Michael NewtonApart from the group courses at fixed times I'm running at Thinker's Meetup for 11+ year olds, I'm also currently doing online mentoring of #HomeEd individuals or groups who'd like to add #gamedev with #godot, #ComputerScience, or #InteractiveFiction to their activities (whether that's working towards a specific qualification or project based). Drop me a private message if you'd be interested.
VisualInkWhat's this? New courses? And being announced more than a week in advance?
thinkersmeetup.com/scholars/...
If you're interested in either writing or creating assets for a #visualnovel, we've got you covered. Five weeks on each as online sessions for 11-16 year olds in the European afternoon/US morning. #creativewriting #gamedev #homeed
shemAnyone here with homeschool experience? As a student or parent.
I am not a fan of the UK school system and I am thinking about home school or alternative options.
Ideas for the new course starting to solidify, with the plan being a five week online intro to creating #visualnovel assets of your own for under 18s with no budget (above and beyond having a computer) using tech you probably have around the house and open source software like #krita and #audacity. Official announcement coming soon. #HomeEd #GameDev
Me, teaching coding via project based game dev: Hmm. Not sure if this student is fully grokking why we're using a message bus rather than inversion of control here. I'll just check what the expectations are from the exam board at this level.
Exam board: "Has added a feature to the game using at least for variables and an if statement."
Me: Ah.
As an aside, loving Godot (godotengine.org/) as a teaching environment. #gamedev #godot #homeed
It's that time again! A new half term means a new round of "Coding Games with a Story", our 5 week live online course for under 18s on building a visual novel with Ink.
What's a visual novel? Excellent question! It's the point where the novel (a text based story) intersects with the sceenplay (scenes, character visuals, and soundtrack) and the computer game (the reader can make choices that change the story).
Sounds interesting? Find out more about the instructor and the courses at thinkersmeetup.com/scholars/... , or get a look at the style of what we'll be building at visualink.mavnn.eu/ #homeed #gamedev #visualnovel #interactivefiction
It's that time again! A new half term means a new round of "Coding Games with a Story", our 5 week live online course for under 18s on building a visual novel with Ink.
What's a visual novel? Excellent question! It's the point where the novel (a text based story) intersects with the sceenplay (scenes, character visuals, and soundtrack) and the computer game (the reader can make choices that change the story).
Sounds interesting? Find out more about the instructor and the courses at thinkersmeetup.com/scholars/..., or get a look at the style of what we'll be building at visualink.mavnn.eu/ #visualnovel #creativewriting #homeed #gamedev
DashTotally normal #HomeEd parenting experience:
- Write out a sentence for the kid who is working on their handwriting to copy (using the special paper with extra lines to help with where tall/hanging letters should go)
- Have your co-parent spot that you have positioned the lower-case letter 'j' incorrectly.
- Have an existential crisis about whether you have ever got it correct in nearly forty years of handwriting.
- Have to immediately search for something you have already written to resolve the crisis, because obviously by this point you are overthinking it so much you can't just write something new to test.
CharlotteOn a separate but related note: anyone (ideally UK-based but not essential) doing elective home education / child-led learning? #homeed #electivehomeducation #homeschooling #unschooling