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Engaging Them To Ask Why and How?












                     DONT PLAY GAMES Continued



                     Many of today’s operating systems, system drivers, browsers and                                                                    The class also introduced students to concepts such as Succeeding


                     games use C++ as their core language. This makes C++ one of                                                                        after Failure and Leadership through Goal Realization and Planning


                     the most popular languages today. Many consider C++ Coding                                                                         rather than hype.


                     as one of the essential High Level Languages, paving the way


                     to  an  invaluable,  future  proof  career  in  not  only  Gaming  but                                                             The  curriculum  was  written  by  Cleveland  native  Joddy  Eric


                     Healthcare, Manufacturing, Defense and Banking Industries.                                                                         Matthews,  Founder  of  MadWerkz  Studios,  a  Cleveland  based


                                                                                                                                                        Content boutique which has worked on many of the latest game


                     This multi-week class introduced students to Coding using Game                                                                     titles for the Xbox and PlayStation consoles. Matthews is also an


                     Assets. This is accomplished in EPIC GAMES Unreal Engine, the                                                                      award-winning  director,  cinematographer,  editor  and  VFX  artist


                     Game Engine behind FORTNITE™, Paragon™ and HellBlade™.                                                                             with several projects on Netflix along with commercials for Dow


                                                                                                                                                        Chemical, General Motors and Toyoto. He is also a certified Nvidia
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             CODING                                                                                                                                                                                                         THE HUMAN SPIRIT                      24
                                                                                                                                                        Developer, Adobe and Amazon AR/VR Consultant.



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