Week Twelve: Finalizing our Presentation

This week our team’s focus has been on creating a presentation for our game proposal using Prezi.  We have found that we can share the project and can work on it either independently or collectively.  During our team meetings this week (and last) we could work collaboratively on the Prezi while communicating through Eluminate.  That has been a nice layer for teamwork.

Laying out the order of the slides, deciding which graphics to use, transfers, as well as when to use text, when to use voice overs, and when to use both seem to have been the process for each slide.  It’s been enjoyable to working with this team.  We have a good process in place, strong communications, and a final presentation that is shaping up nicely.  We’ve agreed to do the final agreed upon tasks and then take a final look at it again over the weekend before declaring it DONE.  Can’t wait!  I hope everyone else is seeing the light at the end of the tunnel that is calling our names. 

Week 11: Oh the thinks that we’ve thunk…

Yep, it’s been another week of thinking up thoughts.  Our team met twice this week to discuss where we are, where we’re going, and how we’d get there.

Where we are…Feeling good about our game idea in general.  Its focus on Alaska and protecting Alaska’s resources in order to avoid the overreach of the Capital fits the bill of our overall goal. Additionally, players will achieve their ultimate win by collaborating with one another to protect those resources.  Edmodo will be the vehicle with which the game is played.  Through Edmodo, teachers have the ability to group students, award badges for level advancement, and monitor all posts prior to going live.

Where we’re going...We need to finalize our proposal and develop a presentation. 

How we’ll get there… Over the weekend team members will continue to work though details, wording of, and layout of our final game proposal on our Wiki page.  We’ve already begun playing with Prezi as our presentation tool. (This has proved to be somewhat time consuming as we are learning as we go.)  We decided to put the presentation on the back burner until after our proposal is completed. We’ll meet again early next week to tackle it again.