Investigation: Designing a Game

We have been playing a variety of games. We have been trying to evaluate games and figure out what we want or dont want to include in our game.

I visited this site http://www.freebestgame.com/playgames/426/super-mario-flash-2.html where I was playing a Mario game. One thing that Felix and I decided upon was no blood and killing because we didn't feel that teachers would allow their students to play the game then. And that wasnt our objective.



We have also looked at other very similar games. Many at Splodder.com and Miniclip.com and have decided that Mario or close to it is the kind of game we want create because we feel that it is more the kind of game that fits our ability and project criterion.

Investigation; Anti-Bullying Campaign

Here are some websites that I am going to compare and evaluate.

PBSKids is a very good website which covers all of the different aspects of bullying from what bullying is to how it can be dealt with. bullying is not the only topic that this website covers. It also includes advice and information about friends, family and school. If you are having trouble in a certain area, be sure to check out PBSKids.

http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/friends/bullies/

This is not as interactive as PBSKids however it does refer to PBSKids often. This site is more suitable for an older age group than PBSKids is. This blog shows individual cases of bullying, causes of bullying, solutions and it looks at all of the different types and ways of bullying. This could be a good way to talk about personal bullying experiences then you might also be able to get feedback from other viewers about what to do or ways to help.

http://sandeelee.blogs.com/

iWeb Evaluation

Our first project this term in IT has been to design a website for a client about Climate Change. 

I feel that my product works very well. I think the main reason for this is the user friendly layout among other things. My use of graphics and a wide variety of media has made it a very dynamic site. With many different ways to learn about Climate Change. Wether it be a simple graphic, animoto or an informational video. 

I believe that it fulfills all of my expectations and I believe it does it all well. With a large variety of information and media. 

I think that I worked pretty well throughout the cycle. The one area I feel I could've planned better was during the create stage. I didn't realize that we were going be working on other projects this term so I was doing everything in a lot of detail. After I had started doing it in a lot of detail and I realized that we were going to be working on another project I decided to continue doing it in detail. The only drawback to doing this is that it has taken more time than we have been given. So I am going to have to finish over the long weekend but I that I will be satisfied with the final product.

During the Investigation stage we research our topics a lot. Getting a very good general idea of what we would be writing about. Also we slowly started to learn about the programs that we can use to make websites. Such as Dreamweaver, Piczo and iWeb.

  

The next stage was Design.   In this project we combined the stages Design and Plan. We did this by drawing out a sketch of what we wanted our homepage to look like. Also we had to decide what pages we were going to include in our website. I decided to include Home, The issues up close, Photos, Videos, Cool Sites to visit, Fun Fast Climate Changing Facts and more. 

The second to last stage was Create. Here is where we actually combine all of our research and planning along with designing together. I found that iWeb was a very professional looking and easy to use piece of software. I enjoyed using it as I found it a very effective way to convey information. 

The final stage is Evaluate.  Of course that is what I am doing right now. 

Overall I really enjoyed this project. I feel that I also did a good job with my site. I would definitely use iWeb again for a wide range of projects and subjects. I look forward to starting the new unit!