Courses and Camps for All Ages
CARTOON CREATION
Kids learn best by doing. By weaving up-front instruction and demonstration with hands-on learning, Cyber summer computer and technology camp gives your child the tools to create a unique, personal project. From beginner to advanced and everything in between, there’s a place at the academy. for your child. Beginners won’t get lost. The advanced won’t be bored. Your child will come home with a project as unique as he or she is — and the confidence to effectively apply his or her new skills.
Programme Content
Enjoy watching cartoons like The Clone Wars? Learn how animators at Cartoon Network, Disney and Pixar create cartoons and movies. In this exciting program, you’ll learn all about animation. Begin by creating your own drawings and then explore ways to modify them on the computer. Learn how to bring your art to life, animate your drawings using timelines and keyframes and by incorporating sound and special effects. Then burn your short animation cartoons to a DVD that you can take home and share with your family and friends!
Requirements
This course is ideal for young minds who enjoy drawing and watching their drawings come to life through animation. Want to learn how to be an animator or cartoonist? Then come join us!
Fee: €50
Date: July 25th to 29th
Time: 2pm to 5.00pm
Course Content
Day 1: Make a doodle
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Day 4: Blink!
Day 4: Make Your Drawing Dance
Day 5: Bouncing Ball |
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Adventures in Art & Graphic Design
Unleash your creativity through art! Learn how professional digital artists make great designs and create fine art. This course gives budding artists the opportunity to learn the basics and principles of professional art, including line, shape, form, color, proportion, balance, harmony and more. Every camper uses these techniques while bringing his/her creation to life using Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. Project work may include getting to design a web page concept, photo montage, magazine or book cover or other type of digital media. Campers get to choose the project that excites them the most, while professional instruction guides them along every step of the way.
Software Used Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator
Course Length1-week
Time: 10 to 1.00pm
RequirementsNone Open to all aspiring artists, designers and creative young minds.
Fee:
€65
Course Content
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Explore web design with Professional tools
Experience a comprehensive web instruction program that gives you practical demonstrations and projects to demystify HTML and web development. You’ll get the confidence to create web pages that meet current web standards and display perfectly. Learn the skill you need to create web pages using HTML and CSS code. Understand HTML/XHTML, the power of the CSS box model, single and multicolumn layouts, plus, you’ll explore styling links, optimizing images and learn how to apply internal and external stylesheets. At the end of the course, independent work time will be provided for students to practice their coding skills and produce a small website. As an added bonus, this program also includes a short introductions to Dreamweaver and Photoshop software.
Software Used
AdobeCS5: Dreamweaver, Flash, Photoshop
Course Length
1-Week
Requirements
Open to all aspiring web developers and designers
Fee:
€85
Course Content
Day 1 -Overview: What is HTML, CSS -- Intro to Dreamweaver -- Exploring CSS Selectors --External Style Sheets --Introducing the project |
Day 2
Styling Text, Content, Images Intro to Photoshop Photoshop selection tools Photoshop retouching tools |
Day 3 --Introduction to flash --EXploring the timeline in flash cs5 --Animation in flash
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Day 4 --Integrating Graphics and Flash into your site -- Project Work Time |
Day 5 -- Uploading your site, Hosting and Domain info. -- Final upload and certificates.
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This training will involve the use of Dreamweaver, Photoshop and Flash, a powerful software suite that has helped create many of today’s popular websites.
1. Web Design and Site Management Using WordPress and Joomla!
2. The European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL)
Web Design and Site Management Using WordPress and Joomla!
Build yourself or your business an amazing internet destination that features blogging, news, polls, calendars, libraries and other great searchable content – all without any programming knowledge.Customize your very own website using WordPress.Learn how to add professional styling to your site using Adobe Photoshop CS5. Learn the skills to make the leap from a static single managed site to a dynamic contributor-based site. With a wide range of concepts that can be used in any setting, this course will enable you to take command of your website and the Web.
Software Used
Wordpress, Adobe CS5, Joomla!
Course Length
1-Week
Requirements
Participants should have some prior experience and comfort with web site creation or maintenance.
Fee:
€500
Day 1 --Introductions & Overview of the course --Blogging workflow and article layout |
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Day 3 -- Plugins and Widgets -- Permissions and security -- Project Work and Individual Attention -- Intro to Joomla!CMS Outlining a multi-user site |
Day 4 -- Articles and Menus -- Components |
Day 5 -- Themes and customization -- Project Work and Individual Attention -- Project Work and Individual Attention |
Day 6 -- Plugins |
The European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) - Complete the full 7 Modules in 7 weeks this summer!
ECDL is the world’s most successful IT skills certification programme. To date, 10 million people have undertaken the ECDL programme in more than 60 countries worldwide. In Ireland, ECDL is administered by ICS Skills (The skills and certification division of the Irish Computer Society).
ECDL is intended for those who need or wish to know how to use a personal computer. It is suitable for people of all ages, from every work discipline, for people entering the job market, and for those who work at home. The ECDL is designed specifically for those who want to obtain a qualification in computing to enable them to develop their ICT skills and enhance their career prospects.
The ECDL syllabus is divided into seven modules, 6 practical and 1 theoretical. A test in each module must be passed before the ECDL is awarded, although those who have passed 4 modules and do not wish to pursue the full qualification may apply for an ECDL Start certificate The 7 ECDL modules are as follows :
Module 1 - Basic Concepts of Information Technology
Module 2 - Using a Computer and Managing Files
Module 3 - Word Processing
Module 4 - Spreadsheets
Module 5 - Databases
Module 6 - Presentations
Module 7 - Information and Communication
FEE:
€70/Module
TIME:
10.00am to 1.30pm
TIME TABLE
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Module 1 - Basic Concepts of Information Technology |
July 18th, 19th, 20th and 22nd |
Module 2 - Using a Computer and Managing Files |
July 25th, 26th, 27th and 29th |
Module 3 - Word Processing |
August 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 5th |
Module 4 - Spreadsheets |
August 8th, 9th, 10th and 12th |
Module 5 - Databases |
August 15th, 16th, 17th and 19th |
Module 6 - Presentations |
August 20th, 22nd, 23rd and 24th |
| Module 7 - Information and Communication | August 26th, 27th, 28th and 29th |
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This training will involve the use of Wordpress, a powerful software suite that has helped create many of today’s popular websites.
The European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) - Complete the full 7 Modules in 7 weeks this summer!
ECDL is the world’s most successful IT skills certification programme. To date, 10 million people have undertaken the ECDL programme in more than 60 countries worldwide. In Ireland, ECDL is administered by ICS Skills (The skills and certification division of the Irish Computer Society).
ECDL is intended for those who need or wish to know how to use a personal computer. It is suitable for people of all ages, from every work discipline, for people entering the job market, and for those who work at home. The ECDL is designed specifically for those who want to obtain a qualification in computing to enable them to develop their ICT skills and enhance their career prospects.
The ECDL syllabus is divided into seven modules, 6 practical and 1 theoretical. A test in each module must be passed before the ECDL is awarded, although those who have passed 4 modules and do not wish to pursue the full qualification may apply for an ECDL Start certificate The 7 ECDL modules are as follows :
Module 1 - Basic Concepts of Information Technology
Module 2 - Using a Computer and Managing Files
Module 3 - Word Processing
Module 4 - Spreadsheets
Module 5 - Databases
Module 6 - Presentations
Module 7 - Information and Communication
FEE:
€70/Module
TIME:
10.00am to 1.30pm
TIME TABLE
| COURSE TITLE | DATES |
Module 1 - Basic Concepts of Information Technology |
July 18th, 19th, 20th and 22nd |
Module 2 - Using a Computer and Managing Files |
July 25th, 26th, 27th and 29th |
Module 3 - Word Processing |
August 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 5th |
Module 4 - Spreadsheets |
August 8th, 9th, 10th and 12th |
Module 5 - Databases |
August 15th, 16th, 17th and 19th |
Module 6 - Presentations |
August 20th, 22nd, 23rd and 24th |
| Module 7 - Information and Communication | August 26th, 27th, 28th and 29th |
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Explore the second level of Animation-ish by making a flower grow and Project work
Lesson3: Advanced-ish (Part 1)