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Keys To The City

Keys To The City. Anthony Fiti Southern Nevada Future City Competition. Introduction. SimCity 4 Software Windows or Mac Cities are judged on 100 Point scale 84 points for SimCity 16 points for Student Self-Assessment (turned in with inventory online). 2009-2010 Recap.

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Keys To The City

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  1. Keys To The City Anthony Fiti Southern Nevada Future City Competition

  2. Introduction • SimCity 4 Software • Windows or Mac • Cities are judged on 100 Point scale • 84 points for SimCity • 16 points for Student Self-Assessment (turned in with inventory online)

  3. 2009-2010 Recap • Best SimCity model had a score of about 65 out of 84 points, most teams scored between 40-50 (average: 46, median: 45) • What most SimCity models did well • Recreation and Rewards • But the cities were still missing a lot… • The September workshop will be covering what students missed and how to improve their cities

  4. Learning SimCity • Start with built-in tutorials • Let the students play around in SimCity before starting the city you’re going to turn in • Have them create two small cities to get more familiar • Total SimCity build time could range from 10-25 hours • I was able to build a city that scored 72/84 points in 7 hours

  5. It starts with… • Download the required predefined region template from the national website (medium suggested) • Copy the region file into the SimCity 4\Regions directory • Select the city tile in the middle of the other cities

  6. Keys to the (Sim)City • Preparation and Planning • Making sure your city has some amount of water, and that its deep enough for a port (usually requires a river) • Large flat areas • Periodic Review • Have the mentor review the rubric and use it to evaluate the city and help the kids in the areas where they didn’t get many points

  7. Keys to the (Sim)City • Micromanaging! • Students will need to effectively micromanage their budgets while they build their city • Use sliders to adjust funding levels of education, power plants, and health care systems as the city grows

  8. Keys to the (Sim)City • Videos!!! • Official Future City Video • Future City Georgia How-To Video

  9. Questions ?

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