Programming, Art, Design, and Storytelling Courses

Companies such as EA, Blizzard, and Pixar hire people with the skills your students will learn in these courses!

Zulama has created a program that teaches cutting-edge Programming, Art, and Design technology to high school students. Chris Klug and Ruth Comley, faculty at the Entertainment Technology Center at Carnegie Mellon University authored these project-based, engaging courses.

This Entertainment Technology Academy immerses students in the same methodologies used to design today’s most popular video games. The program combines Science, Technology, Engineering and Math with the Arts (STEAM) to give students not only the skills but also the creativity they will need to thrive in the new global digital workplace. 

There is a misconception that being good at playing video games means you are good at creating video games. In this program, students will discover just how much hard work and talent is needed to be successful in the real world of video game design.

No matter what career path students choose, they will develop the skills necessary for communication, creative expression, and job preparedness in a digital world.

Doesn’t every high-schooler want to take a course in video game design?! These courses engage and motivate students, but also contain the rigor and “hard skills” to satisfy demanding curriculum requirements.

Need more convincing?! Here's an excellent blog written by Jon Radoff entitled Six Wonderful Things About Games.

Look in our Course Catalog for detailed course descriptions and author biographies.

 


 

Zulama in the News

The Pittsburgh Education Hive is humming:

UC Berkely's announcement

Educause's review

MacArthur Foundation's Spotlight

More News

CEO Nikki Navta spoke about parents and games at a panel that was reviewed in the Huffington Post!

Zulama was highlighted in a great blog from our friends at The Fitting Group. 

Zulama was named by Mass High Tech Startup Watch as Five You Should Follow.

Zulama CEO Nikki Navta's Edtech Digest interview.

WQED IQ Smart Parent series Episode 1, a panel discussion about parenting, video games, and education featuring Zulama CEO Nikki Navta and world-renowned game designer Jesse Schell.

Game Academy Scholarship Program

Waterfront Learning, through a generous grant from the Benedum Foundation, offered scholarships to regional 9th and 10th grade students for study of video game design and development. Students completed Zulama's "Games Through the Ages" course from January through June (2012), attended a Game Design Studio Boot Camp hosted by staff at The Entertainment Technology Center at Carnegie Mellon University (ETC), and participated in the Three Rivers Educational Technology Conference (TRETC) in November, 2012. More here.

 

Press Releases

Zulama raised the first $200K of our seed round.

iCarnegie partners with Zulama to offer high school e-learning options.

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