![]() Since the summer of 2009, I have been interning for one of my computer science professors, Diana Franklin, on a new project called Animal Tlatoque. The project is intended to expose underrepresented groups in computer science, such as Latinos and women, to computer science at an early age through an outreach program related to endangered species in Mesoamerica. Last summer another intern and I began implementing the foundation to Animal Tlatoque. We began implementing the main website, created stories and tutorials, and gathered information that the students used during the camp. In particular, some of my bigger contributions were creating the main logo for the project and learning MySQL, PHP, and CakePHP to help contribute to the main website. In addition, I learned JavaScript to develop a full web based 2-D scrolling game, similar to Super Mario, where the students can add pictures of their assigned animals to and play with their animal in the game. Link to MY GAME for the program: http://foo.cs.ucsb.edu/alejandro/vpet/games/habitat#
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