Kids Technology Classes in Denver

Calling all Minecrafters! If your student loves Minecraft and would like to learn more about how to play the game effectively, this is a fun & hands-on opportunity to learn new skills. At its core, Minecraft is a creative game, and we believe it teaches great collaboration & strategy skills in a safe, friendly environment. In this class, students...

Today's kids have grown up using tablets, smart phones and console games, and as a consequence, they often rely on their thumbs to type! However, to be successful with most technologies, they'll need to proper keyboard skills using all 10 fingers. At Silicon STEM Academy, many courses lead to computer programming, which require a strong familiarity...

If your student is obsessed about learning to design and create their own games, this after-school class is the right one! Go from concept to the completion of a fully functional 2D game with GameMaker Studio 2, the premier 2D game development platform for game design enthusiasts. If you can dream it, you can make it with this powerful, but intuitive...

Python is one of the most widely used general-purpose programming languages in mainstream use today. Python’s popularity is born out of its simplicity, efficiency and overall ease of readability. Learn the principles, common programming applications and general use of Python, including variables, user input, operators and command structures. ...

If your student loves to design and work with their hands in fun and creative ways, this Stop-Motion Animation after-school program will be a blast! Students can let their creativity go wild as they build sets and characters for their own original stop-motion videos. Students will learn about frame length, character expression, editing, adding music...

Calling all Minecraft enthusiasts! This 18 hour class is for the Minecrafter who is already familiar with the basics of Modding, and takes the student to the next level in Mod Development. Students will learn to create more advanced interactive mods, using structures and MOBs, and brings them to life with Java programming (Parents, this is a great...

This Summer Coding Camp teaches what it truly means to , allowing students to develop their problem-solving skills using a hands-on, interactive format. This course teaches high schoolers the fundamentals of programming, including syntax, code commenting, control structures and more. This is the first step to learning to code! Students begin with...

One of the three core programming languages supporting that is critical for web development, JavaScript is an essential language to learn in the world of programming.  Learn the fundamentals of variables, user input, Booleans, and logical and comparison operators, use of math and graphics, random generators and data structures. This course requires...

Designed for Young Coders ages 8-10, this Coding Camp starts by teaching aspiring game designers to learn Scratch’s dynamic interactive game creation & storytelling platform.  Students will learn how to animate characters, build creative games, and create fun stories with a dynamic visual coding block environment. They will also learn to...

This week-long, all-day Summer Academy is an advanced course in Virtual Reality. This computer programming class uses A-Frame, an open-source web framework for building virtual reality (VR) experiences. A-Frame is maintained by Mozilla and the WebVR community used by software developers to create 3D and WebVR scenes using HTML as the underlying authoring...

This camp is for the serious 3D Game creator, using one of the most popular game engines available: Unreal Engine and Tournament Editor. Unreal allows our campers to create dynamic first-person shooter maps in single or multi-player formats. Create strikingly realistic game worlds, weapons and effects using an extensive built-in asset library. Unreal...

This Coding Camp teaches what it truly means to , allowing students to develop their problem-solving skills using a hands-on, interactive format. Students will learn the fundamentals of programming, including syntax, code commenting, control structures and more. This is the first step to learning to code! Students begin with the use of the Karel...

Go from concept to the completion of a fully functional 2D game with GameMaker Studio 2, the premier 2D game development platform for game design enthusiasts. If you can dream it, you can make it with this powerful, but intuitive drag & drop development platform.  GameMaker campers will impress their friends with their exciting, interactive...

Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, YouTube and the myriad of emerging social media platforms are mere pastimes for a new generation of information consumers, but for the Digital Media Moguls, they are powerful tools that can turn surfers into entrepreneurs.  In this exclusive one-week summer camp, students will learn how to use Adobe Photoshop to...

Calling all Minecrafters! If your camper is crazy about Minecraft, then this camp will take their passion to the next level by teaching them how to create their own “mods” (short for modifying) to use in their Minecraft worlds. Our campers learn how to customize their Minecraft games by creating their own new biomes, blocks & skins with Adobe...