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Offered Weeks 1 - 5
Offered Weeks 2 - 5
Offered Weeks 2 & 4
Offered Weeks 3 & 5
New Course for 2009! NEW this year!
Gym course. Wear clean, non-marking gym shoes! Wear clean, non-marking running shoes!
Outdoor course. Dress appropriately and bring sunscreen!  Outdoor course, dress appropriately and bring sunscreen!
Can be messy! Don't wear good clothes. Can be messy! Don't wear good clothes.


C 1: www.miniu

 

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Take your Internet knowledge to a new level: email, music, kid’s sites and more. You’ll even make your very own web page in this introductory course.

Offered weeks 1 - 5.

 

C 2: Computer Animation

 

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Make a “stop-motion animation” using clay, a webcam and your own creativity. You can even include your own sound effects.

Slot 4 - weeks 2 & 4, Slot 5 - weeks 1 - 5.

 

C 3/FA 8: Digital Photography

 

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Learn how to get the most out of a digital camera. Compose, capture, edit, enhance and just experiment with pictures on the computer.

Offered weeks 1 - 5.

 

C 4/FA 9: Graphic Art

 

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Computers and art combined. It’s amazing what you can do with graphics software on the computer. Join in and unleash your imagination!

Offered weeks 2 - 5.

 

C 5/FA 10: Video Editing

 

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If you want to get into the technical end of making videos, then this is the course for you. You can play around with your very own video clips and music slideshows on the computer.

Offered weeks 1 - 5.

 

C 6: Advanced Computers

 

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An advanced course for enthusiasts who want to take their software knowledge and creativity to a new level with the guidance of our expert instructors. Explore artifical life, physics simulators and other cool programs you can download for free at home.

Offered weeks 2 - 5.

 

C 7: Computer Games

 

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Come and play computer games for 50 minutes. You’ll have fun and you may even learn something!

Offered weeks 2 - 5.

 

SrC 1: Game Programming

 

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Create your own simple video game using MIT’s “Scratch”; take it home and show it off to your friends! This is an advanced computer course. Programming games involves a lot of focus and patience, but the testing is fun!

Offered weeks 2 - 5.