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Best Class Ever
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 11:53 am
by snakejknight
so... i'm in my sr year of highschool, and i convinced my principal to let me create my own class (for credit)
she agreed and my coarse plan was just approved
check it out:
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1. Course Title
Programming and Video Game Design
2. Transcript Title/ Abbreviation
3. Transcript Course Code / Number
4. School
North Valley Charter Academy
5. District
North Valley Charter Academy
6. City
Granada Hills, California
7. School / District Website
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9. Subject Area
Computer Programming
X Mathematics
Graphics Design
Organization
Systems Management
10. Grade Level
12
11. Seeking
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 11:54 am
by Tural
That's cool I guess..
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 11:57 am
by WaywornMmmmm
I prefer my music tech class, but good job taking initiative.
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 12:01 pm
by Patrickssj6
Maybe I should convince my Informatics teacher first of not using a crappy "Right-Click-Hey-I-Created-A-Wombat-In-Java-Environment".
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 12:12 pm
by Philly
Running a odding class. Coolio.
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 5:51 pm
by Cobain
sounds pretty cool
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 5:51 pm
by shadowkhas
Interesting idea. Hope it takes off well for you.
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 5:57 pm
by preston566
Congrats. Wish our principle wasn't so in him self
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 6:13 pm
by grimdoomer
So if I understand this right as a class you pick a game to reverse engineer or hack? What if you cant achieve all of that, im guessing your using PC games? Sounds pretty cool though. Too bad the only interesting class my school offers is a VB class wich they dont teach you anything the right way
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 6:28 pm
by metkillerjoe
We have java. People have created... oh just about everything you can create in a 2D environment, and even some 3D emulations.
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 6:35 pm
by Kirk
My Computer Science is doing quickBasic and Java. It's really basic stuff, but I guess it's necessary if you want to do anything real and not feel completely lost right off the bat (as I really have no experience other than making text adventures on my TI-83 calc)
I just hate making Tic-Tac-Toe
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 6:43 pm
by DrXThirst
Next year, I'm taking C#.
But modding in school seems pretty cool. Good luck!
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 7:07 pm
by HPDarkness
I have commercial art every other week, for the whole week. So blah!
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 9:15 pm
by JK-47
Me and my friends were the leaders of the video game club at the North Site of my school a couple years back (hah, I know..). We organized lan parties (usually Counterstrike) for after school (once even an overnight party ;p). It was pretty fun while it lasted.. the district got on us about it, though. On our disclosures we agreed the computers were for academic purposes only... And not everyone had a laptop or something to bring, so we just stopped.
So will you be leading the class?
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 9:22 pm
by snakejknight
leading it and so far i'm the only student haha
but i talked to the counselor and i get elective credits for it
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 9:39 pm
by JK-47
That's pretty cool :)
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 11:46 pm
by Cuda
To be honest, not as cool as my 10th Grade Engineering class. 3DS Max, Full size models and a laser etcher. Epic.
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 4:59 am
by Cryticfarm
I hate you all lol.
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 7:54 am
by Senor_Grunt
Your going to have to think ahead of time about what game(s) your going to mod, then find out how much they are. Or have your students buy their own.
I wish I had a modding class. :[
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 8:57 am
by DrXThirst
So what exactly would I have to do to get a Halo class at my High School? ;p