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Year 7 Digital Technology

Term 3, Week 3, Monday (4/8/2025)

What are we learning today?

Describe developments in game controller technology
Identify and describe careers in the game industry

What are we doing today to learn it?

The original Atari joystick

The Magnavox Odyssey

The Intellivision

The original Nintendo NES

The original PlayStation

The Microsoft Sidewinder Gamepad

The Playstation Dual Shock

The Nintendo Wii

The Steam controller

The Nintendo Switch

Skylanders portal

Lego Dimensions

Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit

Flight and racing simulators

Brainstorm different careers in the computer gaming industry

Choose one of these careers and research it using the supplied worksheet

The creation of Minecraft

Research “Notch” (Markus Persson) of Minecraft fame.

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