Media and Communication Arts

Get Wired to the Web

Categories: High School Kids, Media and Communication Arts, Middle School Kids, Week 1 (6/18 - 6/22), Week 2 (6/25 - 6/29), Week 3 (7/2-7/6), Week 4 (7/9-7/13), Week 5 (7/16-7/20), Week 6 (7/23-7/27), Week 7 (7/30-8/3)

Whether you sign-up for one week or all seven… this camp teaches you how to build a professional website “Live” on the Internet. Show family and friends. Set up colors, patterns and textures. Tweak images and text. Create a Lightbox and Image Gallery. Add Photos, Blogs, Animated Images, Newsletters and more. A website is a [...]

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iLife Journaling

Categories: Apple, Elementary School Kids, Media and Communication Arts, Week 3 (7/2-7/6)

Who do you want to be? A super hero? An underwater explorer? Create your world the way you want it to be. Draw, make movies and music, take photos – be creative and have fun making a journal using Apple’s iLife software. Learn about Mac applications such as iPhoto, GarageBand and iMovie! Learn how to use [...]

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Renaissance journaling

Categories: Elementary School Kids, Media and Communication Arts, Visual Arts, Week 7 (7/30-8/3)

Who do you want to be? A superhero? An underwater diver in an ocean? An explorer? Learn iMovie, GarageBand and iPhoto. Take photos, draw, write and film video using what is available. This is about creativity. Then copy that content into iLife on a computer. This class is about more than computers though—it is also [...]

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A Day in the Life of Cab: Communication Arts

Categories: Elementary School Kids, Media and Communication Arts, Week 1 (6/18 - 6/22)

In this week long camp, students will spend five days in the life of a Cab Major.  Areas covered will be Photography/Photo Editing, Digital Art and Graphic Design Basics, Media Literacy, Creative Writing, Script Writing, and Videography.  The course will conclude with a video production in combination with another camp. Share on Facebook

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Once Upon a Time…On-line

Categories: Defies Categories, Elementary School Kids, Media and Communication Arts, Visual Arts, Week 6 (7/23-7/27)

This class is designed for and will provide rules and guidelines on how to be smart in the digital age that we live in!  The class is structured like a story book that will gradually unfold throughout the week, with, of course, a happy ending! Involving both computers and hands on fun… create a collage of [...]

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Intro to Game Programming

Categories: Defies Categories, High School Kids, Media and Communication Arts, Middle School Kids, Week 5 (7/16-7/20), Week 6 (7/23-7/27)

This 2-week course will guide students in learning programming concepts through the creation of video games. (please see grade requirements above) This course will use the Java programming language with the Greenfoot API. No previous programming experience is necessary, but a talent for logic and abstract problem-solving will serve the student well. The course will [...]

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Traveling through animation on the Yellow Submarine

Categories: Adobe, High School Kids, Media and Communication Arts, Week 1 (6/18 - 6/22), Week 2 (6/25 - 6/29)

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!! This years camp has been extended to a 2 week class…. Learn how to use Cartoon and basic animation to create short videos, similar to the basic style used by the Beatles in their early videos.  Using starting tools such as Photoshop and illustrator, learn how to import them into final [...]

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Newspaper making class

Categories: Media and Communication Arts, Middle School Kids, Visual Arts, Week 4 (7/9-7/13)

“Read all about it! If you were in charge of the newspaper, what would you want to tell the world? Be your own Writer, Editor and designer…write our own articles and learn how to do a page layout…even your own print advertising. Remember, the pen is mightier than the sword!” The Kalmar Nyckel first sailed about 100 [...]

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DIGITAL FLIP BOOKS: Photography and Animation

Categories: High School Kids, Media and Communication Arts, Middle School Kids, Week 4 (7/9-7/13)

Interested in how to make an a short animated film using any digital camera, still or video?  Like flip books? Using legos, clay, actual people, cut up pieces of paper, a pen, a paint brush… anything you can think of… we will make very short animated sequences in iMovie and Final Cut Express/Pro using green [...]

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