Game Design Camp in Boston and Silicon Valley

Dates: July 6– 17, 2019   (see calendar below for details please)

Location: Classes will be held at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA
Residential Students will stay at Harvard Square.

Tuition: $1,885 for day campers, $4,450 for residential students. (Deposit and payment plans are available)

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Outstanding Teachers!

Please see our faculty page for our instructors. Summer game design course instructors will be some of the instructors listed on our faculty page or other outstanding teachers with similar credentials.

What will the students learn in our game design course?

In our game design camp, we use a research-based curriculum developed at University of Colorado, Boulder. While having a lot of fun, our students will design 2D and 3D games and acquire crucial computational skills under the guidance of expert teachers. Students will use basic algorithms to track values. During the course , students will work collaboratively to:

• program a simulation
• annotate the code
• create a video that records how the program works and they process used to create it

Computational Thinking Patterns that the students will learn:
Our course will enable students to use and describe the following computational thinking patterns

• Collision
• Absorb
• Generate
• Transport
• Cursor Control
• Hill Climbing
• Diffusion
• Polling
• Pull
• Push
• Seeking
• Collaborative Diffusion
• Script
• Multiple needs
• Perceive/Act Sync

Skills
Students will:

• Design and develop games
• Design and develop computational science models
• Outline sequence of exploratory steps
• Experience complete bottom-up and top-down design processes
• Employ algorithmic thinking for creating programs to solve problems
• Effectively combine interactive simulations, text, images in web pages
• Know how to orchestrate a set of applications to achieve goals, e.g., make game and simulations using Photoshop (art), AgentSheets (programming), and Excel (data analysis)
• Work in teams to build and publish their simulations as web pages containing java applets
• Define project roles and work collaboratively to produce games and simulations
• Debug games and simulations that are not working

Guest Lectures by Stanford Researchers

TBA.

Students’ Forum

Learn how to get accepted to top colleges from students who currently attend Stanford and other top colleges.

Stanford Campus Tours

Stanford campus tours are scheduled each year.

Sightseeing

We will visit the historical places to see first-hand where the United States was founded and learn about its history. Walk along The Freedom Trail, try many tastes at Quincy Market, when tired of walking hop on a Duck Tour and take a walk along Charles River. Feel smarter (pronounced SMAHTAH) at Harvard Square.

Schedule of Activities

* Domestic residential and international students who will be staying with us overnight at our game design camp are expected to arrive at Boston Logan International Airport or at the camp site between 7 am – 7 pm on July 5th. For tuition and fees, please see below.

** Minor scheduling changes might occur during the camp.

Optional Additional East Coast Trip

This optional program is a wonderful opportunity for students who would like to have an eye-opening and awe-inspiring experience visiting the top academic and touristic destinations in the East Coast of the United States. Many international students as well as domestic ones would like to breathe the motivating air in these world renowned places and experience first-hand what makes them great. Please note that this is an optional program in addition to our regular summer camp program and requires an additional fee of $3,850. This fee covers everything including transportation, meals, accommodation, applicable entrance fees for museums and other attractions.

* Minor scheduling changes might occur during the trip.

Daily Schedule

*Day students who wish to attend supervised evening recreational and academic activities at the residential program may do so for an additional fee. The cost will be $200 (including dinner and all activities).

Activities in Morning and Afternoon Sessions

Morning Sessions: Introduction of Topics and Samples

Afternoon Sessions: Guided Practice and Student Projects

Transportation

Bus Service for Day Students

We offer bus transportation to our camp site if enough number of students sign up for our Summer Math Camp as day students from the cities listed below. Extra charge will apply and space is limited.

For day students, we provide buses from the following cities: Acton, Lexington, Weston, and Newton

Airport Pickup

Domestic residential and international students who will be staying with us overnight at our summer math camp are expected to arrive at Boston Logan International Airport or at the camp site between 7 am – 7 pm on July 14th. For tuition and fees, please see below.

Tuition and Deadlines

Residential Tuition covers classes & activities, accommodation, meals and in-camp transportation.

Fees

International Students’ Fee: Additional $585.
Airport Pickup/Dropoff fee: $120
Lunch Fee for Day Students: $232 (Day Students might choose to bring their own lunch or purchase lunch at Harvard University.)
Optional East Coast / Silicon Valley Program Fee: $3,850

You can save up to $790 by registering early!

Dates: July 15–27, 2019   (see calendar below for details please)

Location: Classes will be held at Stanford University in Stanford, CA
Residential Students will stay in Silicon Valley.

Tuition: $1,885 for day campers, $4,450 for residential students. (Deposit and payment plans are available)

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Stanford Campus Experience!

CyberMath Academy’s game design camp is a selective summer program for students who would like to learn and excel at game design in the inspiring and motivating atmosphere of Harvard University. Our game design and coding camp provides a challenging environment for students in which they master game design with the participation of brilliant students from all over the globe.

Outstanding Teachers!

Please see our faculty page for our instructors. Summer game design course instructors will be some of the instructors listed on our faculty page or other outstanding teachers with similar credentials.

What will the students learn in our game design course?

In our game design camp, we use a research-based curriculum developed at University of Colorado, Boulder. While having a lot of fun, our students will design 2D and 3D games and acquire crucial computational skills under the guidance of expert teachers. Students will use basic algorithms to track values. During the course , students will work collaboratively to:

• program a simulation
• annotate the code
• create a video that records how the program works and they process used to create it

Computational Thinking Patterns that the students will learn:
Our course will enable students to use and describe the following computational thinking patterns

• Collision
• Absorb
• Generate
• Transport
• Cursor Control
• Hill Climbing
• Diffusion
• Polling
• Pull
• Push
• Seeking
• Collaborative Diffusion
• Script
• Multiple needs
• Perceive/Act Sync

Skills
Students will:

• Design and develop games
• Design and develop computational science models
• Outline sequence of exploratory steps
• Experience complete bottom-up and top-down design processes
• Employ algorithmic thinking for creating programs to solve problems
• Effectively combine interactive simulations, text, images in web pages
• Know how to orchestrate a set of applications to achieve goals, e.g., make game and simulations using Photoshop (art), AgentSheets (programming), and Excel (data analysis)
• Work in teams to build and publish their simulations as web pages containing java applets
• Define project roles and work collaboratively to produce games and simulations
• Debug games and simulations that are not working

Guest Lectures by Stanford Researchers

TBA.

Students’ Forum

Learn how to get accepted to top colleges from students who currently attend Stanford and other top colleges.

Stanford Campus Tour

Stanford Campus Tours and laboratory visits are scheduled each year.

Sightseeing

We will also see the beautiful San Francisco Bay Area. Our San Francisco tour includes Twin Peaks, Fisherman’s Wharf, Pier 39, Treasure Island, Golden Gate Bridge, Coit Tower and the yummy yummy Ghirardelli Chocolate Factory.

Schedule of Activities

* Domestic residential and international students who will be staying with us overnight at our summer math camp are expected to arrive at a San Francisco Bay Area airport (San Francisco, San Jose or Oakland) or at the camp site between 7 am – 7 pm on July 14th. For tuition and fees, please see below.

Optional Additional Silicon Valley Trip

Our San Francisco and Silicon Valley program offers eye-opening experiences and first hand exposure to the Silicon Valley’s top Hi Tech companies, its vibrant startup culture and exploration of the world renowned natural beauties of San Francisco Bay Area. Our students will have a detailed Stanford Campus Tour, which will include admissions information in addition to going atop the Hoover Tower and visiting Stanford’s state-of-the-art Bio-X Clark Center at which cutting edge interdisciplinary research takes place. We will also have a UC Berkeley Tour, the top public university in the U.S. After visiting Apple’s world-famous spaceship campus and the Apple Store on Infinite Loop, we will visit Google’s campus, see its unorthodox work environment and chat with ultra-smart Silicon Valley engineers. We will see how silicon becomes 0s and 1s at the Computer History Museum. How about the startups, incubators and coworking spaces? we will visit those too and see what’s brewing in Silicon Valley these days.

Natural Beauties? We will also see the beautiful San Francisco Bay Area. Our extended San Francisco tour includes a San Francisco Bay Area Boat Tour, Alcatraz, Sausolito, Muir Woods, Point Bonita and Mount Tamalpais to see the Bay Area from bird-eye view.

Please note that this is an optional program in addition to our regular summer camp program and requires an additional fee of $3,850. This fee covers everything including transportation, meals, accommodation, applicable entrance fees for museums and other attractions.

* Minor scheduling changes might occur during the trip.

Daily Schedule

*Day students who wish to attend supervised evening recreational and academic activities at the residential program may do so for an additional fee. The cost will be $200 (including dinner and all activities).

Activities in Morning and Afternoon Sessions

Morning Sessions: Introduction of Topics and Samples

Afternoon Sessions: Guided Practice and Student Projects

Transportation

Bus Service for Day Students

We offer bus transportation to our camp site if enough number of students sign up for our Summer Math Camp as day students from the cities listed below. Extra charge will apply and space is limited.

For day students, we provide buses from the following cities: Cupertino, Sunnyvale, Mountain View and Fremont.

Airport Pickup

Domestic residential and international students who will be staying with us overnight at our summer math camp are expected to arrive at a San Francisco Bay Area airport (San Francisco, San Jose or Oakland) or at the camp site between 7 am – 7 pm on July 14th. For tuition and fees, please see below.

Tuition and Deadlines

Residential Tuition covers classes & activities, accommodation, meals and in-camp transportation.

Fees

International Students’ Fee: Additional $585.
Airport Pickup/Dropoff fee: $120
Lunch Fee for Day Students: $232 (Day Students might choose to bring their own lunch or purchase lunch at Harvard University.)
Optional East Coast / Silicon Valley Program Fee: $3,850

You can save up to $790 by registering early!