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Mythos Challenge with Girls, Inc

Posted by Jeffrey Sens

· Wednesday, June 7th, 2017

For girls and youth enrolled in the Girls, Inc. Summer Institute. Please contact them directly to learn about their programs.

Join us for the STEAM House, a place for youth to become STEAM thinkers, creatives, and makers. At the week-long camps, youth learn about design thinking and interactivity with technology. We’ll build stories, code, art, animation, and more using open-source tools.

Create your own interactive story with Twine. Learn about advanced tools for author creation like Story Stylus.
Prototype a game or story with Scratch, a visual coding and animation tool. Learn about the many other tools available for creating and publishing games.
Publish your prototype and let your community play your creation.
Learn about the Mythos Challenge and how to enter for the Awards party!

Mythos Challenge with Girls, Inc

Posted by Jeffrey Sens

· Wednesday, June 7th, 2017

For girls and youth enrolled in the Girls, Inc. Summer Institute. Please contact them directly to learn about their programs.

Create your own interactive story with Twine. Learn about advanced tools for author creation like Story Stylus.
Prototype a game or story with Scratch, a visual coding and animation tool. Learn about the many other tools available for creating and publishing games.
Publish your prototype and let your community play your creation.
Learn about the Mythos Challenge and how to enter for the Awards party!

Stem Beyond School with Airways Science & TinkerCamp

Posted by Jeffrey Sens

· Wednesday, June 7th, 2017

For students enrolled with Airways Science for Kids. Please contact Airways to see if spaces are available.

As a site for the STEM Beyond School grants funded by the Oregon Department of Education, Pixel Arts is developing a community of practice for equity. Our question is how can educators collaborate to unpack our learning biases and create education opportunities that meet youth where they are?

Capitol Hill Library Summer Camp

Posted by Jeffrey Sens

· Monday, May 19th, 2014

Imagine New Worlds with Reading and Games

Have you ever wanted to create your own adventure story or a game you can play with friends?

Bringing games to life can be easy and fun! Join Pixel Arts for five days of fun, hands-on workshops to create tabletop and video games with your friends. We’ll draw, sketch, and design games inspired by your favorite books and your imagination.

You’ll be able to:
– Build your own game worlds using cards, paper, tiles, dice, and tokens
– Write a choose-your-own-adventure game with Twine – a game-making software
– Bring your game to life with SNAP – an easy to learn visual programming software
– Combine your projects or continue on with one of them in a free-for-all maker place
– Learn about game developer careers and local game spaces

At the end of the activities, share your games with friends online and at the library!

Registration required and participants are encouraged to attend all five sessions.