Charger Guys Read

Well, after two failed attempts due to snow days, we were finally able to welcome guest speaker, Dan Sagmiller, a video game designer, teacher of game design, and Unit 5 technologist. Dan gave great information about how to get started designing games and gave a preview of classes he teaches for teens at Heartland Community College. Guys can also check out Game Programming for Teens by Maneesh Sethi, which he donated to our IMC.

Mrs. Harris (Mrs. Glatt’s student teacher) shared some great books as well. For novels with a gaming plot, you can try Heir Apparent by Vivian Vande Velde, Only You Can Save Mankind by Terry Pratchett, or Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card (Mrs. Glatt’s favorite sci-fi book ever). Mrs. Harris also shared nonfiction books like High Score: The Illustrated History of Electronic Games and Careers in Focus: Computer and Video Game Design.

A great time was had by all, and maybe we have some future game designers in our midst….

Pictures coming as soon as I get the camera back from Mrs. Fuji…