Gamers Solve Scientific Problems

How did gamers use the computer game Foldit to solve the protein folding mystery ?

They did these models that represented the AIDS in the computer and it showed how you could fix them ad if they were a puzzle. It would be like curing the AID in real life.

Who can participate in this problem solving and be a player in Foldit ?

Anybody can pretty much participate in it, even if you don't really know about the topic or any skill that has to do with it you can still play it. The player who is playing can solve the puzzle without even knowing what to do and in real life they could cure that AID.

What can critical thinking do for science ?

It can help it out by thinking many Ideas about the topic and how to solve it. All the Ideas that there is to think, one of those will help us. We just really need to focus on the topic and really think about it


If you could solve a mystery through gaming for any kind of disease or illness in the world what ,would it be ?


I think I'd problaby like to solve Cancer. Cancer is a really big deal right now,and it's a very powerful disease that can kill people and has killed some. There are many people out there that are fighting it and survivors. I think this is a really big problem to solve, If I ever had the chance to solve this big cause I would so definetely take the opportunity to do it.

Mini-Game

Was it hard to make your mini-game ?


At first I didn't really get it because it had been a while since I used Flash, but then I started to memorize what to do and started to get the hang of it. Also Ms.Arcos helped me to get the steps working and everything. When I had finished with my Mini-Game I realized this was so freaking easy to do.


What was the best part of this topic ?


I think that the best part of this topic was that I got to learn a little bit more about flash. I got to explore new ways on flash and the Mini-Game made me remember all the things that I learned last year. It was really fun and enjoyable to learn all new things.


The Worst Part ?


The worst part of  making the Mini-Game would be getting the codes and putting them on flash. It was really confusing and hard, sometimes I would put the codes and nothing would happen. That got me really frustrated. At the end I sort of understood the codes, maybe I made a few mistakes with the codes and that's why it wasn't working.

9\11

1.How old were you on September 11 2001 ?


I think I was like 2 and a half years old, I was about to turn 3 the next month


2.When did you first learn about the attacks and who explained it to you ?


When I first learned about the attacks I was in my 4th grade classroom. There was this big talk about something, everybody kept talking about it and I was like what are they talking about. Finally my teacher told everyone to listen and told us the story about the 9\11 incident.


3.What kind of impacts did these attacks have on your life or your parents life ?

I was very little when this happen and I was in mexico, so I didn't really have an impact on it. My grandma was really scared because my mom was over here in the U.S. and she didn't feel sure that my mom would be okay. Even tough the attack was in New York my grandma was still worried because what if they had attacked Austin,Texas. Now that I grew I really felt bad for the people who had lost their lives, I mean I imagine what about if that happened to us now that were older and we can understand things


Game Questions


1.What was the Issue with this game ?


The Issue with this game was that they were making a real life event into a game. This game was very disrespectful and many people did not like it. It was just mindless to do something like that, in memory of the ones who lost their lives it's just sick to do something like that.


2. How do you feel about it ?


I feel that this was a very disrespectful and rude game. Why would somebody make a real life event into a game and let people play it. It disrespects a lot of families of the victims. The makers tried to make it in honor of the people who lost their lives, well they are soo wrong that's just disrespect.


3. What is the problem with portraying on such an awful violent event through a video game.


The problem is that it looks like they are making fun of the incident and it was not funny. The game shows that the player is shooting the planes that are trying to run into the twin towers. It's showing that we are killing the ones on the plane and that doesn't make us any better.


4. How can you make sure that your web games tell the whole story or teach a lesson in an honorable way?


I will make sure by getting the right Ideas and right messages that I would like to tell the people that will play my game.