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Content Connected
Reading Prep
A Reading Prep feature
opens each chapter to
engage you in the content
to be presented in the
chapter. These features are
called out by the College
and Career Readiness icon.
Green Gamer
The Green Gamer features
share tips on how a
gamer or video game
design studio can engage
in best practices for the
environment.
Ethical Gamer
The Ethical Gamer features
provide information
related to ethic issues
facing gamers and video
game design studios.
Cheat Code
Cheat Codes provide
vocabulary definitions
for terms not defined in
the context of the reading
materials.
Level Up!
The Level Up! features
provide an opportunity to
think about the material
just presented and to
engage in an activity at the
point of learning.
Green Gamer
Presentations typically consist of slideshows, website
demonstrations, and handouts of important points for the
audience. However, not everybody in the audience will
take handouts with them. The unused handouts represent
a waste of paper, ink, and energy. Instead of handouts,
post information on YouTube, Facebook, or other website.
CHEAT CODE: CLOCK SPEED
The clock speed or clock rate is the
speed at which the computer central
processing unit (CPU) processes
instructions. The higher the clock
speed, the faster the computer.
While playing your favorite game, see if
you can identify how the designers used
movement, emphasis, harmony, variety,
balance, contrast, proportion, pattern, and
unity in the graphics of the game.
UP!
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Ethical Gamer
It is unethical to present information as your own
when it is not and doing so can be illegal. Do not use
free artwork from the Internet and call it your own. In
addition to being unethical and possibly illegal, doing
so may be a reason for dismissal from your job.