I will look at home, my diocesan T-1 has this site blocked.
(www.yoyogames.com)
Sounds interesting.
Hope you enjoy some needed downtime while we have a little time off.
Peace,
Joe
Wyman, Catherine wrote:
>Have you thought about GameMaker? I used it to teach my precocious fourth grader and his friend how to make games. Along the way, they learned about objects, methods, properties, and other aspects of object-oriented programming. As they go further, they can mess around in the code and actually see the changes of what they are doing in a clear and visual way. Best of all, it's free at www.yoyogames.com
>
>The other tool I love is AgentSheets. It is not free, but has been used to teach programming in middle/high school at a number of places including the TriPLets project at Middle Schools in Memphis, TN.
http://triplets.cs.memphis.edu/
>
>Good luck!
>
>Catherine Wyman
>cwyman@devry.edu
>Program Director, Web Graphic Design
>Acting Program Director, Game and Simulation Programming
>DeVry University
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: A forum for independent school educators [mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Carol Sukoneck
>Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 8:37 AM
>To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
>Subject: Re: Programming Curriculum in Middle School
>
>Hi Bill,
>Thanks for the input. Processing is one of the programs I am looking at. I
>will hold onto your email for future reference. I am hoping to get some
>sabbatical time off to learn the programs and prepare a curriculum for
>introducing the kids to this. If you have any lesson plans or some sort of
>guide as to how you introduce processing to your students and would be
>willing to share I would be most appreciative.
>
>On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 3:09 PM, Bill Knauer <bknauer@packer.edu> wrote:
>
>
>
>>Hi Carol,
>>
>>Four years ago we introduced programming into our 8th grade curriculum
>>using Processing, an open-source, Java-based programming language that
>>came out of a project at the MIT Media Lab (processing.org). It's a great,
>>straight-forward programming environment that appeals both to the students
>>who are interested in writing code and those who are drawn to the visual
>>nature and possibilities of the tool.
>>
>>Feel free to contact me if you want more information. That said, my
>>colleague who originally introduced it at Packer, Michael Bernstein
>>(mbernstein@packer.edu), is really the resident expert, and he's always
>>happy to talk about the program here.
>>
>>Best,
>>Bill
>>
>>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>Bill Knauer
>>Director of Technology
>>Packer Collegiate Institute
>>170 Joralemon Street
>>Brooklyn, NY 11201
>>718.250.0273
>>bknauer@packer.edu
>>
>>A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> writes:
>>
>>
>>>From: "Carol" <csukonec@PENNCHARTER.COM>
>>>Subject: Programming Curriculum in Middle School
>>>
>>>
>>>>I am interested in creating a middle school course in programming.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>Scratch
>>>
>>>
>>>>is already being introduced in our enrichment program in our lower
>>>>
>>>>
>>>school.
>>>
>>>
>>>>Programs I am considering are Alice, Starlogo, Microworlds, HTML. If
>>>>
>>>>
>>>anyone
>>>
>>>
>>>>is teaching a programming course(s) either as part of the curriculum
>>>>
>>>>
>>>or in
>>>
>>>
>>>>an after school setting I would like to hear what you are teaching. If
>>>>
>>>>
>>>there
>>>
>>>
>>>>is a written curriculum would you be willing to share it? Are there
>>>>
>>>>
>>>other
>>>
>>>
>>>>programs you might suggest I consider?
>>>>
>>>>Carol : )
>>>>
>>>>Carol Hoffman Sukoneck
>>>>MS Technology Coordinator
>>>>Wm Penn Charter School
>>>>3000 W School House Lane
>>>>Philadelphia, PA 19144
>>>>215-844-3460
>>>>
>>>>
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