Elite Builder Program
What is Elite Program?
The Elite Program is designed for students who are smart, skillful in programming, and would like to learn more with a team. Students are going to work with another 3-4 team members together to explore skills like Website Design, Computer Programming, Business Development, Project Management skills etc. Students will be working with our development team of art and engineering students from MIT, Cornell, Mass Art and other well-known universities.
We're looking for a few advanced builders ages 13 - 18 who have demonstrated a passion for art, computers and technology to join our Elite Builder Program!
LH Art-STEM class is located between Harvard and MIT
Membership
Benefit includes:
During the school year, developers and interns meet in our Webcast room for one hour , 30+ webcast hours per year
Work on commercial-grade projects
Learn college-level, advanced tools
Receive school recommendations
Mentor members
Receive invitations to present projects at conferences around the world.
During the summer or over vacation periods, interns are invited to spend 30+ hours with our developers at our ‘lab’ in Cambridge (between Harvard and MIT) or online
AGE : 13 -18
SKILL LEVEL: Beginner–Intermediate
PATH: Coding, Creative, Game Dev
PROGRAM : Advanced Builder | Membership
PREREQUISITE: See course description
Many LH Art-STEM Advanced Builders Have Gone To The Schools of Their Choice
Present Advanced Builders
you will learn
Communication Skills, Graphics, and Powerpoint Presentation Design
Problem Solving Skills
Website design
Programming
Mechanical / Robot Design
Goals
Develop the skills and portfolio of projects that will put you in a position to:
Get into schools of your choice.
Teach Build-It-Yourself workshops when in college.
Join the Build-It-Yourself development team when in college.
How to build the Blender 3D?
Skills Exercised
Project Management
Discover (Define target audience and goals, define problem, mission and value proposition, Research)
Design (Write a functional specification, write a design specification, define tasks and estimate hours)
Deploy (Test and edit, Present and use sales skills)
All development projects have a project management wiki and are driven by a project plan
Communication Skills, Graphics, and Power Point Presentation Design
Present ideas clearly, concisely, and convincingly
Learn how to make graphics
Measure successful PowerPoint presentations
Learn pixel vs vector drawing tools. (GIMP for pixel images and PowerPoint for vector drawings)
Create animated gifs
Master animation techniques
Create 3D graphics using Blender
Problem Solving Skills
Define the problem and the goals
Learn how to do research
Teamwork skills
Learn how to dissect problems
Website Design
Measure attributes of successful websites
Learn internet infrastructure and terminology
Design information architecture and intuitive navigation
Develop client-side and server-side code
Use CSS Style sheets
Build database driven websites
Set up servers
Understand search engine optimization
Follow professional file management guidelines
Programming
Develop Scratch, PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, Java, Python programs
Storyboard a user interface
Design databases
Learn coding optimization
Modularize code
Learn computer hardware and software architecture
Use GitHub to manage code revisions
Mechanical / Robot Design
Measure the pros and cons of a variety of construction systems
Exercise modular construction
Build sensors
Build motion modules
Build structural modules
Program microcontrollers
Learn basic circuit design