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Camp Teaches Kids to Make VideogamesVideoGame.Net announced today the VideoGame.Net Experience 2004, a series of interactive summer camps focused on teaching kids in 6th through 12th grades how to make video games.
The VideoGame.Net Experience was conceived by Ed Fleming, President and Founder of VideoGame.Net, as an educational and entertaining program designed to help kids get more from their academic learning experiences. Started as a summer camp at Penn State Great Valley in 2003, the VideoGame.Net Experience has grown into a year-round program at six university campuses.
The VideoGame.Net Experience provides gamers first-hand experience with the tools needed to develop video games. The courses teach gamers how to use Flash, Photoshop, Game Maker and other software for designing web-based games. Beginning in the fall of 2004, VideoGame.Net and the universities will expand the program to offer 3D game design courses, video game journalism and engineering.
While the VideoGame.Net Experience focuses on teaching students about video game development and design, it also provides a mechanism to teach kids additional skills. "In addition to teaching what is involved in making video games, the program also focuses on writing skills, critical thinking, presentations, sciences and math concepts," said Susan Fleming, Vice President of Curriculum Development.
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