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RE: Late Wednesday Discussion - Conferences

Posted By Keith Barnes 04-23-2024 08:26
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I nominate Meline for session chair ------------------------------ [Keith] [Barnes] [Digital Learning Coach] [Bullitt County Public Schools] [Shepherdsville] [KY] ------------------------------

RE: Late Wednesday Discussion - Conferences

Posted By Keith Barnes 04-19-2024 09:34
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I nominate Brandon for conference organizer. All of these are great ideas. I also like the different colored name badges. I hope this comes to fruition. Brian didn't you say that 43 states have a Game Design pathway? I think you could really be on to something. ------------------------------ [Keith] ...

RE: Video Game Development Course

Posted By Keith Barnes 04-17-2024 13:13
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Cleverlike Studios has a 30 day free trail of using UEFN https://cleverlike.com ------------------------------ [Keith] [Barnes] [Digital Learning Coach] [Bullitt County Public Schools] [Shepherdsville] [KY] ------------------------------

RE: Video Game Development Course

Posted By Keith Barnes 04-15-2024 06:51
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How about making it a C++ class using The Unreal Engine and aligning it to the beginning C++ EPD ? There is a lot more curriculum available so you won't have to do all the heavy lifting yourself. https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/students-and-schools Steve Issacs is their Director of Education X @mr_issacs ...

RE: Wednesday discussion - Internships

Posted By Keith Barnes 11-02-2023 08:00
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We have the infrastructure set up for it, Class Class Codes, etc. Very few take advantage of it. Mostly because you can be deemed career-ready (State term) with 3 pathway classes and an industry certification. Internships in the 4th year class and most of them take another elective. Also finding spots ...

RE: Wednesday Check in - CTSOs

Posted By Keith Barnes 10-19-2023 08:32
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I know I am preaching to the choir here. When I hear the it is a passing fad thing. I show people the pictures I took of a Java script error on a credit card reader at a Donough shop and one from a Coke fountain machine. Computers as IoT are so much more prevalent than most people know they just don't ...

RE: Wednesday Discussion - Conferences

Posted By Keith Barnes 10-11-2023 14:09
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Games For Change is Pretty Good it is in New York City in the Summer. I have been to Make Play Learn at the University of Wisconsin a couple of times. It is very good and has Campus-made Ice Cream. ------------------------------ [Keith] [Barnes] [Digital Learning Coach] [Bullitt County Public Schools] ...

RE: Hello again!

Posted By Keith Barnes 08-09-2023 13:10
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We use all kinds of old-school 8-bit games We even have some old consoles that the kids can play on. We focus on why the games are fun to play even though they don't look as nice as today's games and why. Intro duces game mechanics and user experience. How games employ the "Baby Bear" rule. The most ...

RE: Introductions

Posted By Keith Barnes 04-28-2023 10:32
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We only have about a 50% pass rate on the Programmer test. However, we don't have an intro computer class so C# is the first programming language they see. ------------------------------ [Keith] [Barnes] [Digital Learning Coach] [Bullitt County Public Schools] [Shepherdsville] [KY] ------------- ...

RE: Introductions

Posted By Keith Barnes 04-28-2023 09:48
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The Unity programmer exam is tough. We have had a few kids pass it. Our students are working with our Forensic Science class to make virtual crime scenes. Next year kids in our 4th-year class are making virtual American history sites (Jamestown, Mayflower, etc...) for 5th-grade classes. --------- ...