Comments on: Game Maker in Schools http://gamemakerblog.com/2009/05/30/game-maker-in-schools/ Gamemaker news, comment, discussion, opinion and community news Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:06:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ten Years of Game Maker 1999-2009 » GameMaker Blog http://gamemakerblog.com/2009/05/30/game-maker-in-schools/comment-page-1/#comment-49332 Ten Years of Game Maker 1999-2009 » GameMaker Blog Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:38:47 +0000 http://gamemakerblog.com/?p=1926#comment-49332 [...] from a handful to many thousands of individuals around the world and Game Maker is now taught at schools globally with over 40,000 games having been uploaded at [...]

[...] from a handful to many thousands of individuals around the world and Game Maker is now taught at schools globally with over 40,000 games having been uploaded at [...]

]]> By: New Book: Getting Started with Game Maker – Author Interview » GameMaker Blog http://gamemakerblog.com/2009/05/30/game-maker-in-schools/comment-page-1/#comment-41887 New Book: Getting Started with Game Maker – Author Interview » GameMaker Blog Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:37:20 +0000 http://gamemakerblog.com/?p=1926#comment-41887 [...] of the increasing use of Game Maker in education can be seen by the upcoming release of the third(?) English language book that focuses on the game [...]

[...] of the increasing use of Game Maker in education can be seen by the upcoming release of the third(?) English language book that focuses on the game [...]

]]> By: Joerdgs http://gamemakerblog.com/2009/05/30/game-maker-in-schools/comment-page-1/#comment-39698 Joerdgs Sun, 31 May 2009 07:14:06 +0000 http://gamemakerblog.com/?p=1926#comment-39698 I was one of the winners of the 2006-2007 Make-a-Game contest :) I was one of the winners of the 2006-2007 Make-a-Game contest :)

]]> By: Mattthew_H http://gamemakerblog.com/2009/05/30/game-maker-in-schools/comment-page-1/#comment-39697 Mattthew_H Sun, 31 May 2009 07:07:56 +0000 http://gamemakerblog.com/?p=1926#comment-39697 Good article Phil. We have GameMaker in schools here, Australia, although the whole learning progress is very... slow for some people, as they have not trained the teachers to use the application in some more dynamic and different ways. Ideally the Australian Government should train teachers at a course in one day or something. Otherwise, I hope that more people around the world find GM, as it is an awesome tool for not just game development, and it will also open up new opportunity with the Mac port of GM7. (Sorry, this is a very sloppy post, I just reread it and it makes almost no sence :P ) Good article Phil.

We have GameMaker in schools here, Australia, although the whole learning progress is very… slow for some people, as they have not trained the teachers to use the application in some more dynamic and different ways.

Ideally the Australian Government should train teachers at a course in one day or something.

Otherwise, I hope that more people around the world find GM, as it is an awesome tool for not just game development, and it will also open up new opportunity with the Mac port of GM7.

(Sorry, this is a very sloppy post, I just reread it and it makes almost no sence :P )

]]> By: Schwiggy http://gamemakerblog.com/2009/05/30/game-maker-in-schools/comment-page-1/#comment-39645 Schwiggy Sat, 30 May 2009 13:33:02 +0000 http://gamemakerblog.com/?p=1926#comment-39645 That's awesome. I really wish they had some kind of class like that where I live so I could show-off more. I've attempted teaching friends how to use Game Maker plenty of times before but they immediately see what I do and then won't settle for clicking the ball... They can understand Calculus but not 'game loop' and OOP :P The closest thing we're getting is next year there will be Computer Science AP through Virtual Virginia and government school has a similar class. That’s awesome. I really wish they had some kind of class like that where I live so I could show-off more. I’ve attempted teaching friends how to use Game Maker plenty of times before but they immediately see what I do and then won’t settle for clicking the ball… They can understand Calculus but not ‘game loop’ and OOP :P

The closest thing we’re getting is next year there will be Computer Science AP through Virtual Virginia and government school has a similar class.

]]> By: Bas Bloem http://gamemakerblog.com/2009/05/30/game-maker-in-schools/comment-page-1/#comment-39639 Bas Bloem Sat, 30 May 2009 12:03:48 +0000 http://gamemakerblog.com/?p=1926#comment-39639 That's a pretty nice project, My school has gamemaker on the pc's but we never played with it though... That’s a pretty nice project,
My school has gamemaker on the pc’s but we never played with it though…

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