WHAT A WEEK!

We have been working for two weeks to complete 'adding buttons'.  During that time we have ran into MANY pbstacles.  After repeatedly trying......none of our 'back buttons' work.  We used this code...

stop();

NextButton.onRelease = function() {
gotoAndPlay("TeamIntro");
}

BackButton.onRelease = function() {
gotoAndPlay("TitlePage");
}

Now Flash CS5 is no longer working on our computers and two of our flask drives are not working.

This has left many of the teams with no demo and having to start over.  This has been a crazy week.  We can only hope that next week is better.

Adding Scenes

This week we have been working on adding a scene to our game demo.  This has been a challenge for us for many reasons.  Many of my students actually followed the tutorials on the wiki and were totally confused.  Adding folders did not work well with this assignment. We had to go back and add layers for the entire demo and fix things from the previous assignment. 

My students have done a great job adapting to this.  We are on frame 2 of the demo and I hope to move along rather quickly for the remainder of the week.  Keep up the good work guys.

Another Snow Day!

Well here we are at home once again. Today was snowday #3 and tomorrow will be #4. For my fellow Globalorians, I am sure you are all working on your Q2 reports as well. I have been very pleased with my students thus far. We have ahd a few minoir mishaps, but all in all we are off to a good start.

It looks as if we may be in for a few more snow days in Grenbrier County. The storm seems to once again, stopped right over top of Western Greenbrier County. We have about one foot of snow and gusty winds right now.

It's amazing that we get so much more snow than the Eastern end of the county.  Check out the forcast for  Rainelle Weather.  Everyone...Good Luck on your reports and maybe sometime soon we will get back to school.

This Time of Year!

The month of December causes way too much stress! As a child, I just enjoyed the snow, the lights , the presents, and of course, my family.Being a music teacher, December is jam packed with performances. Not only is my Q2 repert due for Globaloria, but I also have public concerts for both schools. Finding time to Christmas shop, grade papers, rehearse groups, and spend time with my own kids can be a challenge.

Although I am feeling extremely stressed today, I am going to take a step back and remember the true meaning of Christmas. I encourage each of you to stop and take a moment to look at the beautiful snow outside your window (if you are in Greenbrier Co)or all of the wonderful wonders right before our eyes. Remember all of the wonderful things we have been blessed with. Have a wonderful Holiday.....and I hope to see you at one of our concerts.

Back at Work!

I hope everyone had a wonderful week off. It was a much needed break for all of us, students included. The turkey day was great and , as always, I enjoyed time with my family. I do have to admit that Friday was very disappointing. I drove to New Martinsville to watch the Greenbrier West game. Although our team lost, I am very proud of the players and the fans for hanging in there for a VERY long football season. YAY CAVALIERS!

On Saturday, I drove to Huntington to watch the Marshall University football game with my boys. It was very exciting (especially the band).

Yesterday, I rested.

And now ladies and gentleman it is time to get back to some seriuos game design! We have alot to do before our Q2 report is due on December 15!

Here we go!

A New Day!!!!

Wow what a Monday! Today we finished registering for the game competitions. I am so excited for my kids to get started. We have so much to learn about so many things. I am hoping that everyone is as overwhelmed as I am. I am expecting to ask for help from all of my collegues. Get ready for some emails! Tomorrow we will be videoing our paper prototypes and I will be doing our video prototypes as well. Look for them soon.

A Long Week!

TGIF!!!!!I don't know if as a teacher I am supposed to say that but it is true. Although this week has been long, it has been productive. This was Homecoming week so there were LOTS of crazy activities and class disruptions. Through it all, my Globaloria kids managed to pull through. We created all of our team pages and started on our paper prototyping. I am so very proud of all of them. I am looking forward to seeing all of their ideas on paper and video.