Dozens of area middle schoolers already have taken advantage of the summer’s Google-supported coding camps at Austin Peay State University.
Currently, the campers are in two camps – a morning camp, where they learn how to build their own websites, and an afternoon camp, where they learn how to make their own video games. But Austin Peay also is offering upcoming camps for middle and high schoolers to learn how to program in the popular game “Minecraft.” And high schoolers also will get a chance to learn website building and video game making.
“Everything has been really fun this week,” said Dot Rojas, who will be an eighth-grader in the fall. “They make it, I think intuitive is the best word to use, and everything has gone fairly smoothly. It…