[Year 12 Its] Computer Clubs

[Tony Forster]

Haileybury computer club 
(http://online.haileybury.vic.edu.au/sites/edrington/) meets Tuesdays after 
school. We concentrate on Gamemaker. The rules are simple, they can be doing 
whatever they want, provided that if they are playing a game, they have 
access to editable source code. Most program their own games, are highly 
motivated and highly productive. See the website, some have programed 10 or 
more games that have required a lot of deep thinking. There's lots of 
playing too and thats OK. Computer Club is in its 4th year.

Tony Forster,
ASISTM Computer Game Design, Programming, Multimedia and Mathematics 
Cluster.
http://www.gamelearning.edu.au
http://online.haileybury.vic.edu.au/sites/edrington
http://www.freewebs.com/schoolgamemaker/

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Walsh, John P" <walsh.john.p at edumail.vic.gov.au>
To: "Year 12 Information Technology Systems Teachers' Mailing List" 
<is at edulists.com.au>
Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2006 3:57 PM
Subject: RE: [Year 12 Its] Computer Clubs


> We run a thing called Clubs and Sports. I focus on Gamemaker...they eat
> it up....a great way of getting students into programming...
>
> John Walsh
> Maryborough Education Centre
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: is-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:is-bounces at edulists.com.au] On
> Behalf Of john edwards
> Sent: Sunday, 26 February 2006 12:03 PM
> To: is at edulists.com.au
> Subject: [Year 12 Its] Computer Clubs
>
> Hi All,
>
> This is more of a general question as opposed to an Information Systems
> one, but is there anyone out there that runs a computer club at their
> school.
>
> If so, how often do you meet and what type of things do you do in the
> club?
>
> I am looking at raising the profile of IT at my school and this seems to
> be the perfect vehicle to do it.
>
> Cheers,
>
> John Edwards
> Gippsland Grammar
> Sale, Victoria
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