Blog Post for April 27 and 29th

Game Review:

Go to the website listed below and play one of the games on the site. Review one game. It needs to be between 450-550 words. You should be reviewing the graphics, pros/ cons, how its played, skill level, if you can beat the game, etc...  You are allowed to you this website for the block after today you should not need to be playing any

http://www.addictinggames.com/

Blog post for April 25

Block: C When your in the library for the next couple week you will be writing blog post for days we are not in room 123. 

What will Fashion look like in 100 years?

Marking

Please fill out the following table for each of you group members when done send them to Mr. Sheppard Via email.

Team player	/5
Quality	/5
Productivity	/5
Time management	/5
Work Share	/10
Total	/30

Class Rules

As the term is half way done we need to revisit some rules that have been broken over the past couple of weeks repetitively. The rules below were handed out when I arrived and need to be followed. Each rule will be enforced more strictly in future weeks. The rules in bold are the ones that are broken on a daily basis.  


·         Arrive on time

·         Be respectful during teacher presentations and demos

·         No calling out in class

·         Respect others and work without disturbing others.

·         Be polite and courteous.

·         Follow all activities and if you need help ask.

·         Complete all assignments

·         Request permission to use washroom or go to locker.

·         Remain in class for duration of the lesson- wanders will be marked away.

·         No food or drinks allowed in class.

·         No cell phones to be used unless consent has been given.

TV Commercial

TV Commercial

Your next assignment is to create your very own TV ad for you game. You will work in the same groups of 2-3 from the last project. Try not to take ideas from advertisements that you have already seen. Use them more as a reference point to improve on.  Be creative and make it your own. You will have one class to story board your project. After you have story board you will have 2 classes in film which Mr. Sheppard will get you I Pads that must be returned after the block. Make sure to take care of them. Mr. Sheppard will show you several ways to make your video more interesting.    

Requirements-

• Story Board with group
• Video must be 30-50 seconds can be longer.
• Use Adobe premiere to edit video footage
• Use editing tips that Mr. Sheppard will show you     
• Create credits and Title sequence 

Good Example:

Poor Example:

Rules

Rule Books:

Creating your rule book should be simple. Just take the rule book from below and change it to the theme and add rules that you think will make the game better. Subtract rules that don't matter or will make the game worse.

Risk:  http://www.hasbro.com/common/instruct/risk.pdf

Monopoly: http://monopoly-game.net/Classic_Monopoly_Rules.html

CandyLand: http://www.hasbro.com/common/instruct/Candy_Land__(2004).pdf

Clue: http://www.hasbro.com/common/instruct/Clue_(2002).pdf

Guess Who? http://www.hasbro.com/common/instruct/GuessWho.PDF

Sorry: http://www.hasbro.com/common/instruct/Sorry.PDF

Mouse Trap: http://www.hasbro.com/common/instruct/mtrap.pdf

Board Game Last Day

You have two extra days! Last Day to work on board game Part One is Tuesday April 19th! I will introduce Part Two this Thursday so you can think of ideas!

Cards and Money

Cards should be formatted like the original. As you see below the cards have the same text but i have changes the title and added a water mark. The back of the cards is the same just a title change of the property. This is simple formatting which can be done in Photoshop. When done set up a word document. In the word doc it must be lined up with a cosponsoring page.  

Money Needs to be changed in many different ways. First is the centre logo needs to be change from what the original looked like. You must also change any other logo on the bill. try to keep things simple. at the end you will make these double sided like the cards in word.  

Work Due

Term 1

3 days Left!

All term one work is due Monday!

Poster

You poster must have the following:

• Make sure to add the Hasbro or other board game company's logo. Bonus marks (5) will be rewarded for making your own logo and company!

• Use different types of fonts to improve your poster. Here is a website that can help you have creative text. http://cooltext.com/

• Slogans can be hard to make up when they are used all the time by major companies. Just Do It, I'm Lovin' It, Protect This House,  Always Fresh, the list goes on of catchy slogans.

Ask yourself:

–       What it does?

–       Who it helps?

–       What are the characteristics of the product or service?

–       What are the qualities of your clients?

When you’re done, you should have at least 50-70 words to work with, ones that describe a tangible and unique benefit. From this you should start putting words together and figure out a cool slogan.  

• Make a billboard ad. It's super simple. Mr. Sheppard will help you if you need as well as doing a demo on how to make a quick billboard ad. 

Simple Pieces

Here is a simple board game piece to recreate the characters for games like clue, monopoly, Candyland, mouse trap, sorry, or any other choose your own character game. These pieces can be easily made on the 3D printer if any students want to make it.  

Ticker Math

Their are a couple formulas that you must enter every Tuesday and Thursday. Here is the list of formulas so you have a reference.  

% of change: To calculate percentage difference: First: work out the difference between the two numbers you are comparing. Decrease = Original Number - New Number. Then: divide the decrease by the original number and multiply the answer by 100. % Decrease = Decrease ÷ Original Number × 100. 

Example: 98.94-96.61= 2.33,  2.33/98.94= 2.35%

Investment: times the new daily rate by the amount of stocks you have. 

Example 96.61 X 50 = 4,830.50

Running Rate: Minus Your original day one investment by your new investment. 

Example: 4,912-4,830.50= 81.50   

Re-designing the game board

Re-designing a game board can be a challenging task. Here are some aspects that I will be looking for when you are working on your project. 

1. Changeover of all cards. You should be re-branding everything to the theme of your game. This can be done on your computers in word/ Photoshop. You will need to make a front and back then Mr. Sheppard can print double sided for you. They will need to line-up with each other so make sure they do line-up. 

2. Changeover the game pieces to make it new! you can change them with the 3D printer or you can get new ones from home or you can make a simple one out of card board. The options are endless.

 

3. Changeover the game board! This must be done even if you do more aspects then this you will still not get a passing mark in this section because it is the principal of what we are doing. you must change the game board by painting on it. Remaking it in Photoshop, paint, PowerPoint, etc 

4. Money/ other currency type items. You must changeover the money of the game in the theme that you are doing.

5. Changing the game box. This is another item that must be done to pass this section of the project. you can use paint Photoshop or PowerPoint to complete. 

Marking:

If you change one aspect of your game board you get 20%

If you change 2 aspect of your board game you get 40%

If you change 3 aspects of your board game you get 60%

If you change 4 aspects of your board game you get 80%

If you change 5 aspects of your board game you get could get 85-100%

Report Cards

All assignments that have been issued before March 31 must by handed in by April 11. This is the cut-off before report cards. Anything handed in after this date will not show up on your report card. I will be going around today to tell people what they are missing.