Meet Sydney @sxswedu 🌵 in Austin this week! Sydney arrived at her #neuroscience major @barnardcollege through a novel #STEM pathway—#gamedev 👾 This panel of women demonstrates how early experiences in game development propel a new class of creators across all STEM fields. Creative technology #pedagogy in Urban Arts' after-school game design program—complete with coding, animation, storytelling & music—leads students to pursue multidisciplinary college degrees. Leveling Up: Game Design Pathways to College & Career, centering student voices in STEM. March 6, 10:00am – 11:00am CT Austin Convention Center Room 8ABC This surprising approach is moving the needle for computer science education access, economic mobility as well as the future of industry. #StudentVoices #SXSWEDU2025 #STEAM #gamechangersstarthere #FreeCodingProgram #FreeGameDesign #STEMAccess @asugsvsummit @InfyFoundation @EdSurge @TexasTribune @AustinChronicle @chronicle #thisweek

This #SummerCamp we launched 100 new game designers. Hello to Kai, a brand new creator. “The game that my group did was called Timid Times. Specifically, I did the programming.” Did you know how to do programming before you got to Urban Arts? “I had some experience, but not with the C# language. I did #Java. When it comes to specific scenes and how those would work—that’s where I would actually design.” Do you consider yourself a creative person? “If I am creative, it's usually a small burst over a long period of time. So I could have a creative spark one day, and then I wouldn't have one for a good three, four months. But usually whenever I can think of something creative, I've been told that it's really good.” “I'm going to be in my senior year. I have the most credits out of everyone in my school. I already had one personal statement drafted, but Joelle (Urban Arts' Director of Post-Secondary Success) gave me some meaningful feedback to help me through.” You seem very ambitious and organized! “Organized, no. I'm quite chaotic.” Do you have a #favoritevideogame? “My favorite games were back on my @NintendoAmerica #Wii—@@DB_official_en #Budokai #Tenkaichi.” #summercamp #newcontentcreator #creativeofcolor #gamedeveloper #newgamedesigner #myfirstgame #learningcode #freecodingprogram #compsciforall #StopBullying

We're so proud of our students at #Ticonderoga who used a #freecodingprogram and completed over one hour of coding last week! This week's goal is to publish their first attempt at coding a game. Keep up the amazing work 💻🎉 #STEMDay #STEMeducation #stemlearning #codingchallenge

Our #ProjectCode Spring 2018 Phase 1 classes have sold out in less than 10 minutes. Phase 2 still has some seats left. Be sure to secure your seat before they are sold out !!! #coding #freecodingprogram #nypl @nypl #Programming #code #coders