[Yr7-10it] Searching year 8 material 2009

[Diane Peat]

We are using Gamemaker with a group of students for extension work and they
totally love it.


Diane Peat
Firbank Grammar School
BRIGHTON  



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> 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.

Yes good for girls
show them a quest style game rather than an action game
pair them on computers

more reading:
http://del.icio.us/tonyforster/gender
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