Yesterday was an exciting day for 16 talented young game designers
from across the country as the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame
Workshop and E-Line Media announced the middle school and high school
student winners of the 2013 National STEM Video Game Challenge. Microsoft is pleased to support this initiative for the third year in a row. Inspired by President Obama’s “Educate to Innovate Campaign,”
the competition aims to motivate interest in science, technology,
engineering and math (STEM) among students in grades 5-12 by tapping
into their enthusiasm for playing and making video games.
Nearly 4,000 middle school and high school students submitted video games to the Challenge this year. While many students chose to create games using platforms such as Kodu, many students chose to learn to code manually and use more complicated programs, such as Unity, a professional grade game design software package.
Last year's National STEM Challenge Winners at the Award Ceremony in Washington, DC.
The number of entries and sophistication of the games are not the only record-breaking aspects of the 2013 Challenge – this year, the Challenge also invested a significant amount of time and effort to expand the impact in several key areas:
Nearly 4,000 middle school and high school students submitted video games to the Challenge this year. While many students chose to create games using platforms such as Kodu, many students chose to learn to code manually and use more complicated programs, such as Unity, a professional grade game design software package.
Last year's National STEM Challenge Winners at the Award Ceremony in Washington, DC.
The number of entries and sophistication of the games are not the only record-breaking aspects of the 2013 Challenge – this year, the Challenge also invested a significant amount of time and effort to expand the impact in several key areas:
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