[Yr7-10it] Year 10 Programming and Game Development

[Nathaniel Bradshaw]

Hi all,

VITTA has some Game Maker Resources as well: http://www.vitta.org.au/resourceshop/cid/30/parent/0/pid/30/t/resourceshop/title/game-maker

Best wishes,

Nathaniel Bradshaw
International Exchange Coordinator, Teacher of Information Technology and Mathematics

Caroline Chisholm Catholic College
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From: yr7-10it-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:yr7-10it-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Michael Ha
Sent: Monday, 29 April 2013 4:30 PM
To: Year 7 - 10 Information Technology Teachers' Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Yr7-10it] Year 10 Programming and Game Development

Hi Neil,

My school has a Year 10 Semester long GameMaker unit. Students are really engaged and they are currently designing and implementing their own game after a term of learning different skills.

Happy to chat if you have any questions.

Regards,

Michael Ha
ICT Coordinator
Physical Education
Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School





On 29/04/2013, at 3:58 PM, "Bruckner, Neil D" <bruckner.neil.d at edumail.vic.gov.au<mailto:bruckner.neil.d at edumail.vic.gov.au>>
 wrote:

Hi All,

Next semester I have to teach a year 10 subject titled "Programming and Game Development", it hasn't been taught here for years so I don't have anything to run with.  The students chose the course based on the below:

Course Aims:

*         This subject is aimed at introducing students to programming, animation and game development.  The subject will  cater for students of varying standards of skills and look at a range of appropriate software.

Course Content:

o   Students will be introduced to basic programming - design, development and testing.

o   Students will use game making programs to modify existing games, then design and develop their own.

o   Students will use animation programs to create short projects such as cartoons, movies, interactive programs.

The subject is to provide a pathway to VCE IT and VET ICT.

At this stage I am thinking of using Small Basic as the programming language, and perhaps GameMaker as game development tool, as I have used both previously.  I'm also not adverse to students selecting the software tool they want to use, as long as it can deliver the desired result/product.  I would like to break the course into 3 topics, 7 weeks of programming, 7 weeks of game development and 4 weeks of animation.

I'm wondering if anyone is teaching anything similar that could suggest/share resources, course outlines, recommend text books etc.

Regards

Neil Bruckner
Bellarine Secondary College



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