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Weekly Blog Post for 10/29

List a new idea or concept (not just a "fact") you've learned about your game topic since you started this course. How did you come to learn this? What sources where helpful to you in gaining this understanding? What makes these news or research sources especially informative and trustworthy?

I have learned that simple tools like wrenches and glue are considered technology. I came to learn this when we were making Joe The Plumber. As we were doing research I read an interesting article telling what technology was and it explained that simple technological tools make up the big, complex technological machines. As i said earlier I read an article that explained what technology was. It was trustworthy because it was from a reliable source. It was informative because it informative because it was set up in a table format and was easily readable.

Internet Security

Q-Should you respond or talk to people you do not know, on line, outside the Globaloria Community?

No you should not. 

A-Talking to people outside of our Globaloria Community could be dangerous if you give them your personal information.

Q-Can you be sure the person you are talking to has actually represented themselves accurately?Why do we ask you to hide  your personal information?

A-No, most people on the internet lie about their personal status so you can never be sure that someone has accurately represented them self. 

Q-Why must you never give your Social Security Number or bank account number to anyone online?

A-If someone got ahold of your SSN they could do identity theft and steal all your money and buy anything they wanted if they have your bank account. Your SSN is like gold to you.

Team Picture

Name the team roles.

Isaac is the web page editor, I am in charge of slides, and daniel is in charge of animation.

What is your role in the team?

I am in charge of slides.

Why are you good at this job?

I understand slides and it comes easy for me.

What is the hardest part about working in a team?

We all have different ideas so we sometimes have disagreements.  

Weekly Blog 10-01-10

I want to design a game about technology and computers. I love technology and I want to learn more about computers. My game fits into the strategy category. My game is going to have definitions of parts of a computer and you have to match the words with the definition. My game's educational value is that it will teach kids how computers work and what they are made of.