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Subjects 2014
Further Maths 3/4
English 3/4
ITA 3/4
Business Management 3/4
P.E 3/4
Unit 3
Unit 3, area of study 1
The Plague (game app)
Today I listened to a man named James Vaughan, who talked about his new ipad and iphone app called The plague. Its a realistic simulation strategy game that brings the great plague from Europe, to life in the new twenty first century world.
Educational Games
The computer games I involve myself in today are the RTS (Real Time Strategy) games such as the Total War Franchise.
I play the Empire Total War, Shogun Total War, and the Medieval Total War games for education about historic events and information about a certain faction, units, or piece of equipment. I find it a great game for teaching students or kids a fun way about history and the events that occurred. I’ve I learnt a lot about certain historic events just by playing these games, its a great thing because its all based on fact, not fiction.
In them, you can change the course of history, so that the nation/empire that was the dominating power during that period of time, is nothing more than a weak insignificant nation/country. They don’t explain to you what the world would be like if the faction/nation you chose to play as, was the dominant faction during that era of time. They’re still a great source of historic knowledge for historic battles, military units, buildings, and why the factions/nations that were dominant during that time period were the dominant ones. The wealth they might of had, the military power or influence they may of had during their time.
Here are some video links showing the gameplay of them
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y5O3iphzp0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIW6a1BsUcU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs5aDpjq0nM
Mystery Link up with Jose
Today in IT, we had a mystery link up with a man named Popoff in Honduras. We were sharing information about our country and our home town that we’re currently living in.
Mindcraft Tips
1. Kill pigs with fire to get instant grilled pork.
2. Dye sheep before you shear them to get free dyed wool
3. On the default texture pack you can find North using a cobblestone block. *EDIT* The SHORT part of the L points North, not the Long.
4. Never get lost exploring caves by placing torches on only one side of a cave, follow them back to find the exit.
5. Move items quickly in and out of chests by shift clicking.
6. Craft items quickly by clicking with both left and right mouse buttons on the output of a workbench.
7. Select the corresponding item in your toolbar by middle-clicking it in the world.
8. Hit F8 to toggle smooth camera on and off.
9. Look down and use a bucket to move 50% faster in shallow water.
10. Use a bucket of water to climb cliff faces.
11. Use a bucket of water to build underneath a block you’re on and get back to where you were.
Mystery Link Up
Today we had a mystery link up with David Karnoscak, who we later discovered after many questions was from Waukegan, illinois. I asked and discussed with him questions to do with American colonial war history against the British and Native American Indians. My questions were: do you have a knowledge of the American Revolution and wars back during the 17th and 18th century? (e.g. battle of Little Big Horn between Crazy Horse and General Armstrong Custer.)
Link Up With Boston
Today in ICT we talked to people from Boston and a few others from Canada and Japan. We talked about what we do on our farms or what we do in our free time or with our pets.
I talked about what sort of farm I live on and what I do to help out and keep it running. It was interesting talking to people from different corners of the world and answering questions they had for us about our pets or farms, since they dont live or know much about what happens on a farm.