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2014年8月13日 星期三

Game Review: Minecraft (PC Version) from Howard Tsai

有鑑於大人對孩子玩 Minecraft 的擔憂, Howard 決定寫一篇文章來說明一下, 順便幽默一下自己,
挺好笑的喔!

Game Review: Minecraft (PC Version)


Creator: Markuss Persson (Notch)
Release Date: May 17th 2009(Beta Version)
What’s it like?
Minecraft is a 3D Sandbox game originally inspired by InfiniMiner, where players have to collaborate by mining blocks, which inspired Persson to create Minecraft, a game which instead of just mining blocks, lets you craft the tools themselves! Basically you can mine every block with your fist, but there are tools suitable for some tasks, such as the Axe, which is used for chopping trees, and the shovel, which is used to dig holes.
You start out in the game as Steve, the default player name and skin (Player Look) with a flat head and nose and hands. Since the game instructions aren’t exactly in game, you’ll have to go to the Wiki, or just experiment with crafting, which I did, and had many failures and pointless rages.
So let’s get to the point, many mothers are worried about their children’s addiction to Minecraft. I have no right to give tips since I’m sorta addicted to it too. 


So, here are the tips (For the mums):
Try to find a sport/board game your kid likes, and try suggesting to play it every time your kid has spare time, so he/she won’t have time to think of Minecraft(NOTE: This method has been tested and proved working by experts eg. my mum)


The tips (For the kiddies):
You may have noticed how hard it is to pull yourself away from Minecraft when playing it and when your mom/dad tells you to stop playing and go to sleep/read a book you still can’t stop playing and usually resulting in a computer ban. That sucks, right? But with positive thought directing, it is possible to pull yourself away from Minecraft even while you are playing it! Your parents mean well, most of them don’t hate Minecraft, they’re just worried about your overboard computer/Minecraft usage. If the worst comes to worse, threaten yourself with threats like: If I don’t stop playing Minecraft NOW my eyes will get so bad that even surgery won’t even be able to help. Scary, right? No? Then, If I don’t stop playing Minecraft NOW my parents will ground me from playing Minecraft EVER AGAIN!!!!!  That’s sort of the ultimate threat the parents can give.
You know, it’s not easy being a parent, with all the responsibilities and whatnot. Being a parent means taking care of the family and leading them through life. That’s a pretty big responsibility. So next time your mother or father tells you to stop playing Minecraft, tell yourself: My mom and dad mean well for me, they don’t hate Minecraft(If they do stop reading now), they’re just worried about me.


OK, this is starting to sound like an Anti-Minecraft Article but it’s not. It should be a Game Review but it’s really weird now.


Instructions(To buy and to play):


Go to Minecraft.net
Register for an account
Choose a Username.
Activate your account
Choose forms of payment
BUY


After you buy Minecraft…
Load your world
Find a tree
Click on the tree(Hold the mouse button)
Hold until it breaks
Get the piece of wood
Press “E” and put the wood in the 2x2 square in the upper right corner
Turn the wood into planks. And now you have wood! And now you can also access the Wiki for additional information on crafting, brewing, and smelting.


August 13th, 2014

Visit the Wiki Here: http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/

2012年7月5日 星期四

Howard 在CICLM卡密拉國際兒童文學月報上寫的連載小說The Magic Chronicles (更新月份: CICLM7月號)

當 input 夠多時, output 就會自然產出,不需背單字,不需背文法而是等他理解能力夠時才說明,
這時的他,因為讀得夠多, 很輕易的就能理解文法的來龍去脈.
讀Howard 的文章時總感覺他文字下所形容的東西很有畫面, 而且在一般的課本裡是看不到的,
他大概是把他看了上千本的小說,雜誌融合彙整了以後的產物吧! 我相信任何一種語言的學習方式也都是這樣的, 加油囉!


CICLM - cAmilla International Children's Literature Monthly No. 4
Sunday, July1st, 2012 ~ Tuesday, July 31st, 2012




CICLM - cAmilla International Children's Literature Monthly No. 3
Friday, June1st, 2012 ~ Saturday, June 30th, 2012




CICLM - cAmilla International Children's Literature Monthly No.2
Tuesday, May1st, 2012 ~ Thursday, May31st, 2012
圖和文字都是Howard 自己創作的

2011年11月12日 星期六

Reading,Writing and Drama Club A + The Young Adult Club (2011.11.12)

Reading,Writing and Drama Club A + The Young Adult Club (2011.11.12)

今天的課程內容
Novel Reading -Kira Kira
What Your Fourth Grader Needs to Know
What Your Fourth Grader Needs to Know- Map of World Mountains

Grammar
Howard 的即興創作

2011年9月24日 星期六

Reading,Writing and Drama Club A + The Young Adult Club (2011.09.24)

Reading,Writing and Drama Club A + The Young Adult Club (2011.09.24)

這學期開始 Howard 有了共讀的朋友了, 一位16歲的小姐姐, Howard這學期
就除了Reading,Writing and Drama Club A 外再加上The Young Adult Club 一起
上課, 其實真的就是像 Sir Ken Robinson 所提出的-教育應該是客製化,依照每
個孩子學習的不同而量身打造. 比如說, Howard 和小姐姐會共讀小說-" The
Odyssey of Homer  " 和"Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata" 和 練習文法, 但是到了
General Knowledge 時, Howard 就是上他目前年齡能夠理解的"What Your Fourth
Grader Needs to Know" , 小姐姐則是上澳洲HSC課程.這套書裡面內容艱深,
Howard 雖然看得懂但是無法深度了解,這就是為什麼不能一套教材統一上
的原因, 得要考慮學習者的心智年齡及理解能力.

另外當閱讀量input 夠多時 ,這時候再來學文法才是最佳時機, 因為所有的句型
都在大量的閱讀裡, 看到句型就會很快理解文法究竟是怎麼一回事? 太早學文
法對孩子來說是填鴨,如果他閱讀量夠多也就罷了,若是閱讀量不多的孩子,學
文法對他們來說真是酷刑. 完全不知道背這些文法要做什麼??滿腦子的問號
卻又不得不背,就是現在本末倒置的教育制度!

其實任何語言都是一樣的學習法, 中文也是, 閱讀量還不夠多的小學時間就教
修辭 ,孩子對閱讀的興致有時候就因為這樣而被硬生生澆熄了,瑪德琳實在無
法理解???

Howard 終於有朋友一起上課囉!

Howard 從The Sunday Times 選出他最喜歡的照片


正在複習文法

文法部份越來越進步喔!需要看筆記本的時間越來越少囉!

2011年6月25日 星期六

Camilla's Studio of Children's Literature 20110625


恭喜Howard 終於讀完Frederick Douglass這位黑人作家的自傳, 這本書其實不好讀, 還好Howard 是個什麼書都看的孩子, 在與Camilla 共讀時,看他們兩人一來一往的討論著作者的心路歷程, Howard 開始了解到這個世界原來有這麼多令人無法理解的事情, 有時看他讀完一段後長噓一口氣的感嘆怎麼這麼慘呢! 小小的心靈有些感傷, 而藉著這些自傳, Howard 對於世界開始有了初步的認識.


接下來要讀的是古希臘盲詩人荷馬的經典史詩-奧德賽
瑪德琳也想和Howard 一起讀喔! 
這麼棒的史詩怎麼能錯過!!

2011年6月11日 星期六

Camilla's Studio of Children's Literature 20110611

Reading ,Writing and Drama Club

*Newspaper
*IQ Examples
*What Your Third Grader Needs to Know
-Science
*Novel Reading and Discussion
 -Frederick Douglass
*Drama 



師生兩人正在共享小說的美好時光Frederick Douglass


查字典


看的入神


連到廚房喝牛奶也要看書


Howard 的漫畫小說作品2本,這是Howard 剛完成的兩本漫畫書,有時間瑪德琳再將作品完整拍出來,他最近一直對出版社很有興趣,每看一本書都會先看是哪家出版社的,據他觀察-Scholastic 出版的書最多, 他近來的創作泉源不斷, 常常有很多的idea ,整天看他不停的畫呀!寫呀的... 而且還問瑪德琳和Camilla 關於每本書的ISBN是如何製作的..很有趣喔!

2011年5月14日 星期六

Camilla's Studio of Children's Literature 20110514

Reading ,Writing and Drama Club

*Newspaper
*IQ Examples
*What Your Third Grader Needs to Know
 -Poetry
 -Story
 -Music
 -Visual Art
 -Science
 -Math
*Novel Reading and Discussion
 -Frederick Douglass









2011年4月23日 星期六

Camilla's Studio of Children's Literature 20110423

今天瑪德琳忘了帶相機, 所以所有的照片都是由cAmilla's Studio of Children's Literature 提供喔!


Newspaper time


IQ Examples


What Your Third Grader Needs to Know


Grammar Time


Grammar Time


Grammar Time


Howard 正在調整螢幕解析度, 我們一起欣賞他剛剛導演的戲


調皮一下


Howard 寫的劇本


欣賞戲劇的觀眾們

影片部份就等Camilla 放上Youtube 囉!

2011年4月9日 星期六

Camilla's Studio of Children's Literature 20110409

正在寫IQ Example

Howard 和Camilla 共讀Frederick Douglass

Howard 和Camilla 共讀Frederick Douglass

今天讀的報紙 ,讀到報紙右邊講到日本核能電廠的工作人員不幸喪命的消息, 
Howard 很難過...

Howard寫的劇本-"Why Should I Save Water?"

和Camilla 討價還價排練的時間.

正式演出的Puppet Show - "Why Should I Save Water?"

下面的影片是由Camilla 提供


與Camilla 閒聊中


用不同的腔調唸小說


Howard 的即興創作 "Why should I save electricity"
Howard 不知道Camilla 沒有將他NG的部份cut 掉, 所以影片非常有趣喔! 可以看到Howard
非常隨性自然的演出.

2011年3月27日 星期日

Camilla's Studio of Children's Literature 20110327

Reading ,Writing and Drama Club A

 *Newspaper 
*Solo Show -Future of the Earth( Without Nuclear)
 * Grammar -Verb Tense






Howard 花了 5分鐘畫了4頁圖,然後解釋他畫的內容, 起因是因為讀報紙時讀到了核電的種種,所以他決定設計一個非核家園, 時間在 2090年....那時我們在哪兒呀! ><



瑪德琳碎碎念:
其實時態之前在台北工作室和Grade 4 的哥哥姐姐們上課時就已經上過了, 不過當時的Howard 是完全無法進入狀況, Camilla 於是就等他直到現在 , 他已經準備好了, Camilla 再帶他進入文法時, 從一開始的懵懵懂懂到漸入狀況, 而這得等到他的閱讀量夠多,邏輯架構也進入狀況才有辦法將文法帶入... 但在台灣的英文學習卻是本末倒置的, 先教文法,單字,然後考試, 孩子不知道背這些文法到底要做什麼 ??? 一頭霧水之下還不停的考試 , 等到大人給書要孩子閱讀時,孩子已經倒胃口, 哪裡還想看書呢??  我覺得Camilla 形容的很好, 就好像瞎子摸象的故事一樣, 以偏蓋全呀!
也許會有人問:那到底要等到什麼時候呢? 其實閱讀的量是需要時間的累積, 不管哪一種語言都一樣喔! 這也是我和Howard 現在努力的在中文的部份,希望有天能迎頭趕上英文的程度囉!