“When I grow up, I want to be a software developer.”
U.S. chief technical officer Aneesh Chopra on Wednesday announced the winners of the National STEM Video Game Challenge, a competition for primary school-aged kids to develop educational video games for their peers.
The point of the competition is to motivate interest in the STEM fields: science, technology, engineering, and math.
There were two separate competitions: one for students, and one for experienced developers. The 12 winners of the student competition — in grades 5 through 8 — were selected for their original game designs from a pool of more than 500 entries.
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Author: Andrew Nusca
