Monday, July 28, 2014

Quotes from Students at Caldwell Week 4

"This camp is awesome!  This week I am in Minecraft Engineers.  We learn how to build cool, complex, and massive structures together such as the Golden Gate Bridge and an Aztec Temple.  We can free build in our houses in Minecraft and go exploring.  This camp is so much fun."-A.L.

"This week I learned about animation.  We made a movie out of Legos.  We also made a movie with glass pebbles.  I made a slide show about nature."-R.P.

"This week I took Acting for Film.  It was very similar to real movies in theaters.  Of course nothing is perfect, so we we took several takes in order to achieve the perfect scenes.  I'm proud of our movie that we made."-G.P.

"I took Fashion Design.  We developed our own fashion lines and created our own products.  We also figured out our common elements for our designs."-S.G.

"In Fashion class we start the day with free.  We sketch clothes and jewelry.  We also researched and did a report on influential designers and their products.  I had fun."-A.J.

"This week I took Animation.  We used stop animation, a process in which we take pictures after making little movements in the drawing or little adjustments to the scene.  We used Legos and little stones for two of our movies.  We added in audio to enhance our films.  It was really fun."-A.V.

"I learned a lot about fashion trends and designers.  I also learned that designers have a common element, or a central theme, to their designs.  I had fun sketching and creating my own jewelry and clothes."-A.G.

"Among all of the classes offered at this camp, I took Video Game Creation.  So far I have made three games.  I made a game about a deer, one with a dragon, and one maze game.  Wet day was very fun.  We had a water balloon toss, a water shooter game, and the dunk tank.  I enjoyed this week very much."-G.M.

"I liked Robotics a lot at International Ivy. Building some of robots was difficult, but I still liked it anyways. Also all the camp counselors were friendly." -A.C.

"Filming was really fun. We got to film and use a clapboard. We also got to create a movie. For the movie, the teacher provided equipment for us to use. At the beginning of film making we got to plan out the movie. Also we got to draw every scene of it. I think film making is so much fun." -C.L.

"In film making, we were making our own movie called Hack'd. We learned how to use a camera and a clapboard. The hard part was planning out the movie. Caitlyn is Katie, Nick is a night guard, Gwin is Professor Von Boots, Charles is a henchman, and I'm Dr.Elle. Film making is so much fun!" -A.V.

"This week I took the mobile app design class. We're using GameSalad program to create the game pong on a mobile device. It took a long time to make because the instructions were a bit confusing. The whole class' games got all wonky at times, even though we follow the instructions. At times the whole thing would go berserk! Sometimes we got upset because of the programs but Nick, our teacher, would make up for it by telling jokes and helping fix the problems. So either way in the end it was a good class and it was fun!" -J.K.

"This week I took Mobile App Design. We used GameSalad to create an app. For practice, we made a version of Pong. I got stuck a lot but I got help through the way. Still, overall, it was a fun class to take."
-A.V

"This week in camp I did Mobile App Design. It was challenging but I enjoyed it anyway. It was harder than I expected but I had fun.  I liked the camp and the teachers and counselors were very nice. I would mostly likely come next year and try this class again." -M.C.

"Minecraft was very fun.  We built the Golden Gate Bridge, a Home Depot, towns, and other awesome structures.  I was taught to utilize materials in the game to replicate buildings in real life.  This was a very good class."-G.P.

"Robotics is very cool.  We get to build robots with actual Lego pieces and a motor.  Film making is also a fun class.  We made a movie and a script.  We then took turns filming each other acting out the scenes and we made an awesome movie!"-N.H.