Children Learn a New Way to Play at Summer Camp That Teaches Tech

Rachael King:

Eight-year-old Daniel Katari isn't just playing computers games this summer--he's making them too.

Daniel, who will enter third grade in the fall, built five computer games within a week last month. He did this at iD Tech Camp, which specializes in teaching kids ages 7 to 18 everything from 3D modeling and animation to Web design and programming in C++. Daniel spent a week at the camp at Saint Mary's College of California in Moraga.

"The best part is playing the games and seeing how they're all put together," says Daniel, who named one of his new creations Brick Braker II. Next summer, he says, he would like to enroll in a session for game design for the iPhone and iPad, which his 12-year-old brother, Michael, just completed.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at July 5, 2012 10:27 AM
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