((PKG)) KIDS CREATING VIDEO GAMES
((Banner: Learning Young))
((Reporter: Faiza Elmasry))
((Camera & Editor: Mike Burke))
((Map: Burke, Virginia))
((NATS coding))
((Ethan, Coder))
My name is Ethan. I am 10 years old. I worked on some
robots and a game. It’s kind of difficult. I hope I can make
five or to seven games by the end of this week.
((NATS coding))
((Jessica Lopez, Owner - Code Ninjas, Burke))
Code Ninjas is a (for profit franchise) center where children,
ages seven through fourteen, learn how to code. We want
to leverage screen time and make it productive. Kids love
video games. That’s why we have built our curriculum
around learning how to code. By building video games, the
kids are engaged.
((NATS coding: Up to jump.))
((Jessica Lopez, Owner - Code Ninjas, Burke))
And when they’re engaged and having fun, they’re going to
learn.
((NATS coding: Okay, let’s see it.))
((Jessica Lopez, Owner - Code Ninjas, Burke))
We also had a drone station where the drones were being
coded so that they would code the flight path, test it out
through the hoops and then adjust as necessary.
((NATS coding))
((Jessica Lopez, Owner - Code Ninjas, Burke))
Our Code Senseis (teachers) have a variety of
background. The first thing that we look for is that they are
good with children.
((NATS coding: Aw, that looks awesome.))
((Andrea Hatcher, Coding Sensei - Code Ninjas, Burke))
My name is Andrea Hatcher. I am a Code Sensei here.
((NATS coding: It’s a real traffic light.))
((Andrea Hatcher, Coding Sensei - Code Ninjas, Burke))
I am a junior at Penn State (University), studying
cybersecurity.
((NATS coding: There you go.))
((Andrea Hatcher, Coding Sensei - Code Ninjas, Burke))
Girls are something in STEM (Science, Technology,
Engineering and Math) that I’m very, very passionate about,
always have been. And the girls, you know, they stay with
the boys. They love it. The cyber and technology field is the
fastest growing industry in the world. The United States is
far behind it. The earlier you learn, the more time you have
to develop and hone-in those skills. And at this age is when
they are really soaking up information like a sponge.
((NATS coding))
((Jessica Lopez, Owner - Code Ninjas, Burke))
Parents are happy because the kids are happy and at the
end, they are able to able to show mom and dad what they
built.
((Amanda, Marianne’s Mother))
I have an eight-year-old daughter Marion, who has been coming
to Code Ninjas for a bit now. Last week, she created a video
game where her creative dinosaur would follow the mouse around
and catch the mouse. So, each week she is creating video
games on a very small scale that will eventually build to more
advanced. Coding would be a very useful skill for her to see the
back end of the video games that she loves playing and help her
kind of formulate the necessary skill set to see if that is something
that she wants to do. She’s only eight. So, it’s really fun right
now.
((NATS coding))
((Banner: Learning Young))
((Reporter: Faiza Elmasry))
((Camera & Editor: Mike Burke))
((Map: Burke, Virginia))
((NATS coding))
((Ethan, Coder))
My name is Ethan. I am 10 years old. I worked on some
robots and a game. It’s kind of difficult. I hope I can make
five or to seven games by the end of this week.
((NATS coding))
((Jessica Lopez, Owner - Code Ninjas, Burke))
Code Ninjas is a (for profit franchise) center where children,
ages seven through fourteen, learn how to code. We want
to leverage screen time and make it productive. Kids love
video games. That’s why we have built our curriculum
around learning how to code. By building video games, the
kids are engaged.
((NATS coding: Up to jump.))
((Jessica Lopez, Owner - Code Ninjas, Burke))
And when they’re engaged and having fun, they’re going to
learn.
((NATS coding: Okay, let’s see it.))
((Jessica Lopez, Owner - Code Ninjas, Burke))
We also had a drone station where the drones were being
coded so that they would code the flight path, test it out
through the hoops and then adjust as necessary.
((NATS coding))
((Jessica Lopez, Owner - Code Ninjas, Burke))
Our Code Senseis (teachers) have a variety of
background. The first thing that we look for is that they are
good with children.
((NATS coding: Aw, that looks awesome.))
((Andrea Hatcher, Coding Sensei - Code Ninjas, Burke))
My name is Andrea Hatcher. I am a Code Sensei here.
((NATS coding: It’s a real traffic light.))
((Andrea Hatcher, Coding Sensei - Code Ninjas, Burke))
I am a junior at Penn State (University), studying
cybersecurity.
((NATS coding: There you go.))
((Andrea Hatcher, Coding Sensei - Code Ninjas, Burke))
Girls are something in STEM (Science, Technology,
Engineering and Math) that I’m very, very passionate about,
always have been. And the girls, you know, they stay with
the boys. They love it. The cyber and technology field is the
fastest growing industry in the world. The United States is
far behind it. The earlier you learn, the more time you have
to develop and hone-in those skills. And at this age is when
they are really soaking up information like a sponge.
((NATS coding))
((Jessica Lopez, Owner - Code Ninjas, Burke))
Parents are happy because the kids are happy and at the
end, they are able to able to show mom and dad what they
built.
((Amanda, Marianne’s Mother))
I have an eight-year-old daughter Marion, who has been coming
to Code Ninjas for a bit now. Last week, she created a video
game where her creative dinosaur would follow the mouse around
and catch the mouse. So, each week she is creating video
games on a very small scale that will eventually build to more
advanced. Coding would be a very useful skill for her to see the
back end of the video games that she loves playing and help her
kind of formulate the necessary skill set to see if that is something
that she wants to do. She’s only eight. So, it’s really fun right
now.
((NATS coding))
