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I was interested in teaching a 6th grade class how to make a video game. I volunteered at Citizen Schools to teach a 90 minute session per week over 10 weeks a

I was interested in teaching a 6th grade class how to make a video game. I volunteered at Citizen Schools to teach a 90 minute session per week over 10 weeks at a low-income school. Made them a simple IDE where they could draw things and make them move around the screen with high-level Lua code. It was largely a disaster due to classroom management issues, though 3 students did complete a game. I definitely think the 1:3 teacher-student ratio mentioned in the article is necessary to making this kind of thing successful.

therealkatie 14y ago
(I'm Katie, one of the teachers! Normally I'm kcunning, but I' lost my password.) I think we would have had a disaster of our own, if we had done this without volunteers. Kids are notorious for not speaking up if they're having issues, and from the front, a kid that is 'getting' it looks the same as a kid that's completely lost. I was surprised at how many people wanted to volunteer, as well! We already have a list of eager people for next year.