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Finishing a Game Development Book, need help...

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Tags: Book, Games, Programming, C#

Educational Video Games for Highschool?

Started this discussion. Last reply by Daniel Edward Sagmiller Jan 12, 2012. 3 Replies 0 Likes

Passion over Coverage, a non-profit near Waukesha, WI

Started Oct 21, 2011 0 Replies 0 Likes

Drawing Tablets but not for Art?

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Daniel Edward Sagmiller replied to Ashley Rawls's discussion Are we pushing technology too much?

"I believe that it all comes down to usefulness and progress. Since cursive was brought up in specific, consider this: We originally wrote in pictures, then developed more complicated and direct forms of writing. At the advent of these…"

Nov 21, 2012

Daniel Edward Sagmiller replied to John Faig's discussion Student-developed Curriculum

"I do something similar to this quite often. I teach game development, and shortly after the class begins, I start letting the students shape things. It has to still be in a target that I feel comfortable with, and that I feel won't…"

Nov 21, 2012

Daniel Edward Sagmiller posted a discussion

Finishing a Game Development Book, need help...

Hello, I've just finished my first draft on a Game Development book, that I plan on using in college classes I teach. At the moment, I'm working on a syllabus/teachers guide to act as a companion book.While I've been writting up the course plans, I'm realizing a few chapters will need to change. So far, This is the general flow of a session:Quiz on homework ( which is usually pre-reading a chapter and thinking about a particular question and how it applies to the world around them.)Open…See More

Nov 21, 2012

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Daniel Edward Sagmiller replied to Eric's discussion Teaching Programming - It makes students carry themselves differently

"I've taught numerous programming classes, and I have to agree with you. (Although, I have seen programming classes have poor responses depending on the teacher) I think a big part of this is something that plagued me through out…"

Jan 25, 2012

Daniel Edward Sagmiller replied to Daniel Edward Sagmiller's discussion Educational Video Games for Highschool?

"You make some good points on the other games. I'm thinking I'd like to find games to help out for common skills in school, and not just limited to logistics and strategies History (possibly Civilization, possibly historically…"

Jan 12, 2012

Justin Eames replied to Daniel Edward Sagmiller's discussion Educational Video Games for Highschool?

"Hey Daniel, I've had success with Spore, Rollercoaster Tycoon (there any many games in the Tycoon Series), and SimCity. Although not perfect, Spore is good for reiterating concepts surrounding natural selection…"

Jan 12, 2012

Daniel Edward Sagmiller replied to Daniel Edward Sagmiller's discussion Educational Video Games for Highschool?

"it occured to me that many games might already do similar things, that could be improved by adding knowledge based skill increases. For instance, many MMO's have things like mining for materials, smelting them and producing other…"

Jan 11, 2012

Daniel Edward Sagmiller posted a discussion

Educational Video Games for Highschool?

Hello, I've been trying to find educational games for an older audience. Most games like this only seem to go up to the 5th grade, or barely qualify as a game at all. Does anyone know of good educational video games that might interest Ages 13-17? Can be on anything in general, but I would love to see math and chemistry. Kodu was recommended for learning to program, and general logic. -…See More

Jan 11, 2012

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Daniel Edward Sagmiller liked Elizabeth Crawford's discussion Ten Education Policies That Need To Go

Nov 3, 2011

Daniel Edward Sagmiller replied to Elizabeth Crawford's discussion Ten Education Policies That Need To Go

"I really have to agree with the idea of getting rid of tenure, or preference by experience. Some of the best teachers have been the ones that came in with fresh ideas to get the kids (of today's world) interested in their topics. …"

Nov 3, 2011

Daniel Edward Sagmiller replied to Jerry Hendrix's discussion Managing Technology in the Classroom!

"This is actually for a private school, not a high school. The class is programming (Games, Sites, Databases, Etc...) and mixes kids from various age groups typically grades 9-12"

Nov 2, 2011

Daniel Edward Sagmiller posted a discussion

Non-Profit near Waukesha, WI

Hello, I'm working on starting on 501(c)(3) organization focused on teaching the drive to learn over the wider spectrum of covering as many parts of a topic as possible. Not that the facts are unimportant, skipped or falsified, but the focus is to get kids excited about learning more, and giving them references and tools to continue it on their own. I could use all the help I can get. Thoughts on any of the 3 questions below would be great. 1) Any one else been involved in starting up a…See More

Oct 21, 2011

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Daniel Edward Sagmiller posted a discussion

Drawing Tablets but not for Art?

I use a drawing tablet for my virtual white board, but I was debating as to whether or not it would be worth while to get one for each student laptop. Is anyone else using drawing tablets that for activities other than art/cad? What are your experiences? - Tough/easy to teach the use of it? - Break easily? - Good software or use ideas? Thanks.See More

Oct 19, 2011

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Daniel Edward Sagmiller replied to Jerry Hendrix's discussion Managing Technology in the Classroom!

"There is a laptop for each student in my class, but they are allowed to bring in their own as well. A wireless network with a shared drive and some custom built chat software lets the student post messages to the class, ask questions receive…"

Oct 19, 2011

Daniel Edward Sagmiller replied to Sarah Rustad's discussion Writing in Math

"I like that you are teaching about budgets. I dug up some notes for an old program I used a while ago, I've done a few updates, and tried to clean it up a little, take from it what interest you, shrink it down or expand on it for what…"

Oct 13, 2011

Daniel Edward Sagmiller replied to Sarah Rustad's discussion Writing in Math

"What kind of grade/knowledge level are your students?"

Oct 13, 2011

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School / Work Affiliation: Learn Build Play

Website: http://www.LearnBuildPlay.com

Skype Account: LearnBuildPlay

About Me: Hello, I'm a game developer/instructor. I teach typically age ranges 13-17, and 18-40. I cover all sorts of interesting topics, like Binary, Encryptions, Gate Logic, Alpha Coloring, Architecture, Effective Design, Team Work, Networking, goal oriented education, and keeping the students driven more than learning facts.