Profile for: p4games
Member since June 25, 2009 17:34
Hometown: Denver
School/institution: University of Denver
Age: 3
Pixels, Programming, Play & Pedagogy (P4Games - p4games.org) is a project which explores the creation of interactive videogames as a holistic, project-based teaching method in high schools. The creation of videogames requires the integration of visual arts (pixels), computer programming (programming), and game design (play). P4Games has two primary activities: The first is to "teach the teachers" through the Teacher Game Institute (TGI); and the second is to teach videogame creation skills directly to high school students during residential summer camps. The project aims to increase student interest in art, design, math, and technology. P4Games enjoys generous support from the National Science Foundation and the University of Denver.
Some of p4games's scenarios [show all]
Farm Fire by Eximont Bautista
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Glass Corp by Drew Mathisen
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Eco-friendly
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1984Coombes
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Quest
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p4games's collections
- P4Games - Gamecamp 2007 - Games from the 2007 summer gamecamp - part of the P4Games project. Rising high school freshman and sophomores learning programming, art, and game design in a two week camp completed these games in Greenfoot.
- P4Games - TGI 2009 - Games from the 2009 Teacher Game Institute - part of the P4Games project. Teachers from Denver area public schools learning programming, art, and game design in a three week camp completed these games in Greenfoot (after learning Scratch for the first week). For Scratch games, and one Greenfoot scenario that would not load to this website, check http://p4games.org/tgi09
p4games's comments
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p4games writes on Farm Fire by Eximont Bautista (on 2009-6-27):
I'm not sure if the bouncing is supposed to happen, and there are possibly some bugs. This was developed by one of our students who had never used a computer before the week he came to our camp, so even though it's not polished, it was an accomplishment!