of your levels. You should have at least 5 pictures.  ===
 * 8) === Name all of your pictures, "Power Game 1", Power Game 2", Power Game 3", and "Power Game 4".  ===
 * 9) === <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19px;">Upload all of your pictures onto your wikispace.  ===


 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">1. Take the Power Game Test on [|Skyward] .**
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">INVESTIGATE **
 * 2. ****<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">How does the Design Cycle apply to the real world? It helps us build products. **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">3. Answer the Design Brief questions below: **
 * == <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">How has virtual environments changed our society? It made us think different. ==
 * == <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> How has technology impacted our environment? It helps up get to things faster. ==
 * **<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">What is the appeal of a virtual environment? Could show us a better world. **
 * **<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">What are environments? The natural place around us. **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">List three positives about virtual environments: Could show us a better world, more fun, and a go source.
 * **<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">List three negatives about virtual environments: Could be misleading, big time waster, and not realistic. **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">What are the requirements of this assignment?
 * 1) ===<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19px;">Take the Power Game Test on Skyward. ===
 * 2) === <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19px;">Create a new page on your wiki. Name it "Power Game".  ===
 * 3) === <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19px;">Copy and Paste this page onto your wikispace.  ===
 * 4) === <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19px;">Create your own video game using Power Game.  ===
 * 5) === <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19px;">You must work on this video game for 7 days. You should add new elements to your game every day!  ===
 * 6) === <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19px;">Make at least 5 levels on your video game. Your width for each level should be at least 2600.  ===
 * 7) === <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19px;">Take one picture of each of your levels. You should have at least 5 pictures.  ===
 * 8) === <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19px;">Name all of your pictures, "Power Game 1", Power Game 2", Power Game 3", and "Power Game 4".  ===
 * 9) === <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19px;">Upload all of your pictures onto your wikispace.  ===
 * **<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Why and when does the toolbar change in PowerGame? When you click on something else. **
 * **<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">List three items in the toolbar: Weapons, mask, and tiles. **


 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">PLAN **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Follow the plan I outlined below: **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Day 1: Skyward Test, Design Folder on your wikispace, answer the Investigate and Plan sections. **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Day 2: Finish Skyward Test, Investigate, and Plan sections. Start Power Game. **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Day 3: Complete first level. Don't forget that the width for each level needs to be at least 2600. **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Day 4: Complete second level. **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Day 5: Complete third level. **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Day 6: Complete fourth level. **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Day 7: Complete 5th level and the entire Design Folder, including uploading pictures on your wikispace. **


 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">CREATE **
 * **<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Be nice to my software and computer. **
 * **<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Follow the steps of the plan I made you for you! **
 * **<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Pay attention to the quality of your work! **
 * **<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Don't be a whiny baby that I have to babysit! **


 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">EVALUATE **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">4. Does your game have all five levels? If not, why? Yes, it does. **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Are all of your levels at least 2600 in width? If not, why? Yes it is. **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">5. How could you improve your game? Make the levels more complex. **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">6. Share your game with at least one friend. What did he/she like about your game? It was tricky and a fun puzzle game. **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">7. Were you responsible in using the software and computer? Yes I was. **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">8. What problems did you have using power game? Get the different weapons. **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">9. What did you like the least about power game? That there wasn't a big variety of tools to use. **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">10.What did you like the best about power game? It was fun to learn how to make a video game. **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">11.What is the appeal of a virtual environment and what are the negative and positive consequences of virtual environments? (Write at least a paragraph!) The appeal is that everyone likes to be in a virtual world. One of the negatives is you might get sucked in. Another is that it might not be realistic. One positive is that everyone does it. Another is that it might show us a better world. **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">12.What grade do you deserve on this project? (1 - 6) A 6 because it did the assignment and followed the requirements. **

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 30px;">**THIS IS HOW YOU WILL RECEIVE YOUR LETTER GRADE:**
 * 1) === <span style="color: #ff6400; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19px;">Investigate - 10  ===
 * 2) === <span style="color: #ff6400; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19px;">Create - 10  ===
 * 3) === <span style="color: #ff6400; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19px;">Evaluate - 10  ===
 * 4) === <span style="color: #ff6400; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19px;">Attitude - 10  ===
 * 5) === <span style="color: #ff6400; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19px;">Your game has 5 levels that are 2600 in width - 50  ===
 * 6) === <span style="color: #ff6400; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19px;">A picture of each level is on your wiki - 25  ===
 * 7) === <span style="color: #ff6400; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19px;">You answered the unit question - 20  ===
 * 8) === <span style="color: #ff6400; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19px;">TOTAL = 125 POINTS  ===