Multicultural Game Designas an Intro to Computer Science

Mark Suter (aka Garlic)

Poll:Have you used GameMaker Studio?

A) NeverB) Very LittleC) OccasionallyD) Very Often

Poll: What grade level do you teach?

A) Grades 1-4B) Grades 5-8C) Grades 9-12D) University or adult

Overview: Who

● Students from different cultures and countries

● Grades 5+

Overview: What

● Exposure too New viewpointso communication styleso collaboration methods

● Communicate usingo Game Exchange: Padlet.como Google+ Community

Schedule Hangouts On Air Here & @garlicsuter

Padlet.com

Overview: When

● Practice+Network:o Now through Jan 6, 2014o Try GameMaker Studio (free version)o Try Google+ community & Hangouts

● Official start: Jan 6, 2014o Google Hangout on Air “Welcome”

Overview: How

● Fill out the Google Formo Tweeted 11/20/2013 @garlicsuter

● Visit G+ and search/join the “Multicultural Game Design Team Teams” community

Summer 2014 expand to 3DGameLab?

www.3dgamelab.com

- Quest-based learning platform- Students choose learning path- Completing quests unlock new ones

Tour of GameMaker Studio + subject ties

● Computer Scienceo Loops, variables, debugging, if-then statements

● Matho Algebraic variable concepts, grids/coordinates,

i.e. (room is 3000 pixels wide, moving 2 pixels/sec, when will he intercept an enemy at X position 2,840?)

Tour of GameMaker Studio + subject ties

● Language Artso Game story/creative writing

● Arto Digital Pixel Art

i.e. in-game editor, piq.com

http://piq.codeus.net