BWiC Gaming Workshop

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The BWiC Gaming Workshop is a one-day game development workshop. The workshop will be taught by developers from Hidden Level Games (HLG), a New York-based game and software company. 40 high school students will develop their own fully-functional, interactive video game using HLG’s game development software, " Beta The Game", and learn coding through #CodePop, a "tweet-sized" programming language. The purpose of this workshop is to increase students’ interest in computer science and programming, to promote education and careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), and to support historically under-served and underrepresented students with limited opportunities or access to resources in these areas. This workshop is geared toward students with no prior experience in computer science or programming. The BWiC Gaming Workshop is being offered free of charge to students.

We're looking for volunteers to assist with registration, tech support, as teaching assistants and other tasks to facilitate the workshop.

VOLUNTEER JOB DESCRIPTIONS:

• Tech support ­ - check software on machines make sure everything’s up and running when the students get ready to start (will occur 8­-9 AM during setup and check­in)
• Media support -­ setup & test audio/visual equipment for all presentations (will occur during setup and throughout the day ­consult facility staff for assistance)
• Teaching Assistant (All)­ - facilitate the workshop, answer student’s questions, help debug code. This will be the primary job duty for all volunteers. Other volunteer roles will be secondary and as needed.
• Registration (will occur 8-­9 AM) - assemble bags and lanyards during setup (if not already completed); greeters will direct traffic to check­in tables and be available to answer questions from students/parents about where to go; check names on a roster, keep track of stand­bys and hand out name tags, distribute swag bag ( includes workshop materials and schedules) and tshirt
• Chaperones - (1 guy, 1 gal) ­throughout the day as needed
• Meals ­- Be available to accept and setup food delivery. Facilitate student groups to and from breakfast and lunch area as needed (will occur during registration and lunch)
• Closing & Cleanup (All)