Digital Media Academy

DMA is critically acclaimed and has been featured in the New York Times, Nintendo Power and ranked by Worth.com as one of the ten best summer camps in the world.

Founded in 2002 by technology educators from Stanford University, and led by former Stanford educators and interactive education and entertainment creators from Apple and Walt Disney Studios, Digital Media Academy delivers a world-class digital learning experience.
 
DMA is best known for its premier summer programs such as video game design, iPhone and iPad App development, Google Android app development, robotics, computer programming using Java, engineering & programming with Arduino, programming for X-Box 360 & Kinect using XNA, digital filmmaking, digital photography, website design, 3D modeling, animation and so much more.
 
In a project-based environment, beginning to advanced student campers age 6-18, learn by doing with hands-on instruction from industry professionals who have real-world experience. Many of DMA’s instructors have literally written the book on the subject that they teach. DMA builds and develops STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) skills. DMA Alumni include television and music producers, filmmakers, professional photographers as well as game and app developers.
 
At DMA, students get the campus experience of a prestigious university like Stanford, Harvard, UCLA, Yale, University of British Columbia, University of Toronto (just to name a few) while making friends and learning with others who share the same interests. We have small class sizes (8:1 ratio max) guaranteeing a personalized experience.

We can teach you how to create the future at Digital Media Academy - the world’s best computer and digital arts summer camp.
 
DMA is an Apple Certified Training Center and teen camp/courses are accredited by Stanford University and offered for optional Stanford Continuing Studies credit.

Courses

• App Development
• Video Game Design – Game Development
• Programming & Robotics
• 3D Modeling & Animation
• Web & Graphic Design
• Photography
• Filmmaking, Special Effects Creation, Video Editing, Music

DMA Studios & Two-Week Academies

For experiences beyond the traditional one-week camp, and for students that want to immerse themselves in a fuller pre-college, specialized experience see our 2-week teen academies and immersive DMA Studios experiences: http://www.digitalmediaacademy.org/teen-summer-camps/dma-multi-week-academies/  or http://www.digitalmediaacademy.org/teen-summer-camps/two-week-production-studio/  DMA Studios is an exclusive filmmaking experience that emulates a real production studio environment. Comparable with film camps costing thousands more, DMA Studios is a two-week teen experience where campers produce a film and are involved in every aspect of production – budgeting, planning, storyboarding, location scouting, casting, shooting and more. Guided by professional filmmakers with real-world experience, DMA Studios gives campers an opportunity to see what it's like to work for a film studio.