Topic Choice

A. My Topic and Why

             My Senior project topic is Video Game Design (development though ages). I chose this topic because I grew up watching my brother and his friends play and eventuality playing them myself and with friends. Getting older and having new games come out with new systems, the way the are animated or the look of them changed. Even though the newer games look more realist, I still love the animation and 8-bitness of the games I grew up playing.

B. Hopes to Accomplish This Year

• IPoly Citizen: I plan to show students something that I enjoy and that they might find inserting, while teaching them what I have learned. I want to teach them about the differences of newer and older games, and maybe even somethings that stayed the same. Maybe even get there opinion or help with different parts of my project. This relates to the me improving as a iPoly Citizen because as I learn and teach others I am growing in knowledge of how the works of a video game are done, as well as picking up skills within technology.
• Effective Communicator: I plan to give basic step by step info on how to games are done because I understand how hard it really is, while trying to making the lessons fun and interactive for those who are learning. I'll make sure to be as knowledgeable as I can to help answer any questions students might have. This will make me more effective as a communicator because I am able to understand my project and will learn how others understand it as well.
• Effective learner: I plan to learn as much as I can about my topic and ask as many questions I can on my topic to fully understand it. I will pay attention and repeat what I have learned until I understand what it is that I did. This will make me more effective as a learner because I will be able to get other things that are taught to me and may learn a different ways of how to understand something.
• Effective Use Of Technology: I plan to be doing research on my topic though the different websites, as well as make use of the programming on the computer or other technology that makes games. I will be constantly making new discovers about how to work different programing and animation. This will make me effective as a user of technology because my project deals with and works with many types of technology that I will hopefully learn more about.