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Monday, December 25, 2006 10:24:37 PM
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"The Gameboy, the Gameboy color, the Gameboy Advance, the Gameboy SP, the Gamecube, the N-64, I could just name them all off," 15-year-old Sandy Cameron said. 

And the list goes on.

Fifteen-year-old Sandy Cameron can tell you anything you want to know about video games.

"I am a video gamer at heart," Cameron said. "I love video games."

That's why her grandparents signed her up for the Girls and Gaming workshop.

The four-week seminar gives girls a chance to create a video game and walk away with their prototype.

"It's very affirming for the girls to be with other girls who have a shared passion for gaming," Full Sail Instructor Pauline Pedersen said.

That's an even better reason this program is good for girls.

Look around me. Here at Full Sail, more than 500 students are working towards a gaming degree, but only 12 of them are females.

Pedersen said, "Game companies want females but they just don't know how to connect with them."

But the Orlando Science Center and Full Sail figured it out. Give girls a glimpse into the industry and they will consider it as a career choice.

"I play some of these video games and they are so awesome, and I'm wondering 'how do they get all of that stuff?'" Cameron said. "Cause I know computers are dumb. They are not going to be able to get computers to learn all that."

Now she knows it all for herself and she's more than happy to have the experience.

"It's awesome," Cameron said. "I am amongst my peoples."

That's a look at Your Kids,

I'm Lauren Johnson, Central Florida News 13.

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