{"id":28583,"date":"2020-03-13T12:00:23","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T17:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=28583"},"modified":"2020-03-13T11:06:38","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T16:06:38","slug":"austin-peay-state-university-helps-clarksville-academy-high-school-with-coding-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2020\/03\/13\/austin-peay-state-university-helps-clarksville-academy-high-school-with-coding-camp\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Peay State University helps Clarksville Academy High School with Coding Camp"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AustinClarksville, TN<\/strong> – The Austin Peay State University (APSU) Department of Computer Science and Information Technology worked with Clarksville Academy to offer a two-week custom camp in January to 12 students.<\/p>\n

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Clarksville Academy students worked on Unity C# during their custom camp. (APSU)<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u201cClarksville Academy approached us last April, and they wanted to have a credit-carrying high school class,\u201d department Chair Dr. Leong Lee said. \u201cThey asked if we could customize a camp for them.\u201d <\/p>\n

APSU students Amanda McNair and Hetvi Patel led the camp instruction, and Associate Professor Dr. James Church provided the class framework and materials. <\/p>\n

\u201cThese materials are good enough for a university-level class,\u201d Lee said.<\/p>\n

The students worked with Unity C#, a popular game development engine, to build computer games. Unity is the engine behind such games as \u201cThe Elder Scrolls: Legends,\u201d \u201cPokemon Go\u201d and \u201cSuper Mario Run.\u201d <\/p>\n

The camps ran from 8:00am-3:00pm Monday-Friday during winter break.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt went really, really well,\u201d Church said. \u201cI\u2019m so happy and I thank Amanda and Hetvi for doing just perfectly.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese camps, they can be for anybody,\u201d he added. \u201cYou want to do a camp for your Boy Scout troop, your Girl Scout troop? We can do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

To learn more<\/h3>\n