Programin Programing Changed My Life

I have chosen to pursue a career in computer science, because it has been a heavy influence on me throughout my life. All my life I have been surrounded by technology, almost more than half of my family has a career in the IT field, which is what sparked my interest. My earliest memory of when I first became interested was when I was about 6 and my mother bought me a phonics dog, and I was more interested in how it worked rather than what it did. I then saw the screw bolts and knew if I used a screwdriver I could see the inside of the toy so I opened it, and from then on I knew I was interested in technology. In middle school was when I first took my actual dive into the IT world and I learned there are different computer languages, and about different devices used in the tech world. Also I

Using persuasive writing, Wright begins to influence his audience that game play is a beneficial source of entertainment not a wasteful one. Playing video games increases creatively, self esteem and improve problem solving skills of the players. Video games are becoming test runs that appear or feel close to the real thing. Where you can control everything with added effects like magic or future technology. Games have the potential to exceed almost all other forms of entertainment media. They tell stories, play music, challenge us, allow us to instantly communicate and interact with others. Encourage us to create things, connect us to new communities, and let us play with people across the world. Unlike most other forms of media, games are inherently tangible. According to Wright young children spend their days in imaginary worlds, substituting toys and make believe into the real world that they are just beginning to explore and understand. Wright states that games are the result of imagination and that they consist of rules and goals. Generation of teenagers has grown up with different set of games. Teenagers use the scientific method rather than reading the manual first. Games today maybe a person’s only place to express a high-level of creativity and growth. Older generations have a lot of criticisms for games, the games can help a person learn to think on his or her own.

Don’t be fooled, even though the title of my English 1101 course was “Let’s Make a Game” I do not enjoy designing or constructing games. What I learned from making them however, has already changed the way I write and communicate. In high school, every essay or piece of literary work was typed in Times New Roman 12-point black and white font. Most of the time these assignments were boring five paragraph essays written in the third person where I would try to prove a thesis statement. Throughout this course I have learned that the real world does not work in this manner. The best pieces of work are multimodal with design, color, pictures, and many other electronic aspects. If Facebook was just a compilation of black

I am passionate about computer science. Computer science is a field I can be creative and meaningful. I can create a program in x amount of time which can save people xn amount of time. The return on investment is great and the smiles are a plus.

But my relationship with computers started when I first came across the computers in my school days. I was so very amused with computers that I fell in love with computers. I was very fascinated with the way the computers performed every task so effortlessly. The first calculation, the first game I played, the first mouse cursor movement I experienced were all just amazing. I still remember every bit of those cherished memories.

The game, Call of Duty, was my first shooting game. The game takes place at the time of World War 1, putting you in the meetings, or the frontlines of major battles of the country you decided you wanted to be playing for. Friends and I played together at each others homes, or online. For a time, it was our favorite way to socialize out side of school. We got so good that we started to do tournaments in different states, going on road trips to play the best of the best in our favorite games. We made lots of friends along the way. I haven't played video games in a few years, but with it, meeting people was so easy and

I remember the first time my father let me use his computer. It was the most insane day of my life! I could wire, deconstruct, and use a computer without any thought. I was enthusiastic, and anxious. I was a computer nerd. I had my mind set that this is what I was going to do with my life, however destiny had another

I’ve always had fun using a computer and learning new things about video game technology and just random stuff. I would really like to expand my knowledge on the subject about computers or something involving computers. I also enjoy graphic design and love to draw. Soon I will even get my own drawing tablet to create new drawings on a computer instead of using pencil and paper. Something I like to also do is learn about different places and cultures.

After playing games for so long, I began to wonder how they worked. At some point, I looked at a code of a game I played. To me, and probably most other people, the code looked like a foreign language. Instead of getting lost and confused, I wanted to learn more. I thought that if this makes sense to someone, it can make sense to me as well. I began to research, learn more about programming, and discover how everything fit together. I started to watch Youtube videos, and quickly, I was learning the object-oriented programming language of Java. Understanding this complex, unique language did not come easily. It took many hours of practice and trial and error. For the longest time, I was just doing what the videos told me and noticing the result with little comprehension. Months later, it finally clicked. At this point, I started venturing off on my own to create programs and games to show my family what I had learned had practical uses. During my eighth-grade year, I decided to develop a game I later titled Paddle Ball. It started as a simple pong-esque game with many levels and features. This simple project evolved into a complex video game with power-ups, levels, obstacles, game modes, lives, a monetary system, and achievements; features that were all originally made, without any type of template or guidelines. After a year's worth of developing, coding, and creating, my complex and intricate masterpiece

grew up surrounded by computers after my parents had owned a computer shop in the early

League of Legends is a game created by the industry Riot Games and it’s available for free. It’s commonly known as a MOBA, or multiplayer online battle arena. League of Legends has many different aspects of the game that definitely keep it interesting. There are 127 characters that the player may choose from, although they are all not available at first. Each character has their own set of abilities, which include a passive, three active abilities, and one ultimate (with a few exceptions). There are different roles in this game as well, which include: Tank, Support, Mage, Marksman, Fighter, and Assassin. There is a certain Meta that exists in the game as well, which is the normal thing to see in a game. For example, the Meta right now is

I was always fond of new technology, so back in year around 1998 when the computer started to be a part of the household product and I first saw it in a science fair. I knew right away I have to learn what a computer is. Before PC, we played Nintendo , Saga , Dandy and more other TV game consoles with 8 bit graphic. We would play for hours either in my house or in my friend’s house. Also back then there were arcades where people can go can, we also went there to play arcade video games but a PC changed the way we had used an electronic device. Same time it would do different kinds of jobs such collect information in DB, used as typewriter, or running codes , playing midi files, browse pictures and by login into IRC chats you could make friends worldwide. It was a fascinating dream machine for young me.

Designing this game encourages the amateur programmers to think out of the box. It raises their interests in the field of gaming and shows how interesting and entertaining the programming can be

Computers have always impacted education in a remarkable way. Education-technology dates all the way back to the 1630's. First came a school, then a library, a pencil invention followed, next came the keyboard, an actual computer in 19505, and twelve years later came the first computerized teaching system. Over the years, technology alone has evolved; calculators, smart whiteboards, iPad's, and many more has since came about. Although, such change has overwhelmed the lives of many, computers have changed education today for the better because they are resourceful, provide flexibility, and they have effectively expanded the way we can teach and learn.

The students will not only be taught with gaming strategies but also learn to create games using sites such as Scratch. (Richardson, 2012), before the students are at the stage to build games they should be able to play existing games to certain levels to learn the process of building their own games. The games built will be used to teach other students the concept that they learnt. Similar to objectives being created based on unit topic the teachers will create themes and then structure specific quests for these themes. These quests include questions or scenarios which should pose as a challenge for the students in a game-based style. Students will be taught about the material required to complete the quests and boss levels. They will be given the overall theme and missions along with the quests and boss levels to become familiar with the content as well as to get them motivated to participate in an effort to accomplish the goals.