Basecamp offers Design Trail, Vision Hub courses for kids

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ARMED with a mission to equip kids, teens, and young adults with the digital skills critical in today’s modern world, Basecamp, Power Mac Center’s official training provider, is offering the Design Trail and Vision Hub workshop series.

These are fun and age-appropriate digital courses on animation, game design, web design, video editing, and app development. Design Trail for Kids also has non-digital courses on drawing, painting, and science experiments.

Enrollees in the Visayas and Mindanao region will also be provided with modules written in Cebuano. Courses will start on April 11 and will be ongoing all year long.

“Parents always want the best for their kids, and Basecamp is here to help them provide the best digital learning experience. Just like a real base camp, we serve as a storehouse of food for the imagination and equipment needed by kids to survive the digital wilderness and, figuratively speaking, to scale the mountains ahead. Our courses are conducted by expert mentors who can readily address kids’ natural inquisitiveness and ensure their holistic development,” said Maleng Raysag, Basecamp Head.

The classes that Basecamp, which uses Apple technology, offers includes:

“The Art of Comics” and “2D Animation using iPad.” Designed for children ages seven to 10 years old, these courses will strengthen their visual communication skills through creating new characters from basic lines, shapes, and colors; and,

“3D Creation and Animation for Beginners” is meant for older teens and young adults aged 16-21 years old. This class offers animation techniques and software tools actually used in the industry.

Kids can learn the discipline involved in creating their own games through various software and programming languages, while teens and young adults can hone their skills in web design, video editing, and app development. These digital courses are conducted either online or face-to-face and are available year-round.

Design Trail for Kids also offers courses designed to develop analog skills such as drawing, painting, printmaking, and manga-creation. In addition, young scientists can discover scientific concepts through hands-on activities and inquiry-based learning.

These non-digital courses are conducted exclusively in person, in order to increase children’s appreciation for the value of hands-on work and imagination. The Basecamp training center is located at 3/L Glorietta 5, Ayala Center, Makati City.

Design Trail classes are conducted in the course of four days, for 1.5 hours each session. Digital courses are priced at P2,500 per student per course for online sessions, and P3,000 for face-to-face classes. Non-digital courses can be availed at P3,000 each. Vision Hub’s online courses are priced at P5,500 per head, per course, conducted over five days per course, for 15 hours in total. For the full list of classes, schedules, and other details, visit Design Trail at https://bit.ly/3ZqS7FI and Vision Hub at https://bit.ly/40pLiWf .