As appeared in the Plano Star Courier – Designing the next great video game
July 19, 2011
By Bill Conrad
PLANO — Video games ranging from Rock Paper Scissors to Call of Duty clones were created during last week’s iD Tech Camp.
Plano ISD students Robert Zhu and Sterling Chambers were just two of the young video game designers who attended the camp, where campers learned everything from basic programming to video editing.
“We use technology to teach the kids how to design video games and learn basic programming using languages such as C++,” said Olympia Thomas, camp director. “One new thing we are doing is our iPhone app classes. The kids are able to program an iPhone app. The kids can create them at a very young age, beginning at 7 years old.”
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July 19th, 2011
Posted in: iD In The News, Southern Methodist University, St. Edward’s University, Trinity University





