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<p class="MsoPlainText"><a name="_MailEndCompose">Hi Xin,</a></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">I don’t have teaching experience with Java, but with regards to Gamemaker, a few places to start</p>
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</span></span></span>Nat Brawshaws tutorials – available from Vitta</p>
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</span></span></span>The GameMakers Apprentice – some good bookstores, or Amazon</p>
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</span></span></span>The official tutorails <a href="http://sandbox.yoyogames.com/make/tutorials">
http://sandbox.yoyogames.com/make/tutorials</a> - my groups have usually done the first 4 in a term and then design their own game based on a combination of those.
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<p class="MsoPlainText">I am planning for my Year 9 IT Game maker and Year 11 Java programming next semester. I haven't taught both before. Any teaching idea? Have anyone taught Java before? Any resource to share?
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<p class="MsoPlainText">From: "ATKINSON-BUCK, Damien" <Damien.ATKINSON-BUCK@ivanhoe.com.au></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Subject: [Year 12 SofDev] IBM Report on australia's digital future</p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"> At 154 pages it's a bit of a slog, but it's worth a glance over and/or the executive summary at least</p>
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