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.                           

2 Single Story 2011

                                "Danger Of a Single Story"


What does it mean to have a "single story" about a place or community ?


To have a single story about a place or community is like describing something or somebody without knowing all the information about them. It's like somebody hears a story about a certain place and it's a negative thing, you go ahead and follow it and think in your mind that that's the way that person or place is. The reality is that it's not true, when somebody does that they are judging without even knowing the truth.


Describe a single story you have heard told about your community. What is missing from that story ? How could people learn more about that community ?


I have heard people talk about my community, they say that we are just some lazy mexicans that come to the U.S. just to get free-medicaid and Health service etc.. I say that is NOT true. We may be from mexico but that doesn't matter we came here to succeed and have a better life. I think that others shouldn't by the way we look,speak,live. They should come check out our community and see what we really are. We need to show them not to judge us by what they've heard or think about us.


Describe a single story about another community. How did you learn that story ? How could you learn more about that community ?


When I was a little bit younger I use to think that African-American people or Black People were mean,lazy, didn't get  jobs, and did drugs. As I grew up I started to realize that what I tought about african-american\black people wasn't true. Then I lived in a community with african-american\black people and really saw how they were. I kind of felt ashmed and guilty of judging somebody without knowing them or seeing them.


How could a game let players experience many stories about a place or community ?


The game would show facts about a place or community. It will tell them many things not just a single one. If it was just one story then it wouldn't be fair because you only get to hear one where you don't know if it's true or false. I think it's better to let the player know many different facts and stories.

Cyberbully . !

What is tayor's attitude towards "Clicksters" ?

Taylor has heard about clicksters before, but she really doesn't pay attention to it. She kind of shows that she really doesn't like it.

What type of relationship does she have with her family ?

Taylor doesn't really get along with her mother, they don't communicate that much. Her and her father never speak face to face, only on the phone because he is always on bussiness trips. Her brother mostly annoys her all the time.

When does the cyberbully began ?

The cyberbully begans when Lindsay (the girl who started the cyberbullying) posts a mean comment on taylor's picture.

What type of friendship does she have ?

Taylor has two best friends who hang out with her. She's not really popular, she likes to hang down low.

What is the result of the cyberbullying that taylor experiences ?

Taylor tries to sucide herself, but then her family comes and helps her.

What type of cyberbullying does taylor experience ?

Online harrassment,people are making mean videos of her, mean comments and acusses that are not true.

What would you do if you were in taylor's shoes ?

From my persepctive, I would ignore all the mean comments and harrassments that people are saying. I wouldn't let them take me down like that. Also I would let my teachers and parents know what's the situation.

How does taylor react to the mean comments people keep posting about her ?

Taylor feels like a freak and a physco, she was letting them get to her. She felt bad and couldn't take it anymore until she tried to suicide herself.

Does she ever try to stop people from posting Insults? What could she have done differently?

Taylor does try to stop it by posting up on her page that everything that everybody is saying it's not true but, I think that she should of shut down her page like her mom told her but she didn't listen.

How do you think Taylor felt about her friends betraying her ?

Taylor felt really bad and dissapointed because she trusted them and had confidence in them but they betrayed her.

What kind of changes do you see taylor experience throughout the film ?

At the beginning when taylor started recieving nasty mean messages she let them get to her. As she went on recieving more she couldn't take it anymore so she decided to stop it and ignore it. In the end she seeked help and succeeded.

1 Cyberbullying 2011

This is my first blog post of the year 2011-2012 school year.

What is a Cyberbully?

A cyberbully is someone who abuses another online or with any communicating device to make them feel bad about themselves.

What are the different types of cyberbullying?

The different types of cyberbully are ; gossip,threatening,impersonating, etc.

What should you do if you are being cyberbullied?

I would get a parent or a teacher to take care of it and help me out. Also, I would avoid any nasty comments that I recieve and I wouldn't let anybody make me feel bad.

What are some reasons that people cyberbully others?

I think that they do it to make themselves feel good, have power over others, they have being bullied before and they might be jealous of something or somebody

The..Liightniing..Thiief...:)!!

Today we finished watching the movie The Lightning Thief...we started out reading the book, but we never quite finished it..! Anyways the movie was very different from the book...First it started out with Percy Jackson at the museum with his class. Then Ms.Dodds(one of the mean teachers) pulled percy away from the group and took him to a room where she dissapeared for a second and turned into an ugly monster--BTW.I had no idea what it was) Then it was claiming to percy--"Give me the Lightning Bolt..I Know you have it" Percy had no freaking idea what she was talking about. Then Mr.Brunner came in with grover and told grover that it was time for percy to go the camp. Percy once again had no idea what they were talking about. Percy left with grover and his mom to a camp on the way a big ugly monster came on the road and tipped the car over(BTW it was awesome..JK!) Anyways percy got out of the car and found out that his friend was like half horse or something and he found out that he was in a training camp like with swords or something. Then later Haitis came and gave percy a warning that it he didn't give him the lightning bolt he wouldn't give him his mother back. That's when percy decided to go on a journey with grover and annabeth(the cute girl percy liked..<3!) to save his mother. Percy finished his journey and got to the underworld where out of nowhere he had the lightning bolt under his shield and Haitis discovered him. Percy didn't steal it he was set up. The lady that was there punched haitis and saved percy and his friends and mom. Percy went back to the olympus and found luke who had set up the whole thing and beat him up. At the end Percy gave the lightning bolt to Zeus and His dad at the right time and percy finished his mission.!!!!!!!!!