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What Can Kids Learn from a Video Game?
Welcome to the home of VIDEO GAME CAMP at JJC. Joliet Junior College offers a Video Game Camp designed to teach kids the principles of game design and systems thinking in a highly engaging and fun environment.
Camp "sessions" offered during the summer are four days long with 12 hours of instruction. Camp "sessions" offered during the fall and spring terms are taught over two weekends and offer 6 hours of instruction.
Camp "sessions" offered during the summer are four days long with 12 hours of instruction. Camp "sessions" offered during the fall and spring terms are taught over two weekends and offer 6 hours of instruction.
During JJC's Video Game Camp, students use an online game building system. This system is called, Gamestar Mechanic. This is a Flash based systems that require no coding or program skills.
Building video games helps to foster critical 21st century skills such as systems thinking, problem solving, creativity, collaboration, digital media literacies and a motivation for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) learning. All these are skills that are increasingly important in a highly-networked, digital, rapidly evolving 21st century world.
Beyond their value as entertainment, digital games and game-making tools are key entry points for many young people into digital literacy, online social communities and tech-savvy identities. A game designer must be a socio-technical engineer, thinking about how people will interact with the game and how the game will shape both competitive and collaborative social interactions.
Building video games helps to foster critical 21st century skills such as systems thinking, problem solving, creativity, collaboration, digital media literacies and a motivation for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) learning. All these are skills that are increasingly important in a highly-networked, digital, rapidly evolving 21st century world.
Beyond their value as entertainment, digital games and game-making tools are key entry points for many young people into digital literacy, online social communities and tech-savvy identities. A game designer must be a socio-technical engineer, thinking about how people will interact with the game and how the game will shape both competitive and collaborative social interactions.
NOTE: Joliet Junior College does not directly endorse any software program or product. JJC can not give any advice about which software programs to use, or purchase. Parents are responsible for monitoring their children’s safe use of online gaming systems.