Hi Purna,<br><br>The presenter plans to keep the session free from specific software and instead focus on pen and paper exercises that could translate to whatever the teachers felt comfortable with. The aim of the program is to equip you with the skills you need to take any game that is of interest to your students (no matter what age) and turn that into a literacy and numeracy exercise. <br>
<br>Let me know if you require any further clarification.<br><br>Regards,<br>Lisa<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 11:17 AM, Gangopadhyay, Purna P <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gangopadhyay.purna.p@edumail.vic.gov.au">gangopadhyay.purna.p@edumail.vic.gov.au</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Hi,<br>
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I was wondering what software (or softwares) would be used in developing the games.<br>
Thanks,<br>
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Purna Gangopadhyay.<br>
Mathematics & IT teacher.<br>
Strathmore Secondary College.<br>
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The VITTA office would like to announce an exciting new event* *for Primary<br>
to Middle Years teachers.<br>
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Games for Learning (and for meeting your VELS requirements as well!)<br>
Paul Callaghan, Freelance Education Consultant<br>
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Games and Game Design allow a number of interconnected disciplines to<br>
interact with each other -from story writing to art to programming to<br>
design. This workshop takes a game from its initial idea through various<br>
stages in development, demonstrating how traditional literacy and numeracy<br>
skills can be applied to game design, the planning process involved in games<br>
creation, how to deconstruct and manage large numbers of ideas, and how to<br>
brainstorm and creatively solve game related problems.<br>
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Date: Friday 27th March<br>
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.<br>
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Cost: VITTA Members - $240 | Non-Members - $300<br>
*Register:* Online at <a href="http://www.vitta.org.au/trainingevents" target="_blank">www.vitta.org.au/trainingevents</a><br>
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Paul is a freelance writer and game developer. Over the past 10 years, he's<br>
worked as a programmer, designer, writer, and teacher in the games industry<br>
both here and overseas. His credits include Men In Black 2, Heroes of the<br>
Pacific, and a, sadly cancelled, game based on a long-running BBC<br>
science-fiction series. His cross-disciplinary experience has led him to an<br>
interest in linguistics, games as learning tools, meshing narrative with<br>
gameplay, character and story development, literacy and numeracy, and the<br>
philosophical underpinnings of how games work and what they can teach us<br>
about ourselves.<br>
An active member of both the development and education community, Paul has<br>
presented on topics such as writing for games at Freeplay and the National<br>
Screenwriters' Conference, the fundamentals of play at Game Connect Asia<br>
Pacific, what education can learn from game development at the Victorian IT<br>
Teacher's Association conference, and the basics of game design at ACMI<br>
events and career expos around Melbourne. He has also appeared on ABC2's<br>
Good Game show discussing games addiction and our need to play, and taken<br>
part in the 2008 Victorian ICT Achievers mentorship program.<br>
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