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Fall clubs for kids

amandacouch — Thu, 05 Sep 2013 17:17:28 +0000

Carleton’s Virtual Ventures program is running three great clubs for students from Grades 3 to 10 this fall. Register today–clubs start soon!

Girls@VV Club (girls Grades 4-8): The girls@VV club gives girls hands on experience with engineering and technology. The club will be doing both computer related activities – such as designing websites, and animation or graphic design– and engaging engineering projects. The Club meets from 1 – 4 pm on select Saturdays starting Sept 21.

Lego Robotics Club Junior (Grades 3-6): The Lego Club at VV gives all Lego enthusiasts a chance to learn about Lego robotics. At VV we have LEGO NXT, Mindstorms for club participants to use to learn about gears, engineering design and robotics while building their own Lego robots. The Lego Robotics Junior Club meets 9:30am – 12:00pm on select Saturdays starting Sept 21.

Game Design Junior (for Beginners in Grades 4-8) and Senior (Intermediate level for Grades 5-10): The Game Design club covers topics on how to design a computer game – from game planning, to character design and programming. It gives participants the opportunity to design their own computer games from scratch. The junior club is for participants who are new to game design. The senior club (Intermediate) is for participants with some knowledge of game development.

The Game Design Junior (Beginners level) Club meets from: 9:30am – 12:00pm on select Saturdays starting Sept 14
The Game Design Senior (Intermediate level) Club meets from: 1:00pm – 4:00pm on select Saturdays starting Sept 14

Register today for Virtual Ventures summer camp

amandacouch — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:13:08 +0000

Virtual Ventures offers a variety of fun and engaging computer and engineering activities for children in Grades 1-10. Our camps teach things like robotics, website design, computer animation, 3D printing, video game design, electronics and much more! Carleton University employees get $20 off registration.

Virtual Ventures wins award for leadership and innovation

amandacouch — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:39:30 +0000

Carleton’s Virtual Ventures program is the proud recipient of the 2012 Actua & GE Canada Award for Leadership and Innovation! The award was created in 1998 as a way to recognize member organizations that have best exemplified the Actua spirit of innovation over the past year.

Virtual Ventures is a non-profit organization run by students who want to make a difference in the lives of today’s youth. A nationally recognized technology and engineering summer camp for youth, fall and winter clubs, and a school outreach program provide the youth of Ottawa with experience in all aspects of computers, information technology, engineering, and science.

The award recognized Virtual Ventures for its considerable achievements in 2012 in engaging Ottawa’s youth in innovative and relevant STEM programming, including significant enhancements to the quality and sustainability of the program, and innovations in the development and delivery of high quality tech curriculum.

Virtual Ventures partnered with Actua and theOttawa Network for Education (ONFE) to deliver five weeks of TechU.me technology camp, a program that engaged 100 local youth. The unique experience, held on-site at the Ottawa IBM campus, had youth working extensively with mobile technology (including BlackBerry PlayBook tablets, Apple iPads and iPods), LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Robotic kits and digital media equipment. The program also featured weekly visits from mentors from the Ottawa technology sector, adding to the 90 mentors Virtual Ventures engaged throughout all of its barrier breaking programs in 2012.

Virtual Ventures’ commitment and efforts to expand to reach new audiences of youth is making a significant difference in the lives of youth in Ontario. Their dedication, hard work and commitment to excellence in inspiring youth is contributing to Actua and GE Canada’s shared goal of building a new generation of innovation for Canada.

Learn more about Virtual Ventures.