Group Chat

For class, we had to get in groups and read three poems. On GMail, every person in that group had to get in a group chat. Each of us had to read the poems. One person for each poem gave a summary on the group chat. Then we had to respond to the summary that the person wrote by asking a question and the person had to answer that question. The poems were really hard to interpret. It was super confusing. But thanks to Ashley being in the group, we understood it because she helped us. The group chat was pretty cool, though. I like how you can have multiple people chatting in one box on GMail. I liked it.

Adding Interaction in FLASH *

This class is pretty easy if you actually come to school everyday and pay attention. I miss a lot of school so it's a little harder for me, but I'm a fast learner. Working in Flash has been fun. I used it last year in one of my classes and I liked it then too. The only thing is, we didn't use actionscript last year so that's something new I have to catch on to. I'm having problems with our game though because I don't know the codes to use for how we want to set our game up. I'll have to do some research on the codes to use. It's a little complicating, but I'll just have to deal with it. I'm hoping to get at least enough of our game done to be able to kind of play it but I'm not so sure that will work out as planned. But sure enough my partner and I will get a decent grade on the assignment. We've worked hard.

Wild and Wonderful X3

West Virginia is my home; where I live now and where I will stay for the rest of my life. It is such a beautiful place and I absolutely love the country feeling I get here. I am a country girl and being in the mountains all the time definitely beats being anywhere else in the world. West Virginia has gone through some pretty harsh times but we always manage to pull through. The residents in this state are so strong when it comes to hard times. I think the majority of us are proud to be a hillbilly. Others hate it here and just can't wait to get out. I know a few people who are like that and I really don't see why they would want to leave. West Virginia is great if you ask me. There are a lot of others who don't think that so much. Out of state residents always make fun of West Virginia, but it's whatever. I don't really care to be honest. I know how we are here and I love it. I would never deny my home state. It's wild and wonderful (:




What people are going through now with the mines and stuff is just unbelievable. I feel so sorry for the families who have lost loved ones in the mining accident in Raleigh County. It has been rough here at school the past few days because one of the graduates from the class of 2008 was in the mining accident and it breaks my heart to know that he is no longer with us. I just can't imagine what people are feeling now that he is gone. He also had an uncle and a cousin that were in the mines while the explosion happened and they are no longer with us either. I fortunately cannot say that I have had a close relative or friend that has died because I honestly haven't. I am so thankful for that but I also feel bad because I can't say "I know how you feel". I don't know what these people are feeling and when I think about, it's unimaginable what they are going through. My thoughts are with the Davis family forever.

Adding Animation to our Flash Game

Adding animation isn't hard at all. It's just complicating after watching the video because the way the man explains it in the tutorial. He gives too much irrelevant information and it's hard to remember. I had to keep going back to the video and skipping through the useless information to get to what I needed to see. After you practice, it's super easy to catch on to.

PJ Foster helped the class tremendously with putting the codes in to make the games move and all. He is a very bright kid. I think this stuff is easy to catch on to as long as you pay attention to every little detail. In my opinion, adding the codes to Flash is the hardest, but it shouldn't be as hard once you get the hang of it.