Rate your Genius Hour effort from 1-10 (with 10 being superior and 1 being minimal). Explain the reasoning for your score.I rate my effort with the number 9 because I have been getting great information for my project. I wouldn't make it a 10 because I believe I can get more games and more information. Overall my project is looking good so i believe it will be great when it is finish. Explain why/why not you think Genius Hour is a good use of your time in English Language Arts.Genius Hour is a great use for my time and others because it gives us a break from all the poetry, grammar, etc etc.
What is your step-by-step plan to complete your Genius Hour Project? Make an agenda with dates and timelines.What progress have you made in the last month on your Genius Hour Project?I started entering some game reviews to my website. The first I started with is World of Tanks for the Xbox 360. World of Tanks is a massive online game where you drive historic tanks and battle it out with other players. It's very fun, and the only vulgar language comes from other players. The only real violence is the tank being destroyed so it is safe for younger children. The game also has interesting facts on the tank you are about to use. What steps do you plan to take in the next three weeks to further your progress on your project?I would work hard on games I know are acceptable to be used on my website and show their reviews. I have put up the next game I am doing reviews on and is called Minecraft. Minecraft is an open world made of blocks where you can anything you set your mind to. It is a very safe game to children because the only violence is killing animals for food, monsters and other players if you're in multi-player.
Describe the progress you have made this semester on your Genius Hour Projects.So far I have not made any progress because I change my topic from warning parents about certain games to game reviews. I believe I could incorporate the two so teens and parents alike can know of the danger. I'm going to start off my topic with a game I know is fun to play and has information that you might find interesting. What is the most challenging aspect of your project so far?The most challenging aspect for my project so far is finding a game to review on that is acceptable and allowed to be placed on my website. I'm sure I can find many games I have played to be acceptable.
Why have you decided to keep or change your Genius Hour Project from last semester? How do you envision your Genius Hour to look when it is complete?I have decided to keep my orginal topic. I did this because this is the only thing I know. Video games are my life basically. They are fun to play after school because you can just unwinded from a hard days at work of learning. I envision my finish website to show multiple video games so people can learn about them and play them. I want people to think that video games are not bad, but instead of a great past time.
What did you learn from perusing the Blogs of other students participating in Genius Hour/20 Time? How can you use what you have learned to impact your own Genius Hour project/ TedTalk? What progress do you still need to make towards your Genius Hour Project? I learned that they have a better setup for their Genius Hour Website. It is harder to read them because I don't understand the facts that they implacate. But hey, whatever setup they like doing they can go ahead. I like my simple setup where the facts are eassier to find. When I find their information from their blog post, I don't know what would I do with the information for my Genius Hour Page. At the momnet I don't understand their setup. It seems it is about themselves, but that's my opinion. The post about programmning by Ethan S. will probably be helpful for me to explain the process about how a video game is made. I need to get more information on my list of video games that I am thinking of telling the people who visist my website. But I need to pick that list of video games I want to do.
What kinds if ideas about presentation skills did you think about as Sir Ken Robinson presented his ideas about education? How can you incorporate what you saw into your own TED talks?The presentation skills that I learned from Sir Ken Robinson is that you must have good posture, go over you notes, being calm, make the audience laugh a bit, and present your information with clear details. I can incorporate theses ideas by getting more useful information and explain it in great details by using less of the information. It can help my audience get excellent information from my TED talks. How did Sir Ken Robinson's talk resonate with you? How might/might not Genius Hour support Ken Robinson's ideas about how to change education?Describe the most useful resources you have found to help you develop your Genius Hour Project?The most useful resource I have used to help develop my Genius Hour website is Google, to be more precise Wikipedia and Gamer Informer. These websites give me the bulk of the information, but if I have played the game before ,like Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag, I know most of the information about the game. Wikipedia is a great source even though anyone can edit the information. Some game companies make information about their game on Wikipedia like Wookieepedia, the website for anything Star Wars including their games. Gamer Informer is helpful because it has information and the reviews on newer and older games. It is helpful to show if a game is good or bad, but you should play the game first to get a better view on the game to see if it is good or bad. Be honest, how could you use your Genius Hour time more effectively?If you had an unlimited amount of time and funds to make your Genius Project all it could be, what would that look like? If I had unlimited time and funds to make my Genius Project better and more efficient I would add different pages on my website for the different games I would being doing in the future. I would have them categorized into their different games type they are like action, strategy, shooter, etc. It will be more easy and accessible for my viewers who would like certain game types.
With the unlimited funds I would finally finish completing my web pages by adding pictures and promoting my website to the pubic. I believe my website would be informational to parents who have children that have gaming consoles in their houses. Certainly the parents must restrict the gaming activity with their children so they can get exercise so they do not sit around and become obese. This is what I would do with the unlimited funds and time to spice up my website. |
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