We are finally done!!! :)

Well this has been a great year and I hate to see it come to a close. I have learned many things in the Globaloria/English 12 class, especially many new computer skills. I have to admit that this has probably been the hardest and most time consuming class I have ever taken, yet it has been a blast! Chez has made this a very fun class and I appreciate her patience with us...even though I know it would be overwhelming at times.
The funnest and hardest part was creating the video game. Samantha and I had already planned to be partners and knew what our game would be based on. The challenge was to put this all together and have a functioning game that people could play! It was very, very difficult to learn the layers of flash and the coding. Coding was probably the hardest thing to learn. If it wasnt on the right layer or wasnt named right then your whole game would be screwed up. Thats what confused Sam and I. We would have wrong codes on the action layer but could never find them until we werent looking for them.
The skills that I have learned in this class have helped greatly with computer usage and even english skills. Sam and I recieved an A on the game project. If you would like to see our game click here! :)

Team Pages

Which team pages did you visit?
-I visited Chad and Ashleys team page.
-I visited Amy and Katies team page

What is your overall constructive review?
-Their game is really good and I have no complaints.
-It is kind of hard to make out a pic but it looks really good.

What do they still need to work on?
-Nothing that I can see.
-Getting controls and animation.

What ideas might you take back to your own team page?
-The order of the pages and the button ideas
-Controling certain parts.

Does the topic of the game meet the educational requirement?
-Yes. It was about the droppout rate in West Virginia.
-Yes.It involved going througout your 4 years in High School

PJ the Flash Master

Pj Foster is the only person I know that can handle flash the way he can. He is definitly the Flash Wizard! I have been stuck for a week on this one little problem and with just click he has it fixed. He showed me what key frames are and how they worked. I wouldve never known how to do that if he didnt show me. I have seriously progressed since he has came down to our class and showed us just a few things. He is the master of all things flash. Hopefully he will be down soon to help us more cause im slightly stuck wih a coding.

The Wild and Wonderful

I have lived in WV all my life and love this state! Coal mining is what makes this state and the country run and function. Technology has helped us a lot especially in mining and farming. The new equipment used in coal mines,when used properly, can save people and speed the production of coal in the state. West Virginia means so much to me! All my family originated from the state so my roots are definitely here. There are some great people in this state and some that are very talented and very educated. West Virginians are always stereotyped as hillbilly's with no teeth, barefoot, who make moonshine, and live on welfare! All of us in WV always stick together through everything! Yes there are some people who are like that but not all! As far as I am concerned we are the greatest state in the Union! We work for what we have, and would give the shirt off our back if someone needed it! I love this state and I am very proud to say I am from West Virginia!!!

Group Chatting!!

This group chatting was probably the funniest thing ever! We had to read three poems and then each of us summarize one and then discuss it. The summarizing was probably the hardest but funnest part. The different outlook each of us had on the three poems was amazing and showed how people look at things differently and see them from a odd view. The poems were very interesting and the group chat was even crazier!!

The Beginning of Buttons

I thought drawing and coding was hard...I was wrong. Making a button was very confusing. I think I was just making it harder than it was. The only thing that is confusing is the different key frames and how you can change everything within the frames. It was very interesting how many things you can do with flash. My favorite so far has been the drawings and learning some of the drawing tools. Hopefully flash will become easier to handle and I will get better as we continue our journey into the world of flash and games!

Drawing in Flash

Drawing in flash is the coolest thing in the world! Its very difficult at first but then once you get the hang of the tools its quite simple. When I first started working with flash I thought it was stupid and boring, but since the drawing in flash lesson I have loved it! It just takes time and patience to work with flash. I caught on very quickly and soon I was drawing the beginning of our video game. Our game is no longer about factories, but about building the perfect hybrid car to save Earths ozone. This will be very challenging to draw everything but it s going to be an experience I will never forget! Thank you Chez for being an awesome teacher and having patience with us (sometimes lol). The flash is starting to get easier each day we go on.