Objective:
Video Game week
Implementing Scratch and Unity into creating individual video games and preparing the girls for the necessary skills for the next weeks Game Jam.
Purpose:
This will teach the girls to be proud of who they are and not be ashamed of the differences they have. This will be an empowering week to be strong independent girls who can do anything, if not more than a boy can do and STEAM will get them there!
Ice Breakers:
“Peanut Butter Jelly Game” AKA “Robot Game”
“Web Game”
YOGA Mornings!
- Teach Scratch Programming
- Teach Unity Programming
- C# Language
- 2D platforming and 3D landscapes
- Have two guest speakers
- Field trip
Gamer’s Anonymous
Day 1
- 9:00 AM
- Ice Breaker
- Introductions, favorite vgs or vgs you’ve always wanted to play
- Guidelines for the week
- PAIN, don’t yuck my yum, ELMO, respect each other and each other's work.
- What does respect mean
- How do we show respect
- THINK- is it true? helpful ? inspiring ? necessary ? kind ?
- Stacking Cups
- Robots are literal, come up with instructions to turn your friend into a robot that stacks cups in fun shapes.
- 10:30ish
- 10:45
- Discussion about games
- History of computers and women in programming.
- What makes a game?
- Genre, Music, Graphics, Codes, Teams of People, Storytelling etc. Intuitive games v games w directions.
- Can girls code? - Show video
- Basics of coding
- Everything has to be in order
- Computers are literal
- 11:00 AM
- Create Accounts
- Scratch introductions
- If/Then
- Variables
- Broadcasting messages
- Strings
- Sensing/Touching/Colors/Music
- Spend 10 minutes looking at a category and creating something small.
- Go over how to upload and create sprites/backgrounds.
- Spirograph
- 11:20 AM
- Moving Sprites
- Timer
- Enemies
- Score
- Sensing
- 12:00 PM Lunch
- 12:30 PM STARTUP Exhibit
- 1:00 PM
- 2:00 Pm Snack
- 2:20 PM
- Title Screens
- End Screens
- Add Music
- 3:00 PM
- 3:30
- Create Websites
- Website/Update blog
- 4:00 PM Go Home
Day 2
- 9:00 AM
- Ice Breaker ( if time )
- Load girls into the cars / van to go to Gamer’s Anonymous
- PLAY GAMES!
- 12:30 PM
- 1:30 PM
- Arrive back at the museum
- Discussion about games played
- 2:00 PM
- Platform gaming with scratch
- 2:30 PM
- 3:30 PM
- Continue Scratch or
- Reflections / Blog writing
- Wear yoga clothes, and bring a blanket or yoga mat
Day 3
- 9AM
- 9:30 AM
- Re-Introduction to coding
- If/ Then
- For Loops
- Variables
- 10AM
- Unity 2D game Tutorial
- Teach how to use Unity and follow the tutorial to make a platformer
- 10:30 AM
- 10:50 AM
- Continue platformer by showing movement, assets, physics ect.
- 12:00 PM
- 12:30 Park Time
- 1:00 PM
- Show how to program different Triggers
- 2:00 PM
- 2:20 PM
- Start on personalized platformers
- 3:00 PM
- If time, blog / relefections
- 4:00 PM
Day 4
- 9AM
- 9:30 AM
- 10AM
- 10:30 AM
- 10:50 AM
- 12:00 PM
- 12:30 Park Time
- 1:00 PM
- 2:00 PM
- 2:20 PM
- 3:15 PM
- Podcasting IF TIME
- Update blogs
- 4:00 PM
Day 5
- 9AM
- 9:30 AM
- 10:30 AM
- 10:50 AM
- 12:00 PM
- 12:30 Park Time
- 1:00 PM
- 2:00 PM
- 2:20 PM
- 3:00 PM
- 3:30 PM
- 4:00 PM
Bresdin:
July 11th - July 15th
This week by far was the one week Victoria and I felt the most prepared for. Programming and video game making is just what we do and preparation was much easier than previous weeks. We learned Scratch Programming, had two empowering guest speakers, Unity 2D, Unity 3D and C# programming. This week was packed full of lessons and fun, but it was still a rough week on me. I became ill after an allergic reaction to something and this caused my body to hurt and feel fatigued the entire week.
This made it extremely difficult to be aware, and be present for the girls. We had such a problem with one girl that her mother was notified and she no longer attended camp. I took this personally very hard because I felt like I had failed this girl. If I had been more present I could have helped her more this week. I had a lot of support from Anthony and Victoria and Lauren to help me feel better about myself but what finally did it in the end was another girl's success on Friday.
This particular girl has been with us for all 3 weeks of camp and when she started in week 1 she refused to participate and loved to cause distraction to the other girls. She only cared about eating and having snack or lunch time. The second week was slightly better and she participated much more but on Friday of THIS week, she was working on the Pixel animation at www.piskel.com and we called everyone for lunch. She looked at me and said, I am enjoying myself so much right now I do not want to go to lunch.” I commented with, “You like something more than lunch?” Her reply made me laugh, smile and forget how rough the week had felt to me. “I know, that’s crazy right?”
This interaction proves that girls are advancing and growing in only 3 weeks of time has made this entire summer worth all the hard work and toil we have put in. I am truly blessed to have been apart of such an amazing adventure and I hope to see all these girls in the future as they become empowered women in their community!
