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My name is Denise and I am a teacher at Randolph Technical Center.  I have worked with Globaloria the last 9 years which is amazing!  This have given me an opportunity to watch the program grow and change.  I hope to continue to watch it grow and change in our county.

My First Post

I want to learn how to make animations and take great photos.

Training in Austin

Today has been the first day of training in Austin and the teachers have been great!  They are fast learners and have been reasonably calm about the connection issues.  I just like hearing and seeing teachers try new things in their classroom that will benefit students.  Globaloria is a program that sometimes takes teachers out of their comfort zone but is great for kids.

Play to Learn

Reflect on what you learned by playing these games. What kind of ideas did you get for your own game?  I enjoyed playing the games but realized playing Kitty Math that I need to brush up on some of my math skills.  I want a list of items that disappear as you find them, scoring, and decoy items. 

Course Overview

What are you most excited to work on during this course? I am excited to learn ActionScript 3.0.  It is important for me as a teacher to continue to learn and improve my skills.  I hope that it won't be a lot different then AS 2.0.  I would really like to build a game that would impress my students.

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• How did the two games handle the issue of homelessness?  Larry seems more realistic and approaches the issue with more sensitivity.
• Do you think one was better than the other? I think Larry is better because it is hands on game play instead of click an answer.
• What would you do to improve either game? Hobo needs to be more hands on and less insulting.  Larry needs a button back to main menu on each game level.
• What kind of a game would you make about this issue? I would like to do research on the percentage of people who get out of homelessness once they enter then do a game that you can only win that percentage of times.

Hello World

I haven't blogged for a long time and since I am an educator maybe I should think about posting more.  It doesn't seem like there are enough hours in a day to get everything done.  My students have been blogging and I enjoy reading their posts.  I learn so much from reading their posts.