[game_edu] An Introduction and UK BTEC National Diploma

[Dan Carreker]

Not teaching in the UK, but recently came across an XNA book I really like
and may be adding to our curriculum. XNA Game Studio Express (Developing
Games for Windows and X-Box 360) by Joseph Hall. You might want to take a
look at it if you get a chance.

--Dan Carreker 

-----Original Message-----
From: Darren Christie [mailto:darren at bagend.org.uk] 
Sent: Monday, September 05, 2011 11:24 PM
To: game_edu at igda.org
Subject: [game_edu] An Introduction and UK BTEC National Diploma

Hi,
Relatively new to the list, just wanted to ask are there any others on here
teaching the BTEC National Diploma in the UK, and in particular the
following units:
Games Programming
Games Design
Mathematics for IT Practitioners
Event Programming
and OOP

If so which language are you using? What text books? 
First time I'm teaching the units above, and I'm trying to give them all a
gaming bias. We are using C# and XNA 4.
For the game design I'm using the Game Design Workshop, Level Up! and
Challenges for Game Designers. 
For the games programming the main book I am using is Learning XNA 4
And for the Event and OOP using C# for Students. 
I have some others I am using for ideas for just certain chapters which if
folks are interested I will list. But so far the above are my main go to
books.

I would really love to swap ideas with those teaching these units, or
similar ones on what they have found works well in the classroom.

One of the ideas I had for the Games Programming for the game they have to
produce was to give the students a theme to base their game round, abit like
a game jam. Thought this would get round the "I don't know what to do a game
about, and hopefully avoid a lot of zombie based games". 

Well thats a lot for an opening email to the list. Hope to hear from you 

Darren Christie





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