Date: May 15th 2012

1. Scheduled classes
2. Unity Game Design Workshop for Teens
3. Proposals at other Public Schools
4. New class proposals

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1. Scheduled classes
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MAY 19: Sew Like You Mean It! (2 meetings remaining)
http://la.thepublicschool.org/class/4003
Beginning Sewing & Walking tour of the LA fabric districtIn 3 or 4 consecutive, weekly 3 hour sessions you will:Walk a portion of the LA fabric district to visit a handful of great resources and b

MAY 27: Immaterial Labor (1 meeting remaining)
http://la.thepublicschool.org/class/4012
Drawing on the anti-essentialist arguments of feminism and post-structuralism, the critic J.K.



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2. Unity Game Design Workshop for Teens
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The Public School
July 2 to July 27
Monday-Thursday 10am to 4pm
(16 meetings)

Introduction

Do you have a child between the ages of 12 and 16 years old who loves playing video games and wants to learn to make their own? (Or are you between 12 and 16?!) The Unity Game Design Workshop for Teens is an intensive four-week summer class in which a small group of like-minded teens will collaborate to create a game of their own while learning the basic principles of programming and game design. The class will be taught using Unity - a powerful, free, popular, accessible, cross-platform development engine for the creation of interactive 3D content. The class will be taught by Perry Hoberman, an award-winning artist and professor in the Interactive Media Division at the USC School of Cinematic Arts. Coding and technical skills will be covered, but an equal emphasis will be placed on creativity, art, ideas and fun. 

About the class

The class will meet during the month of July for four days a week (Monday thru Thursday) from 10am to 4pm. For two days each week, Hoberman will run the class, teaching Unity from the ground up and helping students develop their ideas and collaborations. The other two days will be work sessions, with one or more parents present. Students will have to supply their own laptops (either Mac or Windows). The class will be limited to eight students, and one of the parents of each student is required to be present to supervise the class for at least two sessions each (out of a total of 16 sessions). Additional participation by parents is welcome, especially if you happen to work in games, media, art or a related area. At the final session (on July 27), there will be a presentation and demo of work by the class.

Cost

The cost of the workshop is $500, plus the requirement for one parent to be present for at least two sessions. The schedule for parent participation will be worked out on the first day.

 

If you're interested, please fill out the following form!

Name *

Email address or phone number *

Age *

What grade are you in (as of Spring 2012)? *

What are your main interests?

What are your favorite games?

Do you like to draw?

List any software programs that you've used and are comfortable with.

Have you ever made any games of your own? If so, please describe.

Have you ever done any computer programming? If so, please describe

 

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3. Proposals at other Public Schools
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Group Massage
http://helsinki.thepublicschool.org/class/4101
Participants would learn some massage techniques and the health benefits of massage, and then we do mutual massage in pairs and small groups.

Reimagining the future from the child's POV
http://philly.thepublicschool.org/class/4099
Content:The aim of this course would be to create a space in which children can help to radically reimagine the current world we live in.  What is a young person's vision for a truly transformative world?Additionally a series of  questions regarding world issues could be asked exploring subjects such as food distribution, debt, industy and employment, interstellar space travel, climate change, renewable energy and war and peace.  Some initial collaborative r esearch could be usef



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4. New class proposals
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Weekly French Conversation at a Wine Bar in DTLA
http://la.thepublicschool.org/class/4096
Hi there. I studied in France. Am still pretty fluent. I'd love to start a weekly conversation class at a (different each time) wine bar downtown on Sunday nights. The level would be advanced/native and we can talk about current events, life, and go freestyle or structure. It would be best to pick a topic and share a few articles each week and discuss them over a glass or two of wine.