Century Technology Department – shaping the future today

Welcome to Century High School’s Technology Department. We love our toys and we love to make, design, build, and solve. Our job is to get your hands into the various tools we have available and provide the skills, techniques, and confidence to not just consume technology but to make a difference.

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And here's another great example of how students h

And here's another great example of how students have a knack for created a fun twist on an old classic.

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It's great to see when my game design students tak

It's great to see when my game design students take an idea and run with it. It all started with a small walk cycle animation project, which then turned into a run and jump cycle animation project, and then I gave them a simple platformer game project and encouraged them to combine them and expand on the topic.

Here's one such example.

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When students start to play with GML and get wacky

When students start to play with GML and get wacky with the repeat() and instance_create_layer() functions.

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I assigned a Piskel Walk Cycle tutorial (https://y

I assigned a Piskel Walk Cycle tutorial (https://youtu.be/zbaVgO_sCn4) and encouraged my students to customize their characters, and this is a sampling of some of their work.

Credits: background art from Dylan Squires ( https://opengameart.org/content/several-scrolling-backgrounds-and-layerable-runners).

Walk Cycle Tutorial by Ezra Reimer.

Wow! What a great start to a school year! Mad prop

Wow! What a great start to a school year! Mad props to Century's leadership and their outstanding work and passion they put in to welcoming us this year. This is just a small sample of the great artwork in Century's walls.

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My Game Design 1 students are sketching out ideas

My Game Design 1 students are sketching out ideas for video game characters. Can't wait to see what comes out of their creative minds. Their task: explore, sketch, and iterate. The goal is for students to embrace process.

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That moment when you realize you can stop debuggin

That moment when you realize you can stop debugging, and instead just run the tests...and the tests pass.

@thatcodingvibe

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Fun at Pike Place on a Friday night. #pikeplacema

Fun at Pike Place on a Friday night.

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You have to visit Pike Place. They have fresh rest

You have to visit Pike Place. They have fresh restrooms.

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Mat Loun

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