Focus Learning Junior High Summer Camp 2022 Full-Day

Click on this link for all of our information on our half-day and full-day programs we have to offer during our 2022 Summer Camp!  

For this week's full-day session, enjoy our Tech program for the morning session and our Language Arts program for the afternoon session. 

Tech Program

Game Asset Design for the Metaverse 

 Welcome to Metaverse Gaming and how to earn cryptocurrency from building and selling your own 3D game assets.  In this course, students are introduced to free leading software that allows them to create, rig, and animate their own 3D voxel based NFTs.  Learn all about this new technology, what an NFT is and how to sell them on The Sandbox's marketplace or other gaming metaverse worlds. 

LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of this course, students will be introduced to the fundamentals of game 3D Voxel asset design and the technology to mint and sell the creations. 

Areas of Focus:

• What is an NFT, what is minting and what are game tokens on the blockchain
• Students are introduced to leading voxel art programs that are free to access and cross platform
• Students are introduced to game maker software to try out their creations in gaming environments
• Various marketplaces in the metaverse are looked at together with the cryptocurrency tokens that drive their games.
• A look at play to earn models, building gaming guilds, and other benefits to becoming part of these networks

Teacher Expertise:  Charles Rotenberg began teaching cryptocurrency and blockchain technology to students in 2020 focusing on the new financial literacy and emerging markets due to blockchain technology.  Over the years, he has provided technology instruction to thousands of students throughout his teaching career in Los Angeles and Toronto.  Voxel Art creation is a specialized area of computer assisted design and is now exploding due to the link to blockchain technology.  Whether you are a budding computer artist, or a future entrepreneur, this course will surely excite your passion.

Language Arts Program

Improvisational Comedy: "Whose Line is it Anyway?" 

Improvisational Comedy is one of the most entertaining and engaging forms of performance there is!  Students will learn to think quickly, speak clearly, and stand confidently as they create hilarious scenes based on nothing but basic suggestions and the power of imagination.

Areas of Focus | Students will get to:

• Learn various Whose Line is it Anyway style games
• Support each other during scenes
• Perform for their peers

Main Skills to be taught and practiced:

• Quick thinking/Decision making
• Public Speaking
• Relaxed, confident posture
• Teamwork

End-of-Week Project:  

Whose Line show - an improv showcase for the peers of Focus Learning summer camp!

Prerequisites for the students:

A willingness to be silly, a sense of humour, and an easy smile!