Interesting Game Idea

I have a game idea that I think would be really interesting.  I've recently become interested in learning about how the stock market works and think a game teaching how to trade stocks would be helpful.  I would venture to say that there are others like me who would like to learn trading stocks in a game before getting out there and trying the real thing.  It would take a lot of research to get the feel of the stock market for a game.  A research page showing how stocks change from day to day helping people decide which ones to buy would be a great feature for the game.  So far I have learned everything I know about how stocks work from reading information on websites like scottrade.com.  I think it would be a great game for anyone starting out in a finance class in high school all the way up to people just wanting to make a little extra money.  If you have any feedback or ideas of features that would be great for this game please feel free to let me know.

Review of Educator's Wiki

The Wiki is good overall.  I think just a few simple things can be done to clean it up a little bit.  One improvement, for instance, could be having a link to a Latest News page on the main page.  I think that would help some.  Its very user friendly, and just a few small changes here and there would make it even better.

Game Concept Game

I was thinking about a game concept that would be great for helping future students get a game concept, and I thought one of the best ways to get them thinking was have them play a game that is in a game show format.  There would be categories that focus on social and educational issues.  It would be easy enough to accomplish.  I thought of maybe having it set up like Jeopardy or Wheel of Fortune.  

Just a thought

As I find interesting tutorials I want to try as I look around the internet, I'm finding that it would be easier to have a larger screen.  You live and you learn.   It's easier for me to work on tutorials if I can read them as I work on through them.  While I have been working on the Flash timer, I have been paying careful attention to the particular tutorial I have found so I don't make any mistakes and give someone the wrong information.  

In-Depth Game Purpose

For the voting game I have in mind, the purpose of the game will be to inspire (let's hope) people to register and go vote.  It will be a narrative game.  Some of the options will be to listen to the candidates state their platform and what they hope to accomplish once in office, skip opportunities to learn what the issues are in the election, register to vote, and to actually vote.  I hope the game will be geared towards people in the 18 - 25 age group.  That group has the lowest number of voters.  There are many organizations trying to help this group get inspired to stand for something and vote for the candidates they feel represent them best.  I feel that a game like this would accomplish that as well.  Many people in this age group spend a great deal of their time on the internet, and this would be an excellent way for them to realize how important voting is.  I think this is one of the best ways to reach this group.

My First WebEx Experience

My first WebEx experience was interesting.  I enjoyed being to see the RTC group's screen.  It was good way to learn where everybody stands on their progress.  Being able to hear everybody's input was a positive.  The only thing I didn't like about it was sometimes it was hard to hear what people were saying.  I don't know if it was just my screen or not but some of the graphics were hard to see as well.  As I said, that could be on my end though.

Game Idea in Mind

I finally came up with a game idea in mind and would like any feedback on it that anybody can give me.  With it being election season, there are many incentives for voting, and many programs to that encourage younger people to go vote.  I thought about a game centered around a 19 or 20 something year old person.  They can choose to either vote or not and learn the benefits or consequences of their choice.  It would serve as a general education and civil service game.  Being a political science major, I understand the importance of educating the public about voting.  Hopefully this could help get some of the younger population interested in voting since that is the voting population is an older demographic.