Lara Forgione, a coach for the Fondazione Mondo Digitale, takes teaching to play very seriously. Indeed, during periods of crisis, especially due to the health emergency, the videogame market flourishes. In Italy, it’s a market worth nearly 1.78 billion euro. And the sales of on-line videogames have increased by 13.5% for a turnover of 1127 billion euro. According to the annual report produced by Iidea (ex Aesvi), there are 17 million Italian gamers: 39% of the population aged 6-64; 53% are men, 47% women; and there is a net increase in the youngest brackets (11-24). Games are prevalently played on smartphones and tablets.
In Ambizione Italia for Schools labs, Lara doesn’t teach participants how to play, but how to design and develop videogames. The first step is to learn to use Unity, a multi-platform graphics engine developed by Unity Technologies that allows the development of 3D videogames and interactive content in real-time. This includes architectural views, three-dimensional environments and animations.
Unity is the most commonly used engine both by freelance, independent developers and software houses and studios. There is a basic free version of the software that provides many features for videogame development for Android e iPhone systems. And it’s a tool for training artificial intelligence.
Audio clips of students at ITE Giambattista Bodoni in Parma, a hub school for Programme Ambizione Italia for Schools.
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UPCOMING APPOINTMENTS
With Programme Ambizione Italia by Microsoft
10/06 2:00 - 3:30 pm| Ambizione Italia for Schools| Creation of a videogame (Introduction to Unity) | second-degree secondary school | Register: GoToWebinar or on Sofia with code 66020 | USR Sardinia
11/06 4:00-5:30 pm| Ambizione Italia for Schools| Introduction to AI (first-degree secondary school) | Register: GoToWebinar or on Sofia with code 66018 | USR Sardinia
12/06 4:00-5:30 pm| Ambizione Italia for Schools| Stop Motion: Narration with Special Effects (first-degree secondary school) | Register: GoToWebinar or on Sofia with code 66015 | USR Sardinia
FOR EVERYONE (Old and Young): students, teachers and coaches
10/06 3:00 - 4:00 pm| AI and Chatbots, Simple version with PandoraBots (recommended for first-degree secondary school) | Coach Elisa Chierchiello | Register: on-line module
12/06 3:00 - 4:00 pm| AI and Marketing Strategy (recommended for second-degree secondary school) | Coach Luisa Sajola | Register: on-line module
