Oakland Week 4

Hello, and welcome back to International Ivy Oakland.  This week we had many new campers, enjoying classes in Minecraft, both 2D and 3D video game creation, and Engineering.  Below are little summaries of what has been going on by class, and during our break times.  Click on this link to see all our pictures.  Check this link to see a video montage of our break activities.  Enjoy!


Minecraft Creative:

This week the campers jumped on our servers and explored the realm of Minecraft like never before.  All 6 students were placed in a common area and were allowed to let their imaginations run wild.  As the week went on, students bonded while constructing new buildings.  Even after the great flood on Monday, kids were laughing and having fun while learning new dynamics of the game.  

2D and 3D Video Game Creation:

In the morning our instructor Josh showed kids how to create some very impressive 3D map mazes.  In the afternoon, he showed kids how to use our 2D game creator.  On Monday children learned how to defeat some evil clowns, and Tuesday they made a dragon spitting fire.  Over the course of the week, all the children learned there programs in more and more detail, and hope to take this skill and turn it into a job one day.  See a video montage here.

Biomedical and Civil Engineering:

This week we also had two fantastic engineering classes; in the morning Civil Engineering, and later in the day Biomedical Engineering.  In the morning, students were shown a plethora of structural designs to examine.  The instructor allowed students to test these designs on their own in a series of experiments over the course of the week.  Bio-medical Engineering used a similar formula.  Earlier in the week students examined more of the anatomy, common leg injuries, and how the leg works in greater detail.  As the week went on, they started designing their very own knee brace.   See some videos here.  Sierra's Bad Day and here.