Game Programming with the Microsoft Zune to Promote High School Women in Technology Documents AuthorsMr. Pat Yongpradit, Springbrook High School, Silver.

Game Programming with the Microsoft Zune to Promote High School Women in

Technology

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Authors Mr. Pat Yongpradit, Springbrook High School, Silver Spring, MD, USA

1. Provide personal support and guidance to females in technology

2. Promote collegiality among the women taking tech-related classes

3. Recreate the image of a successful IT student

4. Reinforce and extend programming design skills and concepts

Objectives

Microsoft Visual Studio C#, XNA Game Studio, Microsoft ZuneSoftware

Description The purpose of engaging female students in game programming using the Microsoft Zune is to build a female-supportive

community centered around an experience with high-level programming that results in the creation of a tangible product on

real hardware.

Learning Areas Computer Science, Digital Media, 21st

Century Skills

Levels High School (13 to 18 years-old) and University (18 and up)

Computer science, gender gap, female retention, video games, software designKeywords

Project Overview

Game Programming with the Microsoft Zune to Promote High School Women in

Technology

Teacher Planning and Management

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Background & Planning: A picture of the origin and objectives of the learning project, including the manner in

which the project was planned and managed.

Classroom Images: Images of the classroom to give you a better feeling for how the project was implemented.

Background & Planning:

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Game Programming with the Microsoft Zune to Promote High School Women in

Technology

Teaching Resources

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Implementation Ideas:Teaching Resources

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Game Programming with the Microsoft Zune to Promote High School Women in

Technology

Assessment and Standards

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Assessment Strategies:

Rubric: Allowing students to make any game is fine, but if you want your students to think about social causes and get the

experience of entering a national and international competition, then the Imagine Cup is the way you want to go. Use the

rubric below to guide your students.

Standards: The project’s learning objectives and curriculum standards.

Assessment

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Game Programming with the Microsoft Zune to Promote High School Women in

Technology

Teacher and School Information

Pat Yongpradit

Springbrook High School

201 Valley Brook Dr.

Silver Spring, Md 20904

[email protected]