[Yr7-10it] Searching year 8 material 2009

[Meadows, Roslyn M]

Game Maker, Alice and Scratch are all easier to produce playable games
than flash (which requires knowledge of action script to produce a game)

If you use Alice choose Alice 2.0 (there is also available Alice
Storytelling)

Kids can make clickball or chase the clown in a period with gamemaker
with no prior knowledge.

Have fun!
Ros



Roslyn Meadows
Head of ICT Implementation
Head of Assessment and Reporting
Bentleigh Secondary College 
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[mailto:yr7-10it-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Caterina Garwoli
Sent: Monday, 23 June 2008 1:20 PM
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Subject: Re: [Yr7-10it] Searching year 8 material 2009

>>
So what sort of quests can you get 13yr old girls to produce?  Are we
talking fairies collecting stars on a screen?  What is the project or
activity you run?  Great idea for students to work in group, currently
doing that with Flash Animations.  Any ideas on producing games in Flash
or is this harder than Game Maker?

Too many questions...

Thanks Caterina

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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