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If you or your kids are interested in signing up for the MADE's Summer Camp program, you're in luck.  The official MADE Summer Camp sign up form is now available for download here and can be readily printed, filled out and handed off to staff on the first day of the Summer Camp program.

Once again, remember that camps will be held during the following weeks:

June 17 - 21

June 24 - 28

July 15 - 19

July 22 - 26

If there are any questions or concerns regaring the program, please e-mail Manuel Tovar.

The Oakland build-out continues online on the Paradise Minecraft Server. We're preping it for Maker Faire, where we'll, again, offer a playable Minecraft server with a few clients for you to interact with, and help fill out downtown Oakland. In the meantime, you can take a look at Oakland as it's being built on the Paradise server, or you can sign in and play it on our static snapshot of Oakland from the OMCA exhibit on the server located at ovh.robbie.io . We'll see you at Maker Fiare on May 18 and 19, next weekend!

And if you're interested in our summer camp programs, we'll have information for you at the show.

This Summer...YOUR KIDS WILL LEARN TO PROGRAM VIDEO GAMES!!!

The Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment (MADE) will be hosting its second annual Scratch programming class for kids ages 8 to 12. Campers will learn to program in Scratch, play old-school video games (no "Call of Duty!"), and learn about game mechanics in a video game museum. Camps run Monday through Friday from 10 AM to 3 PM with lunch and free play included. 

So, What IS Scratch and How Will It Help My Kids?

Simply put, Scratch is one of the best initial programming languages out there. Developed at MIT, freely available for download at scratch.mit.edu and available for Mac, Windows and Linux, Scratch is an awesome, graphically-driven, template-based language that teaches proper programming fundamentals.

Tuition and Scheduling:

The camps will run $250 a week per camper for the following weeks:

June 17 - 21

June 24 - 28

July 15 - 19

July 22 - 26

For more information, e-mail camp director Manuel Tovar or drop by the MADE's open hours between 12 PM to 6 PM any Wednesday, Saturday or Sunday at the following address:

610 16th St., Suite 230

Oakland, CA.

94612