Welcome back! Wrapping up Ms. Martinez' Curriculum; Introduction to Digital Gaming

Ms. Martinez says good-bye and good luck to you all as you continue your education. She thanks you collectively for your work and your patience.

Because of field trips, several of you need to make up the 1984 test. Please use period 7 to do that.

The rest of us will work on the following:

Done with the 1984 test today? Either A. continue reading 1984 (Part 3), or B. your homework (see below), or C. play some video games to introduce you to our next unit: Digital Gaming and the Media Playground. (Please use headphones when playing any game--you will need, for the most part, to allow Flash)

• Online games
• More online games
• Even more online games

Period 8:

ON YOUR BLOG: (15 minutes) Write about your own experience playing video games. Do you have strong memories from playing early video games? If so, what were they? [You might focus on one or two--or start a series of blog entries featuring a different game memory/experience per week!] What impact did they have on you? To what extent did these games define (or are still defining) your childhood? Make sure you include photos or videos or hyperlinks in your blog post for full credit!

Crash Course Video/Digital Games

Answer the following on the back of your graphic organizer:

• Crash Course Games (introduction)
• Crash Course Games: The Dawn of Video Games
• Early computer games: Pong & the song that the game inspired by Eisenfunk.

1. According to the video, what is the difference between a TOY and a GAME? (use the graphic organizer to answer this question)

2. What are some things you learned about games from this video? -- complete your notes on the graphic organizer.

3. How do we use games in our culture? -- Complete your notes on the graphic organizer.
4. How did video games get their start? According to the video why did they become popular?
5. What were some of the earliest computer games? (list some and briefly describe them!)

Turn in your notes today for participation credit.

Now with time remaining, play some games from the Atari 2600. We'll be reviewing one of these next class.

HOMEWORK: Complete Part 3 of 1984 by next week. Please read and annotate Chp. 3: Digital Gaming and the Media Playground (part 1). Answer the 7 questions for Monday, Dec. 16. If you are writing your own dystopian fiction piece (extra credit) please continue to work on that as well.