Prizegiving for the 2018 Year 8s!

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Astria Prompt 3

On a scale of 1-5, how successfully did you problem solve with your partner today?

On a scale of 1-5, I would rate a 5 because I was communicating very well with my partner and it was very easy to work with her. I would prefer that it would be better that we worked alone because it was very easy to work with a partner and it would be better to work alone so that it can be a bit more challenging. My partner and I managed to complete two of our missions and we had had a lot of fun problem solving together.

Astria Reflection - Christian

WEDNESDAY, 21 NOVEMBER 2018

A Frozen Asteroid is In The Space Coming to Earth!!

I agree that this game does help us to learn because this game is trying to use your brain to try and stop a frozen asteroid. In the second photo you could see the number 81 that how many more days the Astria scientists and the Alpha leader (me) to pick one great solution. The Alpha leader has to go through each room to get some evidence to pick the greatest solution

Astria Countdown to Impact Argument

Astria - Countdown to Impact Argument

A student in another school has recently blogged that:

“Students don’t learn much playing this game called Astria –
Countdown to Impact: Their time could be better spent doing
other things”.

Do you agree, disagree or partly agree/disagree?

Blog about what you think using evidence from the game to
backup your views.

I disagree, the game teaches students how to identify
how biased or truthful the game is. Through the rating
system, students can rate the in-game's website's/link's
biasedness, source and factuality. The skill can help
students make better choices when finding facts online.

Astria Student Prompts

WEDNESDAY, 21 NOVEMBER 2018

Astria Student Prompts

With increasing online and digital content, it is difficult to know real information
from 'fake news'. Using evidence from the game you played (Astria: Countdown
to Impact) write a blog to list the top 5 things you think people should watch out
for to help identify fake news.

Many people are posting fake news to grab other people attention. These
are five things people can do to help them identify fake news:

1. If something sounds sketchy, unbelievable or suspicious, search the
internet and check various website before confirming its truthfulness.

2. Check the sources the author/publisher has gotten his
information/news from. If it isn't well known or he/she hasn't put one
in, it may be fake.

3. Check the story's sentence structure, if its too dramatic or any spelling
mistakes are visible then it may be fake as well.

4. Check other news reports, if there aren't at least two news reports that
say the same perspective or news, then it may be fake.

5. Try to remember if you've heard of a similar news in the past. People
try to recycle old news but taking old news and changing the stories and
people involved.

On a scale of 1-5, how successfully did you problem solve with your partner today?

Please include any ways you would collaborate differently with them next time
you play.

On a scale of 1-5, I think that my performance and teamwork with my
partner is a 4. In my opinion, I interacted with her but I think it was
enough. Our environment distracted either of us delaying in us in our
work. We could've also worked and work together better. Next time I
would collaborate with my partner even more to get the most ideas of
both of us.

A Real Challenge

Thursday, 29 November 2018

This game was a real challenge to get through!!

“Students don’t learn much playing this
game called Astria – Countdown to Impact:
Their time could be better spent doing other things”.

After playing the 'Astria - Countdown to Impact' game,
My partner and I learned to stay focus and concentrate
on the important information in the text we read in the 
game. It was really challenging for my partner and I, 
but we managed to get through it and finish the game.
We had some struggles on what the text was trying to
say, but we had to read it again, and again and again
until the sentence sounded right to us. I disagree on how
students don't learn much by playing this Astria - Countdown
to Impact and that their time should be spent on better things.

Critical thinking - Astria

WEDNESDAY, 21 NOVEMBER 2018

I partly disagree!

A student in another school has recently blogged that:

“Students don’t learn much playing this game called Astria –
Countdown to Impact: Their time could be better spent doing other things”.

Do you agree, disagree or partly agree/disagree?

I partly disagree their time definitely could of have been spent doing other things
but this is a learning tool as well, and you might not realize that because it looks
like a game but its actually just an enjoyable learning activity. I feel as if the child
from the different school thinks just cause it looks like a game
that it can't be a good learning activity.