Group: Summer Virtual Technology Camp 2009 Group
Members: 2279
Started: March 3, 2009
Category:
: learning path, summer camp
Access: Public/Open

Description

The 2009 FreshBrain Summer Virtual Technology Camp is NOW OVER.  The contests are CLOSED and prizes will be awarded as winners are selected.  The Learning Paths listed below are still available, and more Learning Paths will soon be available on the site!

Here's what you do.
  • Click on a Learning Path that looks like fun (you need to join the group).
  • Complete all Activities to earn a Badge (found under the Activity Tab).
  • Ready for something harder?  Try the Challenge Activity after you finish the Learning Path!
  • Do it again!
 Badge Learning Path
2009 Summer Camp Challenge Prizes
Make a 3D Video GameLaptop, iPod & Ed Hardy Swag
Build a Mobile Phone App (using Google Android)G1™ Mobile Phones & Coin (up to $500)
Building Flashy Websites with JavaFXBig money (up to $1500)
Learn Java ProgrammingBucks ($500, $250, $100)
Make Exceptional VideosDollars & Kahuna Creations Stuff
Digital Graphics Lab

Money, Giant Campus & Vertigo Prizes

Animation ExplorationBank & Skullcandy Gear
Mix It, Mash It, Make Your Own MusicDough & Skullcandy Gear

Progress Update 3/16/09

Lots of good progress this week on the Summer Virtual Technology Camp 2009.  Here are a learning path related highlights.

  • Continued progress defining the 3D Video Gaming learning path with the Wild Pockets team.
  • Met with two teams at Sun. The Zembly team will be working with us to create a Build a Facebook Application learning path.  And the JavaFX team what will be helping us to create a Rich Internet Application learning path.  NOTE THESE NAMES MIGHT CHANGE.
  • Met with one of the art directors from PDI / Dreamworks.  They will be helping us with some kind of Animation learning path.
  • Made contact with a couple of other companies to support the creation of additional learning paths.  One is Sound in Motion (obviously about a music related learning path) and WiX about a learning path related to creating a website.

We also spend Saturday at the San Francisco Summer Camp Fair.  It is clear that we are timely with a FREE summer camp for teens.

And last thing.  We created a survey to help us to insure that the summer camp is exactly what our teens are looking for.  Please click HERE to participate.

Thanks for your interest!

Comments (3)

#1 March 26, 2009 at 11:51 am - by namtsu
Just want to point out a wiki page on how to create a functional facebook app from templates: http://wiki.zembly.com/wiki/Creating_a_Simple_Facebook_Application Don't let the document length (mostly graphics) prevents you from jumping right in. Go to http://zembly.com and create something, you would get a functional facebook app or widget in no time.
#2 March 22, 2009 at 11:57 pm - by headbrain
She is a bit too young for our camp.  But we will take a look at Sketchup and Alice.  Still trying to round out our learning paths.
#3 March 21, 2009 at 1:42 am - by romagen
I am looking for a camp for my daughter to learn and practice using Google Sketchup. She is only 9 years old, but I see her ready for it. What are the chances of FreshBrain offering it?