[Year 12 Its] Gamemaker PD

Keith Richardson keithcr at fastmail.fm
Tue Apr 19 17:51:28 EST 2005


Thank you Tony. I am very interested, but just snowed under at the
moment, and about to start our school's long delayed holiday for 2
glorious weeks. Yahoo!!!!
Unfortunately the link you provided was invalid, and I'd love to read
your notes.
Ciao, Keith


On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 08:49:52 +1000, "Tony Forster"
<forster at ozonline.com.au> said:
> John, Russell
> 
> My apologies to you and others who were unable to attend. I realise that
> the
> timing was difficult for many. Due to the rapidly growing interest in
> game
> programming, I chose to run the session at the earliest possible date,
> and
> to keep it simple, a short evening session. I am aware that this was
> particularly difficult for those in the country.
> 
> The notes from the seminar are on the web,
> 
> My notes, how I present Gamemaker to primary school kids are at
> http://edrington.haileybury.vic.edu.au/computerclub/computerclub/Gamemaker%2
> 0Lesson%20Plan.doc
> 
> Bill Kerr's clickball tutorial for secondary students is at
> http://intranet.woodvillehs.sa.edu.au/kerrbi/g/int.htm
> (the server is down for maintenance as I write this but it will come
> back)
> 
> More links plus my thoughts on the pedagogical significance of game
> programming are at
> http://www.freewebs.com/schoolgamemaker/
> 
> There will be more gamemaker sessions at times yet to be determined.
> 
> Finally, my thanks to the attendees and to Bill Kerr and Roland
> Gesthuizen
> for their support.
> 
> Tony Forster
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Russell Curr" <RUSSELL at avila.vic.edu.au>
> To: <is at edulists.com.au>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 7:49 AM
> Subject: Re: [Year 12 Its] Gamemaker PD
> 
> 
> > Tony,
> >
> > I was in a similar situation to John - would like to have attended but was
> unable to, and if you have resources for sale or otherwise I too would be
> interested.
> >
> > cheers
> > Russell
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------
> > Russell Curr
> > Network Manager
> > Avila College
> > Ph: 9831-9645
> > Fax: 03-9888-1202
> > email: russell at avila.vic.edu.au
> > -------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > >>> john.edwards at gippslandgs.vic.edu.au 04/18/05 07:50pm >>>
> > Hi Tony,
> >
> > I would have loved to have attended this PD but it was not possible being
> first day of term and living at least a couple of hours away.
> >
> > I am introducing Game Maker soon to my year 11s and would be willing to
> purchase any notes, resources or information that would make the use of
> Game
> Maker easier.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > John Edwards
> > Gippsland Grammar School
> >
> > >>> forster at ozonline.com.au 04/02/05 15:13 PM >>>
> > There will be a PD session on Gamemaker
> > GAMEMAKER FOR BEGINNERS
> > Westall Secondary College, Clayton South, Victoria
> > Monday 18 April 4:30pm to 7:30pm
> >
> > Gamemaker www.gamemaker.nl is a freeware programming language. With
> > Gamemaker you can easily create games such as top view, platform games,
> > first person shooters, 3D and networked multiplayer games. It is a fully
> > fledged programming language capable of non game applications such as
> > physics simulations and databases
> >
> > More details and registration:
> > http://www.freewebs.com/schoolgamemaker/beginners.htm
> >
> > Tony Forster
> >
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