- Take 10 minutes and try MS Kodu.
Or you could try these video tutorials:
- Kodu Tutorial 1
- Kodu Tutorial 2
- More can be found here.
- Make sure you've finished your code.org course through The Farmer
- How games Make Kids Smarter - Make sure that you have answered all 5 parts of the question in conversational paragraph format. Please no Q&A style numbered or bulleted lists.
- If you weren't here, sign up for Gamestar Mechanic.
- Complete the Quest, Addison Joins The League (5 episodes)
- READ THE COMICS (ep 3 - 5)
- READ THE DIRECTIONS!
Extra time:
Coding & Game Design -
- Do a challenge or contest from the GSM Workshop.
- Minecraft Hour of Code
- Star Wars Hour of Code
- Mess with the infinity play lab.
- Try the Tynker Level Editor. w00t!
- Try Kodu... it's 3d.
- Go flex your new skillz in Scratch.
- Bored? Advanced? Check out Stencyl.
- Typography in Illustrator (also works in Photoshop) (Follow Along and do what I do!) - font list
- Raster vs. Vector
- Intro to Photoshop (Follow Along and do what I do!)
- Design something: PSA poster or Typographic Logo / Label
- [8] You will design and analyze dynamic systems, a characteristic activity in both the media and in science today, with considerations of how end-users interact with said systems.
- [11] You will develop an understanding of programming & computational concepts.
- [12] You will develop fluency with computational concepts (i.e. sequence, loops, events) and practices (i.e. iterative and incremental development, testing and debugging, reusing and remixing).
- [14] You will familiarize yourself with a host of online applications for productivity and creativity.
- [15] You will plan and manage activities to develop a solution or complete a project.
- [16] You will select and use computer applications effectively and productively.
- [17] You will apply existing knowledge to create original works to complete a project.
- [18] You will be able to determine and use the appropriate technology tool(s) for the task at hand in a manner that allows seamless transfer of created objects and documents to flow easily between the selected tools without outside intervention."