Hidden Object Game Vision

I envision a game that is fun and educational. I think a game that utilizes the various body systems to teach where they are and what functions they perform. I hope to design a hidden object game that has the player looking for the parts of the respiratory system. I am excited to design a game that may be used in my health classes. I really believe that this will be a good advertisement for globaloria in the future, as well as something fun for my students and I to use in the classroom. I think this will be a great addition to the teaching strategies in my classroom. This will get the attention of some gamers in the class. I think this will motivate and encourage the students to learn about the body systems. Finally, I am excited to try something new. I have gotten somewhat comfortable with some flash concepts. Fortunately, this will push me to grow and continue to make progress with flash. I am looking forward to working more on this game!

Hidden Object Topic

I choose this topic after I played one of the game temporal taxonomy on the playing to learn section. I thought about what would be a good topic to use in my health classes. The temporal taxonomy game was a great deal of fun, which emphasizes the comparisons of various species. This inspired me to try to make learning about the respiratory system as fun and playable for my health classes. I really feel that this can be a game that is used in health to teach and compare the various body systems. I think I can have some fun with it. Hopefully, the students will have some fun and learn something as well. We will see!

Play to Learn

Once again, I realize just how little I actually know about flash and game design. I see such a need to push myself and learn new concepts and ideas. It is always amazing to see the creations and abilities of others, when playing their games. I really enjoyed the graphics and details in the games I was able to play in this section. I was impressed with the mouse control and flash concepts that added fun to the missions on temporal taxonomy. It encourages the player to continue playing and trying more missions and hopefully learning about various species and their differences. In fact, it encourages further depth of knowledge with comparing the types of species. I look forward to learning more about these concepts and adding them to my abilities.

New Class

This year seems to be going great! The students are excited and encouraging one another and myself to make progress. Things are going surprisingly smooth and without a great deal of problems. However, we are behind our schedule and plans for the class. I am still extremely optimistic and encouraged to see the students willing to work together and make progress. Our frustration level seems to be very low and manageable. I have very high expectations for both classes this year!