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Teacher Review for Gamestar Mechanic

Susan W.
Classroom teacher
Mary of Nazareth Catholic School, White Oak, Pennsylvania

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My Students Liked It Yes

My Students Learned Yes

I Would Recommend It Yes

Setup Time 5-15 minutes

Great for Knowledge gain
Student-driven work
Teacher-led lessons
Whole class

How I Use It

We use the free version. I am using it with grades 5-7. They understand the concepts and are meeting the challenges of creating an interesting game. I found some students prefer this to the coding sites like Tynker or Code Avengers. I would like to diversify near the end of the year so that some students can use the coding sites and some will use this. It will depend on time constraints.

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I like this software for the students. Since they play video games, they are progressing through the levels rather quickly so they can create and publish games. On the other hand, I am stuck on a level, so I can not create as much as the students. But they are requesting to create games. I am challenging their logical thinking to make more than a basic game.

Students are excited to create with this software.

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