Teaching Computer Game Design to Youth

• An Educator's Top Ten List for Leading Digital Game Building Classes with Youth
• Choosing A Software Program for Youth Game Design: A Comparative Look at Flash, Storytelling Alice and Creator.
• Game Programming Year-Long Curriculum
  • Curriculum: Overview and Lesson Plans
  • Creator Files
    • Monty Mole for Lesson 3
    • Monty Mole Example for Lesson 3
    • Trivia Game Demo for Lesson 22
    • Adventure Game Sample for Lesson 29
  • Handouts
  • Templates for Lesson 51
    • Borders
    • Business Bubbles
    • Flower
  • Overview of the Storytelling Alice Program
  • Storytelling Alice Challenge Code
  • Storytelling Alice Challenge Directions
  • Storytelling Alice Challenge Worlds
    (requires free online Storytelling Alice software)

Using Pair Programming

• Guide To Pair Programming
• Pair Programming Lesson Plans
• Pair Programming Video
• Pair Programming Video Discussion Guide
  (for first pair-programming lesson)

Engaging Girls in IT

• Increasing Girls' Tech Savvy Identity Lesson Plans
• Guide to Increasing Girls' Tech Savvy Identity
• Guide to Recruiting and Retaining Girls in IT
• NCWIT Promising Practice - Girls Exploring Science, Engineering and Technology Event: Targeted Recruitment of Women and Girls into IT

Independent Problem-Solving

• Guide to Promoting Independent IT-Related Problem Solving in Middle School Youth

Flash Game Design & Construction

• Flash Flowcharts
• Guide to Flash Game Design Construction
• Flash Lesson Plans

Creator Game Design & Construction

• Creator Game Development Curriculum
  • Creator Curriculum: Overview and Lesson Plans
  • Creator Handouts
  • Creator Simulations
    • MontyMole.sim for Lesson 3
    • MontyMoleExample.sim for Lesson 3
    • TriviaGameDemo for Lesson 25
    • AdventureSample.sim for Lesson 31

Storytelling Alice Game Development Program

These game worlds can only be accessed through the free online Storytelling Alice software at:
http://www.alice.org/kelleher/storytelling/download.html.

• Storytelling Alice Game Development Curriculum
1. Overview of the Program
2. Challenge Code
3. Challenge Directions
4. Storytelling Alice Challenge Worlds
   (requires free online Storytelling Alice software)

ETR Associates' Initiative on Youth Building Digital Games

• Initiative Overview
• List of Conference Presentations
• List of Publications

Charmad Jill Denner, PhD Senior Research Associate ETR Associates

Bean965 Steve Bean, MAT Center for Youth Success Director ETR Associates

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Jacobxm Jacob Martinez, MA Project Coordinator ETR Associates

Rexygirl Pat Rex, MA Webmaster/Designer ETR Associates

Ortizzzz Eloy Ortiz, MURP Research Associate ETR Associates

Lindalu Linda Werner, PhD Professor and Researcher UC Santa Cruz