2010 Summer Camp Summary

D&D: Dungeons &Dragons: Beginner

This camp is for the student who is seeking a challenging game that allows them to develop their creativity to create characters and use their imagination to the fullest extent. Campers will learner 4.0 while working with experienced DM’s (Dungeon Masters) in great campaigns. This camp focuses on creating strong characters, learning the rules, and writing great character backgrounds.  

Dates: June 14-18

 Strategy Camp
Does your student love games like Chess, Axis and Allies, Risk, Power Grid, and Khet?  Do you love competitive play while trying to figure out all of the options available to you? Then this camp is for you. Utilizing games that stretch the mind and challenge the player, we will keep you busy using logic puzzles, strategy formulas and other tools to increase your skill level.

Dates: June 21-25  

Ceramics

We will do all types of ceramics. We will study other artists; go on field trips to study other applications of ceramics, coil pots, free form sculpture, glazing, and other techniques and styles. Depending on time, we may even get to fire some of our art. So if you love to work with your hands, and you love clay this is for you. 

Date: June 21-25  

Video Games: Beginner – Intermediate

Gaming camp is all about the games. It is about how they are made, the strategies that make them fun, the stories that surround them, and how they are designed with learning how to play games for the best outcome, being the final goal. All of this is taught while they are playing, strategizing and learning many other aspects of the gaming world. Two camps are offered one for the beginner and one for the more advanced player and designer. Campers will create a game design document and start developing their won games. Field trips will include IUPUI major design labs. 

Dates: June 28-July 2

Robotics

Junk ‘bots, kit ‘bots, tiny ‘bots, large ‘bots – all kinds of ‘bots. We are going to spend the week learning about ‘bots, looking at ‘bots, working and building ‘bots and then letting the ‘bots compete with each other. So if you like robotics, any kind, any size, solar or battery powered ‘bots, then you will love coming to play with us. 

Dates: July 5-9          

D&D: Dungeons & Dragons:  Dungeon Master’s Camp

Is your student tired of playing prepackaged campaigns? Are they thinking about starting their own campaign? Then this camp is for them. Experienced DM’s will join students as they learn to write their own campaign. Students will spend time learning to form a good campaign party, secrets to writing strong campaigns that will attract great players, designing a great plot, working on villains and heroes, campaign management techniques that keep the game running well and everyone having a great time, and build conflict resolution skills that keep party conflict to a minimum and fun to a maximum. Dungeon Masters in this camp will build the campaigns used in the advanced D&D Camp the week of July 19-23. 

Dates: July 5-9

Collectible Card Game Camp

(Magic, Pokémon, Uh-gi-oh, etc.)

Do you want to learn to play or are you already a player or competitor who needs more challenges and time with other players? Would you like to meet other kids who play? Learn more about deck construction? Work on your deck with people who have played competitively? Get tips on how to be more competitive? Just want more playing time with students who have similar interests? Then this camp is for you Games will be held in Magic the Gathering, both constructed and draft, individual play and tournament style, and in Pokémon and Yu-gi-oh. Players will receive instruction in the game, deck construction, drafting, collecting, trading, making the best of a bad round of play, sportsmanship, strategy, and the history of the game. Trainers will be on hand to help them become both stronger players and make the gaming fun. In addition to having a great week students will design and print a CCG card of their own as a souvenir.

Dates: July 12-16

Digital Photography 

Scott and Andrea Romer of Scott Romer Photography will lead this camp.

Andrea Romer, photographer to celebrities, presidents, Supreme Court justices and sports personalities will guide you through the world of digital photography.  You will learn camera settings, media programming, file formatting, image manipulation, basic elements of indoor studio and outdoor lighting, basic to intermediate instruction on approach, styles and types, including; the elements of onsite production, in-studio equipment management, and an extension view on action sports photography. This camp is designed for kids who are just learning to take a great shot and those who are thinking that professional photography might be their thing. Bring your digital camera (DSLR preferred) and your USB card reader.  

Date: July 12-16     

D&D: Dungeons & Dragons:  Advanced Camp

Do you have a player who is seeking to increase their skill level? Does your student seek challenging campaigns with other seasoned players and great DM’s? Then this camp is for them. Experienced DM’s will offer gaming support while making sure the quest environment is age appropriate and student friendly. Participants of the advanced camp will focus on the campaign. Players will encounter strategy and logic puzzles, challenges requiring teamwork and life skills analysis to make their way through the campaign. 

Dates: July 19-23 

Anime Camp:

Do you have a student who reads anime, talk’s anime, draws anime and is ready for more anime? Then this camp is for them. We will spend the week looking at and working on the art, the history, the stories behind the art, Manga, and more. By the end of the week students will have designed, written, developed and printed their own Manga books to take home. We will also explore topics connected to Anime such as; plot development, character creation, social issues and more…. 

Dates: July 19 – 23

Video Games: Advanced

Gaming camp is all about the games. It is about how they are made, the strategies that make them fun, the stories that surround them, and how they are designed. The final goal, learning how to play games to obtain the best outcome and understanding of what makes a great game, components, great storylines and creating realities that make the games fun. All of this is taught while they are playing, strategizing and learning all other aspects of the gaming world. Two camps are offered one for the beginner and one for the more advanced player and designer.                                                                                         

 Dates: July 26-30

 Creative Writing camp

Words!!! We use them everywhere, everyday and they are powerful! So join us and have fun using words while learning to make them work for us in both creative and constructive ways. Do you have a bookworm? Emerging writer? Student who loves words, do they crave new words and phrases? They will love word camp! In addition to working on creative ways to use words everyday we will be playing Scrabble, Upwards, Boggle, and even Charades to help create images and words in mind-stretching ways. Words are so important to everyday success and we designed this camp to make having fun using words, expanding vocabulary, creating images and characters and then using them to win challenges, and socialize. Word adventures will include: expanded vocabulary, writing, technology and typing skills, storylines, conceptualization, themes, better command of Microsoft Word and Publisher and other computer programs including CS3, socialization and much more. We will be playing games using words, using new words to write, creating outrageous sentences, characters and images with words and then creating stories and comic books that utilize the strength of the words we have been leaning to create new worlds, stories, essays and more.  

 

Dates : August 2 – 6 

Beginning Web Design

For the beginner who is interested in learning Flash, and other tools used to create basic websites and website features such as movable art. Campers will work in basic website construction tools including Dreamweaver, HTML, and CS4, JavaScript and other creation and development tools. Students will have the opportunity to work with the IUPUI Gamers Guild and other instructors and builders on design, creation, animation, search engine optimization, effective design and more. Field trips will include a trip to IUPUI design lab and time with other web and graphic designers.  

Dates: August 2-6 

Role Play Games (RPG) Camp:

Have you ever wondered how it would feel to design a character and then get to play that character in a game? Then you should come to RPG (Role Play Games) camp and LARP (live Action Role Play). You will get to play RPG and LARP games while learning character creation, designing backgrounds for your characters that allow them to be played effectively, discuss the choices between villains and heroes and how they affect the game, finding great games to participate in and what makes a great game.  

Dates: August 2-6 

Robotics: Camp II

Junk ‘bots, kit ‘bots, tiny ‘bots, large ‘bots – all kinds of ‘bots. We are going to spend the week learning about ‘bots, looking at ‘bots, working and building ‘bots and then letting the ‘bots compete with each other. So if you like robotics, any kind, any size, solar or battery powered ‘bots, then you will love coming to play with us. 

Dates: August 9-13

 

Why come to gaming camp at Todd Academy instead of other camps? For the creative learning of course! Read more!

Summer Camp at Todd Academy

Summer Camp Schedule 2010

Week 1    June 14-18          Dungeons & Dragons Camp - Beginner - 4th Ed.

Week 2    June 21-25            Strategy Camp    

Week 2    June 21-25           Ceramics Camp

Week 3    June 28-July 2      Video Game Camp - Beginner to Intermediate

Week 4    July 5-9                  Robotics Camp

Week 4    July 5-9                  D&D Dungeon Master's Camp

Week 5    July 12-16             Collectible Card Game Camp

Week 5    July 12-16             Digital Photography

Week 6    July 19-23             Dungeons & Dragons Advanced

Week 6    July 19-23             Anime Camp

Week 7    July 26-30             Video Game Camp - Advanced

Week 8    August 2-6            Beginning Website Design

Week 8    August 2-6            Role Playing and LARP Games

Week 8    August 2-6            Creative Writing

Week 9    August 9-13          Robotics Camp

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