Digiteen Dream Team

Wild Ones!

noreply@blogger.com (Swan) — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 18:10:00 +0000

As many people may know, there is a game on Facebook named "Wild Ones", and its named that for a good reason. On this game, you must try to blow up your enemy before they can blow you up. there are many different weapons you can choose from too. You can use a bees nest, a grenade(regular, bouncy, or tornado), a missile launcher, fireball, nuke, slime ball, etc. Sometimes, you might get in situations where you can not do much because everyone is stuck. This is exactly what you do not want to happen.
But, other times, when you blow up as many people as you can, you could end up on top and winning. Hard work does pay off!!

Is this age the company markets appropriate?

__Yes________________________________

Is it easy to set up?

_Yes__________________________________

Is it fun?

___Very________________________________

Can you explore it with ease?

____It's not much of an exploring game, but what you can explore, Yes. _______________________________

Does it cost anything?

___No.________________________________

Does it glitch much?

____It might glitch some, but not much._______________________________

7. Are there safety polices that the company posts?

For Facebook, but not the game alone.___________________________________

8. Is it educational?

No. ___________________________________

Zach's Virtual world

noreply@blogger.com (zachozach) — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 13:50:00 +0000

The second Virtual world I went on was called Our world. This world is kinda hard game to learn how to play there is one side you have to pay for and the other side is free. This game is safe to a extent the rules say not to give out personal information, but it really doesn't in force the rule. It is a very fun game though. This picture is the condo you get when you first start playing the game. You can play games, too earn coins to buy furniture and new rooms to the condo. Right now I only have this room and I bought the bed.
This is one of the games I play too earn coins too buy clothes and more. These games are really I could probably sit on the computer and play these games for hours.

This is one of the places you can go to and chat with people, but you don't know if your talking to teen or an adult. This world is still fun for ages 13 and up.

Is this age the company markets appropriate?

- yes the age is appropriate

Is it easy to set up?

-yes it is very easy

Is it fun?

- yes very fun to play could play it for hours

Can you explore it with ease?

- no it is kinda hard too until you got the hang of it

Does it cost anything?

no but to get more things it does

6. Does it glitch much?
-no not at all
7. Are there safety polices that the company posts?

-yes

8. Is it educational?
-no

Do you like to play games on Facebook?

noreply@blogger.com (BeccaB.) — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 15:00:00 +0000

Sorority Life is a free game you can join with Facebook. Your actually a sorority sister in a sorority. When you first join you will have a big sister where you can type questions to ask for help. To become a big sister, you have to pass level 20. When you are on a tab and you unsure about something, you press the “What’s this” button.

As you organize more events, you can pass more levels. You can buy boyfriends and go on dates with them. You unlock new hair, clothes and shoes as you gain levels.

Its very easy to sign up and get going quickly! All you have to do when you sign up is make a nickname and pick your clothing. The cool thing about sorority life is you never have to log in to your account. You only have to log onto your Facebook account.

you can even have a sweetheart!

Evaluation

This is the evaluation form we have set up for testing virtual worlds. We will copy the evaluation and post it on our blog.

Is this age the company markets appropriate?

I think the age the company is pointing at is 13 and older. I think this complies to teenagers and it is appropriate.

Is it easy to set up?

You really don't have to set it up. You just go to your Facebook home page and search for it.

Is it fun?

It was somewhat fun. I have had more fun on other websites.

Can you explore it with ease?

I thought it was pretty easy. If i ever had a problem there was a button I could press to help me.

Does it cost anything?

Sorority life is free but they have special brownies points. There is a deal going on currently and you can buy 85 brownie points for $11.99.

Does it glitch much?

I never had a problem.

7. Are there safety polices that the company posts?

I might have been there but it was not very evident to me.

8. Is it educational?

I would not say Sorority Life is educational.

Active Worlds

noreply@blogger.com (matthew84) — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 14:52:00 +0000

Active worlds is my other virtual world. I signed up and played a little. I have tried to log back in for the for the last two weeks. It still hasn't let me log back in. It says that I all ready have an account in that address and will not let me go any further.

Swan- World of Warcraft

noreply@blogger.com (Swan) — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 13:29:00 +0000

World of Warcraft is an online game in which you can play as many different types of characters and you can free-rome anywhere you want. in the beginning of the game, you choose who you want to be, like if you want to be a human, dwarf, night-elf, etc. Then you can choose what type of person you want to be, like if you want to be a warrior, hunter, a wizard or something.

When you enter the world, you start off like everyone else. In the middle of nowhere. In this game you must find your way around, complete different quest, gain experience points, and get to a high level of ranking. The higher your level is, the more people want to know you, but in a way they also fear you a small bit.

In World of Warcraft, there are many different strange creatures that you can fight.

But, when you are not able to defeat your enemies, you then die and become a spirit. You then must float back to your body to a spot near where you have died.

Also, you can do quest. you do quest in order to gain experience, money, and many other things.

Is this age the company markets appropriate?

You should at least be a teen to play_________________________________

Is it easy to set up?

It takes a while to download, but it is worth it.___________________________________

Is it fun?

___Extremely________________________________

Can you explore it with ease?

___With much ease________________________________

Does it cost anything?

___Yes. But, you can use it for free for ten days to see if you want to pay for it.________________________________

Does it glitch much?

___Not with me.________________________________

7. Are there safety polices that the company posts?

Yes___________________________________

8. Is it educational?

_____No.______________________________

Zach's Virtual world

noreply@blogger.com (zachozach) — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 13:25:00 +0000

Super secret is a free Virtual world for teens the game is very fun and very safe. The Virtual world also has a chat that filters bad words and private questions. You can meet people from all around the world and play game to get your age higher. Right now I am only thirteen on the world. This world is really fun.
Also on the world there is very fun games that you can play from Dolphin Cup to I Tank 2. You play these games too earn age points and coins to buy clothes and furniture for your dorm.

This is my Dorm it doesn't have much except for a dog that i got when i turn 11 in the world. This Virtual World is very fun for a teen and you also learn a little bit of Digital citizenship.

Is this age the company markets appropriate?

-yes the age is great

Is it easy to set up?

- yes very easy

Is it fun?

- yes very fun one of the best games I have played

Can you explore it with ease?

- yes

Does it cost anything?

- no

Does it glitch much?

- no

7. Are there safety polices that the company posts?

- yes

8. Is it educational?
- no not really

Small Worlds

noreply@blogger.com (Big T) — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 12:19:00 +0000

Small worlds is about the simplest virtual worlds to sign up. In small worlds you can have relationships and create your own house. If you want to be on the VIP list and be able to buy gold, then you have to pay a curtain amount for each month.

Imvu

noreply@blogger.com (matthew84) — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 12:19:00 +0000

Imvu is one of my virtual worlds I am testing. I have been trying all week to play the virtual world, but I have not been able to get on. It won't let me play,it goes right back to the home page. You can become VIP but you must pay to get it. There are many ways to get free credits.

The wonderful world of Fantage

noreply@blogger.com (BeccaB.) — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:57:00 +0000

Fantage

Fantage is a fun, colorful virtual world. This is very kid friendly and age appropriate for young kids.It is very easy to access and to play. Kids of all ages can play plus even teenagers because they have a 13 and older chat. Adding friends is very easy all you have to do is click on the friend you wish to add and click the plus button. To earn stars, you go to the world map to pick out the game for you and you play games which earns you stars. With the stars, you can buy furniture, clothes, hair styles, and many more. If you have problems with anything there is always someone around to help you and there are tutorials.
There is a downside to Fantage because when you purchase items many are marked as Premium Members can only buy these items. To become a Premium Member, you have to purchase an account.

I tried to test other virtual worlds like Kaneva but there was a problem every time I tried to log in and it was very hard to move around. It always said an administrator would be contacted but it looked like nothing changed and i did not receive and email.

Evaluation

This is the evaluation form we have set up for testing virtual worlds. We will copy the evaluation and post it on our blog.

Is this age the company markets appropriate?

There is a chat set up for teenagers 13 and older and there is a chat for younger kids.

Is it easy to set up?

It is very easy to set and it probably took me a max of 2 minutes.

Is it fun?

It was really fun. They have a world map full of fun and games.

Can you explore it with ease?

It is very easy to explore and if i ever needed help I could type in a question to other members that were on Fantage.

Does it cost anything?

It is free to sign up but Fantage has many items you can buy marked for Premium Members only. The cost of a Premium Member is $69.99 a year.

Does it glitch much?^[b]

Every time I logged on I never had a problem.

7. Are there safety polices that the company posts?

When you sign in or sign up, there is a link to the company's safety policies on the bottom right hand side.

8. Is it educational?

I was only on this world for a short time so I played only a few games. There might be a couple of games that are educational but I didn't see them.

8. Is it educational?
I never really saw any educational games because I was only Fantage for a short time so there might be a couple out there.

Summer Videos

noreply@blogger.com (Nole52) — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:02:00 +0000

This video will teach you how to use iTunes.

This video will show you how to use Youtube

This video will teach you how to create a Myspace account and use it.

Techno Cat Survey Questions

noreply@blogger.com (dreamer2032) — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:30:00 +0000

Below is a link to the survey questions that the Digiteen Dream Team has provided for the book, Techno Cat. We would love your input. Feel free to leave comments about the questions in this survey. We want Techno Cat to be a book for the people. Please help us to make it that way. Thank you for all of your support.

Sincerely,
Digiteen Dream Team

Please take our survey.

Techno Cat Survey Questions

Techno Cat: Book of the Future

noreply@blogger.com (dreamer2032) — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:42:00 +0000

The month of April was one of the busiest months of the school year. There were baseball, tennis, track, and golf finals. The final projects that our teachers had assigned were due and there were end of the year tests to complete. Among all of the chaos, there was a flicker of light that emerged about the middle of April. Our computer teacher, Mrs. Vicki, announced that our ninth grade class would be attempting something that none of her classes had ever done before. Our class was going to write a book. When the idea of becoming new authors came around, our stress of all of the projects, tests, and matches slipped away. We divided the book into chapters. Each chapter was filled with information that our class learned and thought that other students, parents, and teachers needed to know. We finished the rough draft of our chapters before we left school for spring break. After taking our break, we came back to school ready to finish our book. When school resumed after spring break, we decided on a title. Techno Cat was born. We chose that title because the mascot of our school is a wildcat, and we want everybody to be technology savvy. Because of a school wide project along with an award show that we were planning, the finalizing of our book was post-poned. After a long wait, we were back and ready to finish our book. For our summer computer assignment, I joined a group with Sydnee S., Hope B., and Jordan B. and we decided to work with the book. We wanted to take an advertising approach with the book. We wrote a script for the advertising our book. The commercial will incorporate what its like to be overwhelmed by many extra-curricular activities as well as final exams for school. Our goal is to alleviate the stress that students along with teachers feel during the last few months of school by teaching them how to use the Internet efficiently. We also made a survey of questions for the book that people want to know. This book is written for the people. We want everyone to be comfortable in using the computer and all of the applications that come with it. By making surveys, we will not only be allowing people to put their input into the book, but also allow people to know that we are writing a book about technology. Techno Cat is a book of the future. It will give people so much information about current applications that the computer offers that can make projects, exams, tests, and any other things that's on your to-do list less stressful. As the Internet is becoming very popular as well as the applications that go with it, many people need to learn the correct way to use it so that they may use it to its full potential. For all of the questions that you may have, Techno Cat is there. Techno Cat is the book of the future.

Sincerely,
Miller S.

My freshman year at Westwood Schools was one of the busiest times of my life. We were crammed with final projects and our athletes were training for their final competitions with their opponents. The 2008-2009 school year was not only stressful but extremely pleasing. During the end of April our ninth grade computer fundamentals class began writing a book. We debated on the name for a couple of weeks but finally discovered a sentimental name Techno Cat. In this title we not only express the basis of our information in our book but it also represents our school because our mascot is a wildcat head. The book was divided into chapters each chapter containing valuable information that we had learned throughout the year. Each student in the ninth grade class was appointed a specific chapter to write about with the help of a fellow classmate. We believed that students, teachers, and adults across the world needed to acknowledge the concepts of computer fundamentals. Our book provides people with information about technology in today's society. We completed our rough drafts on our chapters before we were dismissed for spring break. When we returned back for the remainder of our school year the finalizing book was forced to a halt. We started to begin a high school wide project and we also were asked to participate in the Netgen Awards Ceremony. Since we had not completed our book we decided to incorporate a publicity statement in our summer assignment. I am partnered up in a group with Sydnee S. and Miller S. We plan to write a commercial script advertising our new book. In our commercial we create a setting about two teenagers facing the everyday stress of final exams. We distribute different ways that make final exam time easier and less stressful for teenage children. Our book helps teenagers discover new and creative ways to make learning easier. We still teach children important information but we give them options on how to understand it easier. All three of us produced the script. We gave each other advice and edited one another's paragraphs. Sydnee and Miller both were a tremendous help and put forth effort to make our summer assignment a great success. My group has decided to create a google survey of questions for our book viewers. The opinion of our readers is extremely crucial. We ask various questions about how we can improve our book. The creation of our book is not only for the knowledge of teenagers but also for adults. In our survey we ask teenage parents about the safety of their teenagers today. We each typed up three important questions and combined them together to produce our book survey. Each student in our group is required to write one blog post about the advertisement of our book and post it on the Digi Teen Dream Team website. We have not yet published our book we plan to complete it when school resumes. I learned a lot over this past year and it was a tremendous help to my education. I enjoyed learning new and exciting activities. I look forward to the 2009-2010 school year that lies ahead.

Sincerely,
Hope B.

Spring is by far the busiest time of an athletic and academic school year. Not only do you have sports commitments, but you also have projects,tests, and finals. During our time of stress one of our teachers told us about an assignment that would be something none of her students had ever done before. Our freshmen class was going to write a book about the different ways we use technology. Each person in our class was assigned a part of a chapter. We spent a few days on our chapters making sure they were the best that they could be and everything was thoroughly explained. Then we had a job that was not nearly as difficult. We had to give our book a name. After debating different names for a few days we finally decided on one. Techno Cat. By the time our spring break our book was ready, but we had to wait a little while longer. Following spring break we were even busier because we had a new project, the Immersion Project, and our awards show in Open Sim. With the Immersion Project and the awards show behind us we are now ready to finish the book and have it published.
Now we all have a new challenge, advertising our book. My groups summer computer assignment was to begin advertising our book. So with the help of my classmates we are going to write a script for a commercial, make a survey and write a blog post. Our book will help you to be able to use the computer while being able to continue with your everyday life. We want this book to help your life be more stress free. This book will really help you.

Sincerely,
Sydnee S.

Summer Assignment Videos

noreply@blogger.com (Brooks02) — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:31:00 +0000

This video will teach you the basics for the inernet radio site Slacker. It will show you how to sign up, create your own station and add your favorite music to your station.
Internet_Radio

This video about Twitter will show you the basics of how to use Twitter.
Twitter

This video will show you how to download Jing.
Jing_

Reaction Grid Tutorial Videos

noreply@blogger.com (Brooks02) — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:36:00 +0000

These are all of the videos I have made for Reaction Grid

This video will teach you how to sign up for a Reaction Grid account.

This video is on how to create clothes.

This video will teach you how to add friends.

This video will show you how to upload pictures

This video will show you how to create landmarks.

Tutorial Videos for Hipp Open Sim

noreply@blogger.com (Nole52) — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:34:00 +0000

These are some tutorial videos to help you in Hippo Open Sim.

How to Download Hippo Open Sim

How To Create and Edit Body Shapes

How To Create Gestures

How To Create Notecards

Downloading Hippo Open Sim

noreply@blogger.com (Nole52) — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:23:00 +0000

This video will show you how to download Hippo Open Sim.

Signing Up For Reaction Grid

noreply@blogger.com (Brooks02) — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:06:00 +0000

This video will teach you how to sign up for Reaction Grid.

Digiteen Dream Team Book Title

noreply@blogger.com (dreamer2032) — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:56:00 +0000

You remember us with the fight to save Lively. You know us through our Digiteen Island. Now we are back with a new project.

How do students learn about technology? Do they read HUGE text books that seems to be in a language that they can't even understand. Are they turned loose to try to find their way around the computer with absolutely NO guidance? Well all of that is about to change. The Digiteen Dream Team is about to break ground on a new project, a project that can change the way that people think about being digital. We plan to write a book. I know this is a major feat. Can you imagine a book with authors that are 14 or 15 years old(with a little help from their teacher?) A new generation of writers, and a new type of book about to be born. Oh yeah, we want you to be an author of this book too. Throughout the course of the next six weeks, we will be posting questions, stories, and even parts of our book that you will be allowed to edit. This book will not only be written by the Digiteen Dream Team, but also by the rest of the world. This book will revolutionize how you learn about being digital.

One more question: would you help us decide a title? We have narrowed it down to three choices: Surfing with the Sharks, LOL(Living On Line), and We B. Digital. We would like your help. Please cast your votes on our free online poll below. We have added commercials for each title to help in your descision. Please go to our YouTube channel to watch the commercial. Thank you for your support in everything that we have done, and we hope that you will continue your support as the world embarks on a new journey, a journey of digital education.

Click Here for Poll Online Survey
| Website Polls
| Email Marketing

| Crowdsourcing
View MicroPollWe B. Digital

How To Create Note Cards In Open Sim

noreply@blogger.com (Nole52) — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:49:00 +0000

This is a video on how to make note cards in Open Sim.

How To Create Landmarks In OpenSim

noreply@blogger.com (Brooks02) — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 19:04:00 +0000

This video will teach you how to create landmarks, that let you instantly teleport to that place.

Our New Youtube Channel

noreply@blogger.com (jordan) — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:37:00 +0000

We have just created a Youtube channel, and it would be great if you would go check it out! We basically talk to everyone in our class about what they are doing each week on our island, and what they have learned, and contributed. We are just getting started, and our videos improve, as we go. The more we do, the better we get. We plan to video each of our groups each week, so we will be updating and uploading more videos very frequently. We appreciate your support.

How To Create New Body Shapes In Open Sim

noreply@blogger.com (Nole52) — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:55:00 +0000

This is a video that shows you how to create new body shapes in Open Sim

How To Upload Pictures In OpenSim

noreply@blogger.com (Brooks02) — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:29:00 +0000

This video will show you how to upload pictures in OpenSim

Reflections from 3rd period Class

noreply@blogger.com (Vicki Davis @coolcatteacher) — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 14:37:00 +0000

Listen to our terraforming team talk about our island, the uses of Open Sim in schools, and their vision of what they'd like to see happen. Also, hear the reflections of the other students about their work in virtual worlds.

This is a great group of students and they are doing wonderful work! We're getting ready to start on their book. So, what am I teaching them, what are my objectives?

Actually, this Island building is a continuation of digital citizenship but is also part of the time management, working with people, leadership module I teach in January / Early February. Usually it is lecture based with a few student hands on exercises -- now it is a live experience full of project management and people skills work that they have to do. Totally different! (You'll see Miller talk about this.)

What is next?

Next, we're going to be learning advanced collaboration features in Word and also Excel and charting. How will we do it? We're going to write a book on digital citizenship and require each chapter to have an author and an editor and some piece of authentic research and charting in each chapter. Same objectives, but the workbook is gathering dust on the shelf.

This is a struggle to move to this method, even for me, as my assessment methods must change and I must look at the whole world differently. But, PBL - project based learning is totally different.

Just listen to Miller in the video talk about creating "lesson plans" for the island and how she is creating a lesson plan to construct a self-teaching environment in the OpenSim -- I am spending a lot of time with her developing how to do this so I can learn how to do it myself.

Boy, this is a tough transition but it is so rewarding. It is the RIGHT way to teach but I wish I could read it in a book. Oh well, it is not in a book - People like Peggy Sheehy, Kevin Jarrett, and Beth Ritter- Guth, Chris Dede and his Amazing Harvard RiverCity Project are my book. You are the book.

We are the book. I love the vision that all of these students cast for how these worlds can be used in teaching. For example, a Tale of Two Cities - a tough book to understand - one class learn to use OpenSim and create world - The Tale of Two Cities - yes it would take a month or so - but then, the students coming after would take a day or two to learn in deep ways all about the Tale of Two Cities. We share. We work together.

See our video reflections about Digiteen Island

noreply@blogger.com (Vicki Davis @coolcatteacher) — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:31:00 +0000

The second period class reflects on Digiteen Island, their learning, the usefulness of this tool in schools, and how OpenSims can be used in other subjects.

Tomorrow, we'll share the third period reflection. We ustreamed this live during class today. Expect a live ustream most Fridays from this awesome class. They are so busy working that they don't have a lot of time to blog.