March 31 Blog Assignment

Well I looked at the SHAUNDYE! game from Greenbrier East High School. I like the paper prototype but when I went to the demo it wasn't finished and one of the scenes didn't have a stop on it so it ran through the demo after the third or fourth scene. I didn't see much differnece between the paper prototype and the demo.

function prompt march 25

Select one team game or game idea in your knowledge community that you feel will do an effective job teaching players about civic function. List the selected team's school, name and game title. Describe specifically what the game aims to teach and why its design plan or game demo succeeds in achieving this aim. Please write a minimum of 4 sentences. Greenbrier East High School,The Cheese Wizards, the three branches game helps understand the billing process within the government. Their first question shows the way a bill is processed. The second question does a good job of showing how a bill gets passed by a majority vote.

function prompt

Our game demo,will have mini games for example one has books flying at a picture of Hitler. This shows the freedoms he took away from the people in Europe. We worked together finding the information for the freedoms and we thought of it together because of the question before it. It has to deal with Hitler's type of government and freedoms of the people.

Function March 10 2010

What are the different duties of the Presidential cabinet (specifically, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Defense and the Attorney General)? How are these people appointed, and what influence does the voting public have over them?
The Secretary of State appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate.the Secretary of the Treasury appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Secretary of Defense is appointed the President with the approval of the Senate, and is a member of the Cabinet. The Attorney General is appointed the Central People's Government in Beijing on the advice of the Chief Executive.