Sunday, September 24, 2006
GameMakers Pd at Westall Secondary College
On the 21st of September I attended a Game Maker PD held at Westall Secondary College. The session went for 3 hours and was introduced by Roland Gesthuizen who spoke about Web2 and the advantages of introducing Game Programming into the curriculum.
Tony Forster ran the session and took us through the basic operations of Game Maker. We were each given a space invaders tutorial to run through and were encouraged to have a play with Game Maker and think about solutions to suggested problems within the gaming environment.
I really enjoyed the session but I did feel that there were a few attendees that were very nervous about introducing GM into their classes and especially how the “girls” will take to using GM.
I can see GM being used in a number of different ways in multiple subjects and assignments. If anyone is interested in more info, please visit: http://www.freewebs.com/schoolgamemaker/ (Official GameMaker Website) and http://www.freewebs.com/schoolgamemaker/ (Tony Forster Schoolgamemaker Site). I’m sure Tony would be interested in answering any questions you had about GameMaker.
Your Vice President, Stuart
Tony Forster ran the session and took us through the basic operations of Game Maker. We were each given a space invaders tutorial to run through and were encouraged to have a play with Game Maker and think about solutions to suggested problems within the gaming environment.
I really enjoyed the session but I did feel that there were a few attendees that were very nervous about introducing GM into their classes and especially how the “girls” will take to using GM.
I can see GM being used in a number of different ways in multiple subjects and assignments. If anyone is interested in more info, please visit: http://www.freewebs.com/schoolgamemaker/ (Official GameMaker Website) and http://www.freewebs.com/schoolgamemaker/ (Tony Forster Schoolgamemaker Site). I’m sure Tony would be interested in answering any questions you had about GameMaker.
Your Vice President, Stuart
# posted by S J B @ 12:24 PM 
Comments:
<< Home
Thanks Stuart for this review. You are right "a few attendees were very nervous about introducing GM into their classes and especially how the “girls” will take to using GM."
It was interesting, on a later date, to have a combined group of kids and teachers and see how positive the teachers were http://learningevolves.wikispaces.com/Situated+Learning
Post a Comment
It was interesting, on a later date, to have a combined group of kids and teachers and see how positive the teachers were http://learningevolves.wikispaces.com/Situated+Learning
Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]
<< Home
Subscribe to Posts [Atom]