How+Can+learning+Help+My+Community?

 How Can My Learning Help My Community ATMOSPHIR and POWERGAME

TECH 2 Area of Interaction: Community and Service Significant Concept: Video games can be used to understand math, technology, engineering, social studies, English, and/or science. Unit Question: How can my learning help my community?

You will receive an academic grade and an MYP grades for this assignment.

Requirements:

-Take the test on [|Skyward] -Create a video game for 4th grade students. Your game needs to help 4th grade students with one subject area. You can use the following site to help you: [|UEN] -Choose a video game site to use, such as Atmosphir, Power Game, or your favorite game maker site. -Your game needs to last about 30 minutes. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">-Complete the Design Cycle <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">-Use the brainstorming chart. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">-Use the storyboard <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">-Spend one day practicing Atmosphir or Power Game. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">-Your Assignment is due September 14.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">INVESTIGATE: (Write in complete sentences) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">This problem involves creating an educational game for fourth grade students. This result comes with many problems to face along the way. First We must investigate our method for making the game. We will investigate atmosphir and powergmae to see how we will make our game. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">We will have to somehow make a video game that has a learning experience for fourth graders integrated into a fun game.

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">We have limited time and resources until this must be done. When this is done it will be graded by.

<span style="color: #e7ac36; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">- Create a video game for 4th grade students with 5 levels = +100, you will receive 20 points for each level.


 * <span style="color: #e7ac36; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Questions = +10
 * <span style="color: #e7ac36; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Quality = +5
 * <span style="color: #e7ac36; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Creativity = +5

<span style="color: #e7ac36; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">- Complete the Design Cycle = +50

- <span style="color: #e7ac36; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Use the brainstorming chart = +20

<span style="color: #e7ac36; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">- Use the storyboard = +20

<span style="color: #e7ac36; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">- Spend one day practicing Atmosphir or Power Game = +10

<span style="color: #e7ac36; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">GRAND TOTAL = 200 POINTS

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">With some teacher support,

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">- completely **explain** the problem, **considering** its importance to your life. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">- investigate the problem, **evaluate** information from a **variety** of **appropriate, recognized** sources. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">- describe and explain that you understand all of the requirements and how the project will be graded.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">DESIGN AND PLAN:

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">Plan <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">Day- 1 Test Atmosphir <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">Day 2- Learn More about atmosphir <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">Day 3-Start Storyboard and plan, also come up with 3 ideas <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">Day 4- Start making a level on atmosphir <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">Day 5- Research 4th grade curriculum. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">Day 6- Make questions to put in the game <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">Day 7- Continue making atmosphir game <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">Day 8- Continue making an atmoshir game <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">Day 9- Add questions to the game and do final fixes <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">Day 10- Answer Wikispace questions and do any final fixes. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">Day 11- Do anything That i need to do.

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">9. Make a plan of how you are going to get everything finished! Done <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">- evaluate the plan and record changes made to the design. There were no changes to our original plan.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">CREATE: <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">With some teacher support, <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">- **skillfully use** appropriate techniques and equipment. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">Day by Day Oliver/Nick and I made more of our video game on Atmosphir. We added our questions and levels every day.

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">- follow your plan and give reasons for any changes you made. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">We followed our plan and made no changes

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">We created our projected using the design cycle.

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">- the result is a project that is of appropriate quality, using all the resources you had available. We made our game with quality and used all of the resources like the brainstorm chart and our computer with the atmosphir software.

We made in the time period given and we did it well.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">EVALUATE:

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">With some teacher support, <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">- evaluate the success of the product based on the design specifications, **results of testing,** and the **feedback from self and others.**

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">**Looking back, I believe we put some good effort into our project. We put a lot of thought into it and a lot of work as well. We made it and we made it GOOD gosh dang it.**

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">**We also had Jennifer and Gary play our game and the evaluated it for us. They said it was good and they liked it.**

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">- provide an evaluation of your performance **at each stage of the design cycle** and suggests improvements. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Investigate- In this step we investigated softwares we could use and we also investigated fourth grade curriculum. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Plan- We made a lot of plans and chose an easy but very affective idea so we could integrate learning into a fun game. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Create- Day by Day Oliver and I made more of our video game on Atmosphir. We added our questions and levels every day. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">We followed our plan and made no changes <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">We created our projected using the design cycle.

We made our game with quality and used all of the resources like the brainstorm chart and our computer with the atmosphir software.

We made in the time period given and we did it well.

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">- provide an appropriate evaluation of the **impact** of the project on life, society and/or the environment (unit question). <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">This does have an impact because when you help teach your community they know more, making you future better.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">**ATTITUDE:** <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">With some teacher support, <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">- consistently display a satisfactory standard in the following two areas: <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">1. motivation, independence, attitude <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Throughout this whole project, I was motivated because it was actually fun! I also was independent (except when working with nick/oliver). Also these two weeks I have had a good attitude and never got mad or lazy. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">2. safety, cooperation, and respect for others <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">I respected other's games and also the computer that I used. I cooperated worth my group and I made sure I was safe

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">How You Will Receive a Letter Grade: <span style="color: #e7ac36; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">- Create a video game for 4th grade students with 5 levels = +100, you will receive 20 points for each level.
 * <span style="color: #e7ac36; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Questions = +10
 * <span style="color: #e7ac36; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Quality = +5
 * <span style="color: #e7ac36; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Creativity = +5

<span style="color: #e7ac36; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">- Complete the Design Cycle = +50 - <span style="color: #e7ac36; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Use the brainstorming chart = +20

<span style="color: #e7ac36; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">- Use the storyboard = +20

<span style="color: #e7ac36; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">- Spend one day practicing Atmosphir or Power Game = +10

<span style="color: #e7ac36; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">GRAND TOTAL = 200 POINTS

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">You will receive an MYP grade for each step of the Design Cycle.