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LO: To develop our understanding of Game Maker software.

Starter:
Open Game Maker (Start - All Programs - ICT and Business).
Click yes to go in to Advanced Mode.
Open the tutorial folder (File Store\Read\ICT \Miss Cooke\Tutorial - Basic Platform Game)

Create a new folder in your Sites area called Game Maker.
Copy the resources folder in to that new Game Maker folder.

Main:
Open the Worksheets folder.
You can now work through the worksheets in order to create a basic platform game.
You MUST follow the tutorials in order.
You will need to load the resources in as you go. 

If you get stuck, ask the people around you.

Plenary:
COMMENT on this blog post or email me telling me what you thought of Game Maker.

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Lo: To develop our understanding of the roles of stakeholders within a company.

Starter:
Work your way through activities 3 - 6 on this web page.

Main:
Begin researching the stakeholders for Thorpe Park and Sainsbury's. You need to start creating the bibliography for your unit 1.3 assessment.
Use your booklets and the assessment criteria at the top of page 51 to help you.

Remember, you should not mention your blue booklet in your bibliography but the sources of that information.
**There is a list of sources on the last page of your booklet that you can use.**

Plenary:
Update page 52 of your booklet with the sources you have used.

Year 6 Induction Day Lesson

Starter:
How to log in.
Q: What is an animation?
Who has used Adobe Fireworks before?

Main:
Go to START, ALL PROGRAMS, ADOBE MASTER COLLECTION CS5, ADOBE FIREWORKS CS5.

Click on NEW - FIREWORKS DOCUMENT.

Draw a circle.
Duplicate the state 4 times.
Move the circle to a different place in each state.
Change the colour in each state.

Press play and see what happens..

Try creating an underwater animation. 
Can you make a fish?
Can you make it swim across the screen?

Plenary:
Who had never used Fireworks before?
Who can now make a mini animation?