<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Don:<div><br></div><div>My son (14) is interested in the academy (DMA) below that you referenced. It's highly regarded and already completely booked out here in So Cal. I was going to send my son but am stuck with a waiting list.</div><div><br></div><div>There is also:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.internaldrive.com/">http://www.internaldrive.com/</a></div><div><br></div><div>which is also sold out and highly popular.</div><div><br></div><div>I've checked local Junior Colleges (Visual Basic or Intro to Java) and those are fully booked for summer as well. Anyone else have suggested companies or programs for classroom based training?</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://Code.org">Code.org</a> has some good stuff through codeacademy as well.<br><div>
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<br><div><div>On May 11, 2013, at 1:53 PM, Don Slater wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div>Online education has its place, but it is not a cure all, and will not work for all learners… You make some valid points, but there are a lot of reasons why people choose to send their children to camps, especially during the summer… I will only highlight a couple… Camps on college universities allow students to start experiencing the college experience, to check out what it is like to be part of a college that they are interested in attending, to allow college faulty and admissions officers to et to know the student, so that when an admissions package shows up from that student, the student has work form that college in the portfolio, possibly a recommendation, at least a face to go along with the name.<br><br>Thanks,<br>Don Slater<br><br>On May 10, 2013, at 12:38 PM, "Gamez, Enrique A (3012)" <<a href="mailto:enrique.a.gamez@jpl.nasa.gov">enrique.a.gamez@jpl.nasa.gov</a>> wrote:<br><br><blockquote type="cite">Not to alienate anybody, but I'm a big fan of on-line education -- that's<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">why I was originally attracted to "Alice" in the first place.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">At $1K/week, I'd rather steer more kids interested in these same technical<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">topics to either iTunes U or, if they need a bit more feedback, fxPHD<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">(which is much cheaper with eminently qualified instructors). The video<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">podcasts by Standford Univ. on iTunes U are my favorite for free iOS<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">development training, for example. They provide the fundamentals although<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">the more advanced videos are somewhat dated now. There's about 30 hrs of<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">free instruction! fxPHD is more based on the creative digital arts than<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">on programming, but at much less cost provides homework review by the<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">instructors. I'd also look through the MIT OpenCourseware catalog for<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">those teens who are self-motivated.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">MIT OCW = <a href="http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm">http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm</a><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">fxPHD = <a href="https://www.fxphd.com/fxphd/courseInfo.php">https://www.fxphd.com/fxphd/courseInfo.php</a><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">iTunes U = <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/genre/itunes-u/id40000000?mt=10">https://itunes.apple.com/us/genre/itunes-u/id40000000?mt=10</a><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">You don't need an iPad to take iTunes U courses but if you do have access<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">to one, teachers(!) can create content:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><a href="http://www.apple.com/education/itunes-u/">http://www.apple.com/education/itunes-u/</a><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Cheers,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">-enrique<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">On 5/10/13 3:54 AM, "Don Slater" <<a href="mailto:dslater@andrew.cmu.edu">dslater@andrew.cmu.edu</a>> wrote:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">A friend of mine was asking about Digital Media Academy for her high<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">school age son.<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="http://www.digitalmediaacademy.org">http://www.digitalmediaacademy.org</a><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Does any one have any thoughts / experience with this group?<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Thank you,<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Don Slater<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">_______________________________________________<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">alice-teachers mailing list<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><a href="mailto:alice-teachers@lists.andrew.cmu.edu">alice-teachers@lists.andrew.cmu.edu</a><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><a href="https://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/mailman/listinfo/alice-teachers">https://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/mailman/listinfo/alice-teachers</a><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">_______________________________________________<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">alice-teachers mailing list<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><a href="mailto:alice-teachers@lists.andrew.cmu.edu">alice-teachers@lists.andrew.cmu.edu</a><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><a href="https://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/mailman/listinfo/alice-teachers">https://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/mailman/listinfo/alice-teachers</a><br></blockquote><br>_______________________________________________<br>alice-teachers mailing list<br><a href="mailto:alice-teachers@lists.andrew.cmu.edu">alice-teachers@lists.andrew.cmu.edu</a><br>https://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/mailman/listinfo/alice-teachers<br></div></div><br></div></body></html>