My Research Blog

My game topic is about Civil Law. Civil law is cases about non-criminal actions. It deals over disagreements over contracts, divorce, child custody, property ownership, and damages of personal property. A civil court is a place where people can solve their problems with other people peacefully. The function of civil law is to provide a legal remedy to solve problems. Sometimes civil law is based on a state or federal statute; at other times civil law is based on a ruling by the court. My partner and I chose this type of Civics because we think that kids need to understand the legal ststem at an early age so they'll undersrand what really happens in a courthouse. I also researched some cases containing civil law. For example, Your best friend’s parents get a divorce. The judge awards custody of your friend’s sister to the mother and of your friend to the father. The friend and sister want to live together. They ask a lawyer to change the custody order. This information will be used to educate the young players of our game "The Hot Pursuit." We will put this information into questions as the player navigates through the game. There will be multiple choice answers.
http://members.mobar.org/civics/ExamplesCivilLaw.htm

American History

My favorite part of American history is 9-11.
We all know the official story of September 11th: four jetliners were hijacked by groups of four and five Arabic men armed with box cutters, who proceeded to fly three of the four jets into the Twin Towers and the Pentagon. Subsequently the World Trade Center Towers, weakened by the impacts and fires, collapsed into piles of rubble. The FBI had compiled a list of hijackers within three days, and it was so obvious that Osama bin Laden had masterminded the operation from caves in Afghanistan, that there was no need to seriously investigate the crime or produce evidence. The "retaliatory" attack on the Taliban would soon commence. There were very brave people on that plane and still to this day they are remembered even though they died of a tragic death.

http://www.history.com/content/9-11

Animation and Sound

In this past unit, my partner and I have learned how to animate objects and put sounds onto our game. We finished the adding animation unit and are moving on to adding sound. In adding animation, I learned how to make an object in my game move. I made my car go across the screen. Now, I'm going to try to make the car have a sound. The tutorials were very helpful in these two units and I've learned alot from them. I liked the adding animation unit best because my team worked very hard on that car and we put a lot of time into it. Adding aniamtion was a terrific experience and I hope I do really great on adding sound.

http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=7557

Animal Cruelity

I am bringing up the issue animal cruelity. Everyday an animal is abused for no good reason. Acually, there is no excuse for abusing any type of animal. Unfortunately, there is no quick fix for animal abuse, but there are so many things we can all do to help. None of them will make animal abuse disappear tomorrow, but every little bit helps lower the risk further down the road.
And you don't have to be an animal "fanatic" to do it. You don't have to be a member of every animal rights organization on earth. There are so many things regular people can to do to have an impact on their lives. To prevent animal abuse from occuring,you must educate yourself and your friends to take care and to love your pets. All animals need love so it would be great if more people would visit shelters and donate to animals in need. And if you suspect someone is abusing their pet, then you should alert your local animal control.http://www.pet-abuse.com/pages/prevent_abuse.php

What I've Learned in Flash

I have learned a lot about Flash in this unit. I learned that it's not easy, It's acually a lot of work. Like Mrs. Barker said, You have to treat flash like a baby, It doesn't know anything so you have to be very specific when you're telling it what to do or put in. That's why I thought the action script was hard, because if you misspell anything that you type then you will have to go back and find your mistakes. The easy part about flash was creating the pages for my game. I like to put all kinds of different colors and graphics on my game, It was really fun and I understood it pretty well. The content in my game is about Civil Law. I've done some research about it and learned that Civil Law works with non-criminal cases. For an example, if some one falls down in a public place and breaks their foot, they could press charges if they get a lawyer and present their case in court. I don't have anymore questions about creationg the game because I think I know all the basic stuff in this unit. But later on I might have a question. My partner and I might need a little more time with adding navigation so we can check over everyting and make sure we have everything done.

http://www.photoshopsupport.com/flash/tutorials.html

What We've Done In Flash

My partner and I did very well on drawing in flash. Billy traced the car that went on the title scene and I made the "about the game" scene. Our game is very colorful and fun. The drawing in flash tutorials helped tremendously because we hardly ever had to ask our teacher for help all the time. I hope that it will turn out great and everyone will love it. We haven't created our loading screen yet,but we uploaded what we had done to our project pages. "The Racing Pursuit" is going to be a success.

No More Swine Flu!

I am writing about a world -wide issue. The swine flu is a major issue in the United States and everywhere else. So I want to make a rule that if you're from a different country and you have swine flu, then you have to be treated before you go into another country. I don't think it should be legal to bring deadly diseases into other countries because that just make it spread and then it becomes worse. This deadly disease spreads through mostly humans. Such as coughing,sneezing,or drinking after people. You might have swine flu if you have the following symptons: fever, cough, sore throat, runny nose, body aches, headaches, chills, or fatigue. You can keep from getting H1N1 by washing your hands frequently,keeping hand sanitizer around at all times,and gettin the vaccine that keeps it from getting in you body. But if you get it anyway,then you must see a local doctor immediatly! This disease is very dangerous so I want to help put a stop to it!

http://www.stopgerms.org/documents/h1n1.html?gclid=COi1htCaiJ4CFWpd5QodDl1UpQ

How Our Game is Going

My partner and I are doing very well with our game. It is going great. We did some research on our game topic "Civil Law" and found useful information. We started on the title screen and moving up to finishing scene one. After we watched the videos,we knew what to do so I think this is going to be easy and fun! We also made our own tutorial video about our game.

Abby's Visit

Yesterday, some important people came to our Globaloria class. One of the people's name was Abby Taylor. She was very helpful to everyone especially my partner and I. We are doing our game on civil law and she gave us some suggestions. We are now editing our paper prototype and putting her ideas in. They're visit was amazing because they know alot about the laws ans civics so I think everyone benifited from it. My game is going to be even greater with her help.I'm going to do some more research on my topic,"Civil Law" so I can advance the player's education.http://members.mobar.org/civics/WhatisCivilLaw.htm

What Our Game is About

What is your game topic and how does it relate to civics? My game topic is on civil law and it relates to civics because civil law deals with non-criminal acts.

How will a player learn more about civics while they play your game? As you go through the game you will have to answer civics questions that will get harder as you reach the next level.

Where does your game topic fit into the Civics Knowledge Framework? Does it teach about an ideal of government, a function of government or about citizenship? Please explain. It fits in the catagory of individual rights. For example,if someone trips over an object in your house while visiting,who's fault would it be? Who would have to pay the hospital bill? That's the type of thing that civil law deals with.

http://www.duhaime.org/LegalDictionary/C/Civillaw.aspx

Freedom Of Speech

Freedom of speech means alot to me because I like to express my opinion about social topics like school rules and rights. I think that all people are equal in opinion and it is a great thing that we all have freedom of speech. If Mr. Cambell forbid me to wear mt favorite T-shirt to school then I would have to disagree and use my rights, but if my shirt violated school dress code and was inapropriote, then I would understand. If they wanted to search my locker ,then I think I have the right to refuse, It's the school's property but they need proof that I have done something wrong to search it. Searching it without a good reason wouldn't be right. Freedom of speech is a great thing but you have to choose what you say and how you say it wisely.

(http://www.derechos.org/human-rights/speech/)

My Game

My partner and I are starting a new unit. It is called imagining your game. We are trying to make a game that helps people learn about different types of civics. Our game is going to be super fun. It shows people that you don't have to read to become educated in civics. It's going to have multiple choice questions about different topics. I really hope that this game will teach people and make them more advanced in civics.

My Game

In this unit, our class is learning how to make a civics game. I chose my topic on rights. People should have their freedom like the constitution says they do, but others do not see it that way, some people abuse their freedom. That's why I chose the first blog to add to my list. This girl explains the unfairness to pay for health care when she doesn't even use it. She made some very interesting points that I understood. The second blog that I added was about school law. This man explains and gives examples of about students and their responsibilities. It also has stories on people's rights. I hope my game will turn out great so it can trach people more aboout civics.

http://http://www.washington.edu/doit/Faculty/Rights/

What I've Learned So Far

What I Learned in Globaloria

So far this year in Globaloria, I have learned a lot of things. Right now we are starting into a new unit. This unit involves a lot of flash so my class an I have been learning how to group objects and make them move around. The hardest part was following the code that you have to type in order for your object to work. You have to make sure that it's word for word or the process won't work. The easiest part of the class is the assignments. Like creating blogs and writing about the topic that Mrs. Barker gives us. But my favorite part in Globaloria is the new mini-game unit we're on right now. It's a lot of fun and I learned many things.

Internet Safety

What is important for us to know? It is important for us to know that the internet can be very dangerous and terrible things can happen to you if you don't take precautions. If you be careful and watch what you do on the internet,it can be fun and safe.

How safe are we making ourselves online? I think that at our school,we are making ourselves safe because we don't give out important or personal information such as our full name,where we live, or our social security number because if that information was in the wrong hands, who knows what a person would do. Dangerous people could kidnap you and possibly ruin your life if they had access to your personal data,so i'm glad that I don't give that out or add any people that I do not know.

Is the internet safe or dangerous? I think that the internet is safe and only you can make it dangerous. You can make it dangerous by not updating your antivirus,giving out personal information, and talking to people that you don't know. There are kids that have been kidnapped because of strangers on facebook,myspace, and other messenging websites. You can make yourself safe by avoiding all these things that lead to danger. So if you don't know someone on your messenger who wants to be your friend,decline their request. That could prevent serious problems. The internet is supposed to be resourceful and fun so let's keep it that way!

http://http//www.webwisekids.org/index.asp?page=parents

Dress Code Blog

People have the freedom and rights to express themselves. But when their expressions are harmful to other people and theirselves, it is limited. That is why the schools have dresscodes. In my commitee, my mind is set on safety of the students. I would suggest that there wouldn't be any flip-flops or sandals without backs on them. Students could fall and get hurt. But, I would also consider the thoughts of the students too, so my commitee and I will hold a vote on whether or not to ban strapless sandals and flip-flops. If they vote no then the decision is made. They get to wear their sandals as long as no one gets hurt. Each and every student will sign a contract wrote up by my commitee saying that they will take precaution and be careful while walking.

Kaitlyn's Blog

Hello my name is Kaitlyn and I am in Mrs.Barker's 7th grade globaloria class. This year, I want to be more advanced in technology. I want to learn how to create games on the computer. I've always have been interested in computers. I'm very excited about creating games in this class with my friends and classmates. I hope that this year will be fun and helpful. I am very lucky to be in this class and I intend to succeed.