If you weren't here last time, go participate in this discussion, "Games, gamification, & the future", to prepare for our next module. If you've already posted, reply to a classmates post that you can add something to or disagree with.
Agenda - Coding & Programmng
- Go to http://learn.code.org and put in your username and password if necessary.
- Click on your name in the upper right and choose "My Progress" in order to continue.
- Work through all activities. Skip the unplugged activities (Click the yellow finished button!). Use the help notes and videos.
Agenda - Game Design
- Sign up for Gamestar Mechanic
- Play Episode 1 of the Quest, Addison Joins the League.
- Post which game in Episode 1 (Naviron Adventure /Altair Journey / Acheron Gauntlet / Kakuri Mindbender) was your favorite to Edmodo & why.
- Play Episode 2 of the Quest, Addison Joins the League.
- If you've been ignoring the introductory comics up to this point. Make sure you read them on the next 2 episodes. You will use the information! This is a test.
- Play through Episodes 3 and 4 of Gamestar Mechanic's introductory quest, "Addison joins the league".
Objectives:
- [10] You will design and analyze dynamic systems, a characteristic activity in both the media and in science today, with considerations of how end-users interact with said systems.
- [11] You will act as sociotechnical engineers, thinking about how people interact with systems you design by using the iteration feedback loop.
- [13] You will develop an understanding of programming & computational concepts.
- [14] You will develop fluency with computational concepts (i.e. sequence, loops, events) and practices (i.e. iterative and incremental development, testing and debugging, reusing and remixing).