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DMA Expands to Five New Prestigious Locations for Summer 2008

DMA today announced its new Summer 2008 schedule with five new locations: University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA; University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI; Loyola University in Chicago, IL; University of California, Berkeley; and The Claremont Colleges in southern California. DMA offers digital media courses in over twenty-five topics, including game design, 3D animation, web design, robotics and video production.

Digital Media Academy courses are geared toward every age group and level. Digital Media Adventures offers day and overnight camps for kids age 9-13. The Computer Camp for Teens is geared for teens seeking cutting-edge instruction in a dynamic college environment. Educator-Specific Courses inspire educators to incorporate technology in the classroom through hands-on, standards-based projects. Pro-Series Courses are for creative professionals searching for outstanding instruction and digital media expertise.

DMA Announces a Program for Kids Ages 9-13 for Summer 2007

DMA is pleased to announce Digital Media Adventures, a summer camp for kids ages 9-13 – to bring the same level of uncompromising excellence to younger learners. Digital Media Adventures will run from June 25-August 24 with four course topics to choose from each week: Game Creation, Filmmaking, Web Design and Robotics. Digital Media Adventures will feature state-of-the-art technology, passionate instructors and small class sizes. Unlike Digital Media Academy, more emphais will be put on a balanced experience with plenty of out-of-class organized fun. Digital Media Adventures will be held exclusively at Stanford University.

DMA Adds University of California, San Diego for Summer 2007

DMA has added the University of San Diego as a destination program for summer 2007. Much like its Stanford and University of Texas programs, DMA will offer a wide variety of courses appealing to adult-learners and educators and will also offer a summer camp for teens. On-campus housing and dining will be available for adults and a full summer camp program will be offered for teens that includes organized evening and weekend activites.

Dean Mermell Publishes A Digital Storyteller's Handbook

Digital Media Academy instructor and award-winning filmmaker Dean Mermell has announced the publication of A Digital Storyteller's Handbook. Sections of the book will be used as the text for DMA's Digital Storytelling course this summer at Stanford University. The book contains valuable information, including: how to get ready for editing, working with an editor, what to expect in post-production, how to work with a cast and crew, how to buy a video camera and much more.

DMA Announces Courses in Partnership with the Alameda County Office of Education

In partnership with the Educational Technology Department in Alameda County, DMA will offer several of its courses at the County Office in Hayward, California over a four week period from July 17 to August 11, 2006. Course offerings will predominately serve K-12 teachers and will include iLife Bootcamp and Creating Curriculum with Adobe Tools. DMA will also offer a Digital Storytelling course open to all. Details will be posted on the DMA website in mid January, 2006.

DMA Announces Sports & Media Program for Teens and College Students for Summer 2006

Building on a very successful Extreme Sports Video Production course in 2005, DMA has announced a Sports & Media Program for 2006 that will include two new courses, Skateboarding & Videography and Extreme Sports Video Production II. Both of these exciting new course will give teens and college students an opportunity to work alongside professional extreme sports atheletes and professional videographers and video editors. Sports & Media courses are offered at Stanford University and are open to high school and college age students.

DMA Game Design Program Expanded for Summer 2006

In summer 2004, DMA partnered with Discreet to offer a series of game design summer computer camps aimed at teens wanting a professional yet fun experience. The summer camps sold out and were a huge success!

Responding to overwhelming demand, in 2005 DMA added a game design programming camp and a 3-week advanced game design camp. All game design camps featured Discreet’s award-winning 3ds max, the best-selling game creation software on the market, used to create games for both the PC and game consoles like the Sony PlayStation® 2, Nintendo® GameCube and Microsoft® Xbox.

For summer 2006, DMA has expanded their game design training for teens with the addition of Programming for Game Design II and Game Modding. Teens may also participate in the professional level Maya certification program. Teens can take a series of four Maya courses (Maya I, Maya II, Maya III and Maya IV) to gain certification.

Sign up early, these popular computer camps will sell out!