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**Mr. Hodgson's Sample Portfolio**
Welcome to my portfolio page. This page was created during the 2013 Summer of Power program. In our workshop, we have been exploring digital literacy, hacking and remixing, and video game design. Our students were creative in all that they did, and they produced some amazing work during the five weeks. I hope you enjoy my online portfolio of some of the activities from the summer.


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 * Webcomic**




 * Reflective Writing 1: The Workshop Course**

Our goals for the summer workshop program was to introduce a series of activities that would get the students thinking about how to use digital tools in new and powerful ways. We worked in ways to hack and remix websites, discussed digital citizenship in ways that students can protect their privacy, and got to work in video game design and publication. This portfolio site is another example of giving students the power to get their voice and their expertise out into the world. We hope that our visitors provided some insights into hacking for change, opportunities in software programming and the ways that art can be used to express one's views. It has been a powerful experience, and a privilege, for us as teachers to be working with such thoughtful and creative young people, and we hope some of our work filters into the ways they view technology as a tool for positive change.


 * Reflective Writing 2: Game Design**

A major focus this summer has been on game design. We started with a remixing/hacking activity with the game of Chess. This group activity was designed to get everyone thinking about elements of game design: challenge, pieces, objectives for winning. The great thing is that you can hack just about game you want, and make it better. With video game design, we use Gamestar Mechanic because it teaches you how to build and improve video games even as you are playing them. Our focus in the workshop has been on game design and the use of story as well as building a video game with a science theme. The story and theme hold the game together, so that the player understands why they are playing the game. We hope that the activities and tools we brought to our workshop has given everyone a better appreciation of the art of video game design, and provided a chance for everyone to publish their own games to a real audience of gamers.


 * My Video Game: Planet Portal**

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 * Badge**