MCTC game presentations/semester over

MCTC had their game presentations over two days, December 9th and 14th. The presentations went well and can be viewed here. I look forward to Buffalo High School's presentations in January, and then Logan and Wheeling Park's at the end of the school year.

Happy Thanksgiving

I hope everyone enjoys their week off (if they are lucky like me!) from school to be thankful for all the wonderful friends and family they have in their lives!

Team game progress in full force

Most of my mentees have completely the paper prototype topics and have moved on to having their students start to work on their team games. Team pages are now alive and well with activity!

Paper Prototypes just around the corner.

My mentees are either actively involved with creating and filming their paper prototypes, or it is just around the corner. I always find it thrilling when students put pencil to paper and are forced to conceptually their game ideas on paper. This is where many of your student's game idea "blind spots" can be spotted. Quiz students on the intricacies of their game ideas. At this point, they should be able to answer all of your questions. If not, more work needs to be done to flesh out the idea.

Mini Game in full force!

All of my mentees have started easing their way into the Mini Game topic. There have been (and will be) some bumps in the road along the way, but that is to be expected. It is our mistakes we learn from the most, the things we never forget. So, if a student hits a roadblock here and there, no sweat, once they fix that issue, they can learn from it and teach others how to avoid the same issue.

Progress Report 1 is dead and gone!

Progress Report 1 is now history! Everyone made it through alive with minor flesh wounds. Now we must focus our attention to our next foe to vanquish, Progress Report 2. Make haste! :-)

Start of Fall semester

Even though I am not actually teaching a Globaloria class, I am still knee deep in wikis and blogs this year through my third year as a Globaloria mentor. I always enjoy helping Globaloria educators work their way through the intricate web that is the Globaloria wiki. This year is no different, I have two new educators and two returning educators, and all of us are new to the fantastic changes to the wiki this year. Technology is not something that rests on its laurels, and all of our students need to learn that. They need to be exposed to a routine of self-learning and self-realization as young as possible because the workforce of the future needs to be a flexible and agile one.