Tools & Resources for Teaching Game Design & Coding from GameMaker

Wednesday, January 26th at Noon - 12:30 PM Eastern

Learn how game design is taught in middle and high school, specifically looking at the stages of teaching it, how it evolves, the resources that are available to Educators, and reflecting on the experiences of Educators who currently teach it. We will review free resources that are available for Educators to support different styles of teaching. Finally, we will look at the licensing of GameMaker, how to get the best value from using GameMaker in your school and we will also look at the important issue of data privacy and how we ensure anonymity for students. This webcast will cover:

• Educator experiences of teaching game design
• Teaching game design at various education levels
• Hybrid learning - situations & challenges
• How licensing works – Educator Plus and update to Achiever
• Data anonymity and privacy

GameMaker for Education

The Perfect Tool for Teaching Students of All Ages How to Make Games

GameMaker is the fastest and friendliest cross-platform game development technology available. The intuitive ‘Drag and Drop’ feature (DnD™) allows students to create a game quickly. Students can create games before having to learn how to code! Then, you can easily take the next step into programming. You can easily view & edit the code behind the DnD™ actions. Allows developers to create games within a single code base and then publish them to run natively across multiple platforms including Android, iOS, HTML5, Windows Desktop, OS X, Ubuntu, Windows UWP.

GameMaker Education Options

Studica has been a leading supplier of software, robotics, and technology products to the education market for nearly 35 years. We offer 1 and 2-year classroom licensing options for GameMaker. There are currently three license options available:

• Educator – Desktop license for Windows, Mac & Linux
• Educator Plus – Desktop license for Windows, Mac & Linux + Web license for HTML 5
• Achiever – Educator Plus + Mobile for Android, iOS & Fire + UWP license for Xbox One Creator Program + PS4 license

Looking for more information? Contact us.