[Yr7-10it] Searching year 8 material 2009

Mon Jun 23 12:05:02 EST 2008

I'm not sure of the exact progress of this thread, but one suggestion
is to use Alice www.alice.org - I haven't used it myself, but I
understand this was in a large part designed to make game writing more
appealing to girls. Maybe it's a bit more aimed at university than
high school. There is also 'Storytelling Alice'
http://www.cse.wustl.edu/~ckelleher/ which is aimed more at
storytelling than games.

And then there is scratch, which is 2D, but fits a similar niche,
albeit for a younger audience.

vik

On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 11:29 AM, Caterina Garwoli
<cgarwoli at shgcoak.melb.catholic.edu.au> wrote:
>>
> Caterina Garwoli is my name so hello to all.  I am a part time IT teacher
> at Sacred Heart girls college Oakleigh and have been there for 1.5 yrs.
> Prior to that (and 3 kids and Dip Ed) I worked in IT Development/Support
> at ANZ, Orica & Ansett before it went under...
>
> Anyhow I am looking for new material for Year 8 to replace an entire term
> of powerpoint which I beleive is out of date.
>
> Don't know if Gamemaker would be interesting for girls?  Would appreciated
> any ideas.  We have 2x 45 minute periods each week with 30 girls in a
> computer lab. Already we cover excel, Flash and Access.
>
> Feedback would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks Caterina
>
>
>
>  Hi Caterina
>>
>> For gamemaking - Use Game Maker http://www.yoyogames.com/make free
>> download, tutorials etc Lots of have been using it for a number of
>> years. I can personally recommend it. Kids love it.
>>
>> For 3D - try Google SketchUp http://sketchup.google.com/ also free. On
>> the bottom right hand side of this link is information about using it
>> for education and also links to tutorials. Kids also really enjoy this
>> too. And you can challenge them to put 3D images of your school
>> buildings onto google maps too!
>>
>> I find it very hard to justify paying for site licenses for software
>> when there are such excellent free resources. Save your money for new
>> hardware :-)
>>
>> Good luck with whatever you choose, let us know how you go.
>> By the way we have a policy here to identify yourself in terms of
>> position and school, I presume you are from Sacred Heart in Oakleigh?
>>
>> Cheers
>> Ros
>>
>> Roslyn Meadows
>> Head of ICT Implementation
>> Head of Assessment and Reporting
>> Bentleigh Secondary College
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>> Sent: Sunday, 22 June 2008 10:51 AM
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>> Subject: [Yr7-10it] 3ds max 9 software
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>> Currently Im' looking at material for next year...
>>
>> Was wondering since the gaming market is so strong out there, should we
>> be
>> look at 3sd max software in classroom?  has anyone had a play with this?
>> C
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