====== day1 ======

===== Quiz =====
 
  - In your best words, how do you define what a game is?
  - Take your best guess: How does Google make money?
  - Can you explain how the internet works? Please try your best to explain.
  - What is the cloud? Define what this is in your best words.
  - Write the values for these numbers. (the first one is an example)
    - 35 in decimal = 100011 in binary
    - 21 in decimal = ??? in binary
    - 101101 in binary = ??? in decimal
    - 255 in decimal = ??? in hexadecimal

===== Lesson =====

  * Introductions 
  * www.sherolchen.com
  * ICEBREAKER!
  * What is Game Design?
    * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQvWMdWhFCc
  * Passion Talks - in your notebook answer these three questions..
    * Past - Who have you been, what is your history, where are you from?
    * Present - What are you now, what do you do, what do you like?
    * Future - What would you like to accomplish with your life, what is your passion, what job or studies do you want to pursue?
  * Course website: ks.sherolchen.com
  * What you will learn about
    * programming   * 
    * game design
    * game studies
    * paper prototyping
    * play testing
    * computer graphics
    * computer animations
    * computer algorithms
    * artificial intelligence
    * electrical engineering
    * arduinos
    * storytelling
    * YOURSELF!!
  * Projects
    * Interactive Fiction
    * Animate a virtual friend/pet
    * Perler Beads
    * Arduino
    * Board Game
    * Final Presentation Poster
    * Small game projects
  * Teamwork!
    * https://www.ted.com/talks/carol_dweck_the_power_of_believing_that_you_can_improve?language=ru
    * peer feedback - How do we do this well?
  * Portfolio
  * Guest speakers
  * Course schedule
  * Game Design: What is a game?!!
    * Narrative 
    * Paida
    * Ludus
  * Engineering: Binary Numbers
  * Life Skills

===== Assignments =====
  * Try out http://twinery.org
  * Do a [[https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1X7NC2KB1IOUAz8Bd36_ZG7WDyyn42f93x201ogHgAXE/viewform|peer review]] on yourself. Let me know what you best feel your abilities are. When it asks who are you leaving feedback for, put down YOUR name. 
  * **HOMEWORK**: Using the content from the video on Growth Mindset - make a game design document-- blue print. Use diagrams and examples, if that helps to explain. Design doc should fit on one page!
    * Give the name a name
    * Give the game a story
    * Give the game some mechanics
    * Give the game a winning condition