Summer session 1 agenda Friday, June 6

Friday, June 6, 2008
Summer Session 1
Schedule Day 5
Game lab ends at 12.30pm today!

8:00 am Prepare for kids
8:30 am Guided Game Play (Sims for PC, My Sims, Sims Castaway, Barbie for PC, Wii Mii [4 at a time taking terms])

9:30 am Assign groups for game design activity.
Brainstorm and pick one game for the group to design.
Design:
Game cover
--description of game (what is the objective? what's the point? what's the game play like? what sort of graphics does it have?)
--rating
--number of players
--console
Controller
--description of controller [what does it look like? how will it get people to exercise? what part of the body will it exercise?



10:15 am Snack/Discussion on 10 most important parts of a game
10:45 am Video Closet/Blog/Guided Game Play
11:30 am Lunch
11:50am Clean up
12:30 pm Dismissal

Video Closet: If you could offer 1 piece of advice to game developers on what kids like in a game, what would it be? Why?

Blog Entry
Title: Important part of game 2
Enter your first name, age, and grade.
Question: Let's revisit our blog question from yesterday (What do you think is the most important part of a game? Explain.) Did our discussion today change what you thought about what is important in a game? Explain. What is the most important part of the game you are designing?
Label: Summer session 1
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