6th Grade Game Design
Students will build a educational game using different game design platforms. Guiding Question: How can you create a game that will help teach a a standard learning target to a student in a K-5 Classroom?
Tools students Learn to use and utilize to build their games.
GameStar Mechanic
Gamestar Mechanic allows students to learn about how systems work and how they can be modified or changed. Students learn to think analytically and holistically, to experiment and test theories, and to consider other people as part of the systems they create and inhabit. Through the game design process, students cultivate skills involving:
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Pixel Press Floors
Pixel Press Floors offers a revolutionary and simple way to create & play games – create on paper with “Draw-on-Paper” and take a picture of it, create directly on the screen just like you would on paper with “Draw-in-App”, and then share & play games created by you and the entire community in the “Arcade”.
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SPloderMany institutions across the world have used Sploder in a classroom environment to teach game design. By putting students in the position of creating a game or puzzle that others can solve in a fun and challenging way, it gets them thinking about problem-solving and storytelling. Game design uses the whole brain, from the artistic side of creating art and graphics, to the analytical side of creating interesting game levels that work.
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Scratch
With Scratch, you can program your own interactive stories, games, and animations — and share your creations with others in the online community.
Scratch helps young people learn to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively — essential skills for life in the 21st century. |
tynkerTynker is an online platform that easily and successfully teaches students how to code through the activities they already love: games and stories. Students learn the fundamentals of programming and design through Tynker's intuitive visual programming language without the frustrations of traditional syntax.
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