Digital Creator’s Playground
A virtual summer course designed to train learners to be imaginative and innovative digital creators. Created by a group of experts from Harvard, UPENN and IIT this course is open for children of ages 8-13.
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What is Digital Creator's Playground?
The Digital Creator’s Playground is a learning environment curated to support the development of the future work skills. The platform uses emerging technologies , play-based pedagogy & playful assessments to ensure children discover concepts of creative computing, rapid prototyping, digital fabrication, mobile app design through physical play.
Learning Objectives
The 3 days modules will be led by a group of experts in Creative Coding and Maker-Centred pedagogy from UPENN & IIT. It has been designed to foster a world of playfully creative people, who are constantly inventing new possibilities for themselves and their communities.
Based on the module chosen, learners will be able to
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To understand the fundamental concepts of coding such as loops, sequences, conditional etc.
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Develop, design and test mobile applications in real-time.
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Uncover concepts of storyboarding, character sketch and basics of animation.
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Create new interactive worlds through collaborative storytelling, block-based coding and designing interactive games.
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Receive a completion certificate at the end of the course.
Wonder Module
Digital Storytelling
Creative Coding
Mobile App Design & Development
Watch our young Digital Creators talk about their experience and showcase their products.
UNIQUE FEATURES OF THE PROGRAMME
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The playground covers a wider scope of tools, knowledge and skills.
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The play-based pedagogy ensures students are learning complex concepts through play and design challenges.
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The session culminates in a parent showcase - allowing students to create products for a larger audience.
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Access to an online digital portfolio - students will be able to host their designs on an online platform which is accessible to parents.
ABOUT THE TEAM
Xperiental Learning Systems has been engineering the integration of maker-centred learning across K-12 spaces in India. The team has set up multiple makerspaces and incubation centres and has developed modules integrated with national and international curricula. Their work has been recognised by Google India, FICCI Arise, ISTE U.S.A. The XLS WonderBoxTMLearning Platform has been curated and will be led by Noora F. Noushad, a specialist in Digital Literacy and Maker-Centred pedagogy.Noora, a published learning scientist has an M.S.Ed in Learning Sciences and Technology from the University of Pennsylvania, USA. Her work has been presented. She will be accompanied by our facilitators who are experienced educators in Digital Literacy and Maker-Centred technology and have significant classroom experience in K-12.
PROGRAM DETAILS
Participant Age
8 – 13 years
Fees
WONDER MODULES
Rs. 4,850 + GST per module
Date: 25th June to 30th June
(Each module will be held for 3 consecutive days)
Time: 3pm – 4.30 pm
Last Date for Registration
Tuesday, 23rd June, 2020
We would like to provide our children with a focused learning environment hence we are keeping a limited batch size. Seats will be filled on a first come first served basis.