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Math4Team/RIT/Projects/Fun Towers (view source)
Revision as of 12:42, 18 May 2009
, 12:42, 18 May 2009no edit summary
The game itself is simple, users are given a card and with it are able to remove from one of 3 pyramids of cards a card that is one greater or one lower in value. This card that has been removed is the users new card, and any cards that were covered by the removed card are now in play.
The game itself is simple, users are given a card and with it are able to remove from one of 3 pyramids of cards a card that is one greater or one lower in value. This card that has been removed is the users new card, and any cards that were covered by the removed card are now in play.
We have completed the initial proposed modifications to the game to make it applicable to 4th grade math education.
We have completed the initial proposed modifications to the game to make it applicable to 4th grade math education. At this point we consider the game 'done' for all practical purposes, and it is now a viable option to help teach 4th grade math on the XO laptop.
*Implement level select: The player can use a simple level selector to switch between all the levels.
*Implement level select: The player can use a simple level selector to switch between all the levels.
==Possible Future Modifications==
==Future Plans==
The original team working on the math4 modification of this game considers it complete. The game is now a viable teaching tool, with several different standards being addressed. Although we are done with our planned work, and will not continue working on the game, there are several potential future modifications that we have thought of that anyone interested is more then welcome to add to the game:
*Multi-player support: Allow players to work together to take down the towers, potentially allowing students of different skill levels to work together, by having each student working with a different topic, each topic contained within a different tower.
*Multi-player support: Allow players to work together to take down the towers, potentially allowing students of different skill levels to work together, by having each student working with a different topic, each topic contained within a different tower.
*Description of tasks to be performed per level, localized.
*Description of tasks to be performed per level, localized.
*Integrate teacher reporting API (potentially using [http://map.squeak.org/package/dab9b621-00d2-41c3-966c-458bf62b8008 SoapCore])
*Integrate teacher reporting API (potentially using [http://map.squeak.org/package/dab9b621-00d2-41c3-966c-458bf62b8008 SoapCore]) to output time it takes for student to finish level
*Addressing more standards, or standards of a different education system (Current standards are all Massachusetts based)
==How To Play==
* You have one card of your own; your goal is to remove all the cards from the towers
* You can remove a face-up card from the towers if it is one unit up or down from the card you have.
8 Units of change vary between levels, each level corresponds to a math4 standard. The standard unit is 1, so a card displaying the number 6 allows you to remove a card with a 5 or a 7 from the towers. Another example of a unit is 1/4, so if you have 2 1/2, you can remove 2 1/4 or 2 3/4's.
* If you click on a card in the tower to remove it, and it is a valid removal (one unit up/down) then that card becomes your new card, displayed to the right of the deck.
* At any time, the student can click on the deck to receive a new card.
* The game is won when all cards from all 3 of the towers have been removed.
* To switch levels, click the scroll buttons in the bottom left of the screen until the desired level is displayed. Hit the start button to switch to the new level.
==Project Resources==
==Project Resources==
* EToys image download (http://etoys.laptop.org/src/etoys-image-and-pr.zip)
* EToys image download (http://etoys.laptop.org/src/etoys-image-and-pr.zip)
* SoapCore Squeak SOAP client (http://map.squeak.org/package/dab9b621-00d2-41c3-966c-458bf62b8008)
* SoapCore Squeak SOAP client (http://map.squeak.org/package/dab9b621-00d2-41c3-966c-458bf62b8008)
* Modified Game Card files (http://www.cs.rit.edu/~gtb2909/funtowers/cards.zip)
* Modified Game Card files (http://www.cs.rit.edu/~gtb2909/FunTowers/Cards.zip)
==Project Setup==
==Project Setup==