Here is a quick overview of the projects that you will make and the resources to help you make those projects.
You will also create your own Google Site, to showcase a portfolio website of your work.
For our first project, you will have a chance to explore Flowlab and get an overview of how you can create your own games. More info about Flowlab coming soon!
With our Intro to Twine project, we will dive deeper into story development and making meaningful choices. More info about Twine coming in Week 2!
For this Media Campaign Project, we will work as a team to create materials to promote our final showcase on Day 20. More info about this project coming in Week 3!
These are some screenshots of some games previously completed by TKU students with Flowlab.
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Tech Kids Unlimited is partnering with the National Science Foundation to bring you a workshop on developing game design and employment skills over the course of four weeks.
Tech Kids Unlimited is on a mission to empower neurodiverse students’ lives through computer science and technology skills. A NYC-based not-for-profit educational organization, TKU inspires digital natives with disabilities to create, develop, and share the tools of technology in a supportive and nurturing individualized environment. By addressing gaps in access to accessible educational experiences with technology, TKU strives to change the paradigm for education and employment for neurodiverse students.
For more information about the programs we offer, please visit our website: https://www.techkidsunlimited.org/
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 "to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense..." NSF is vital because we support basic research and people to create knowledge that transforms the future.
Learn more at https://www.nsf.gov/