alice-teacher Digital Media Academy?

[Don Slater]

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.

Thanks,
Don Slater

On May 10, 2013, at 12:38 PM, "Gamez, Enrique A (3012)" <enrique.a.gamez at jpl.nasa.gov> wrote:

> Not to alienate anybody, but I'm a big fan of on-line education -- that's
> why I was originally attracted to "Alice" in the first place.
> 
> At $1K/week, I'd rather steer more kids interested in these same technical
> topics to either iTunes U or, if they need a bit more feedback, fxPHD
> (which is much cheaper with eminently qualified instructors).  The video
> podcasts by Standford Univ. on iTunes U are my favorite for free iOS
> development training, for example.  They provide the fundamentals although
> the more advanced videos are somewhat dated now.  There's about 30 hrs of
> free instruction!  fxPHD is more based on the creative digital arts than
> on programming, but at much less cost provides homework review by the
> instructors.  I'd also look through the MIT OpenCourseware catalog for
> those teens who are self-motivated.
> 
> MIT OCW = http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm
> fxPHD = https://www.fxphd.com/fxphd/courseInfo.php
> iTunes U = https://itunes.apple.com/us/genre/itunes-u/id40000000?mt=10
> 
> You don't need an iPad to take iTunes U courses but if you do have access
> to one, teachers(!) can create content:
> http://www.apple.com/education/itunes-u/
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> -enrique
> 
> 
> On 5/10/13 3:54 AM, "Don Slater" <dslater at andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:
> 
>> A friend of mine was asking about Digital Media Academy for her high
>> school age son.
>> 
>> 	http://www.digitalmediaacademy.org
>> 
>> Does any one have any thoughts / experience with this group?
>> 
>> Thank you,
>> Don Slater
>> 
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