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The Optics of "piracy"

This is a response to a Globe and Mail article about the most downloaded movies.

Sometimes I have to wonder if the purpose of a newspaper is to enlighten or dull the minds of its readers. // more

Why gamification misses the point.

I recently read an interesting article that did what gamer designers do so well. It modeled, with great hilarity, the wost attributes of gamification sins. You can check it out for yourself. 

What I like most about this article is that it does not once blast any vitriole at gamification, but rather it parodies gamification and teaches you what not to do if you think that gamifying something is the way to make it "better." // more

Thanks Steve!

"Stay hungry, stay foolish and do what you love." - Steve Jobs 1955 - 2011.

Steve Jobs was my personal Peter Pan. What I will remember most about him was his boyish charm during his keynotes every year. He seemed genuinely excited about what he was showing us. He was like the kid in grade three who brought his pet frog to show and tell, hiding in a shoebox (with holes cut in it!) He wasn't afraid to lead the Lost Boys (the geeks), and he seemed to have some magic nearby (reality distortion field).  // more

Drop-in Life Drawing Classes!

Calling all illustrators and artists!

Over the course of the coming weeks, we are opening our classroom to include 3 extra people in our exclusive Life Drawing classes at Harcourt House with Nat Jones and Lee Nielsen.

Sign up today to experience this unique opportunity.

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Digital Alberta Awards Night

We were pleased to represent Guru at the Digital Alberta Awards. This year's awards were particularly poignant for us because two of our students were listed as finalists in the "Student Digital Award." The award itself is listed below as "Best in Student Innovation." The event was a hip and classy affair hosted at the Hotel Arts in downtown Calgary. A live funk band provided the soundtrack to a lively networking event that saw the likes of many of Alberta's (primarily Calgary's) digital media production community out in full force to celebrate the best and brightest.  // more

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APPLICATION NOTICE

Please note that Guru Digital Arts College is now accepting applications for the following diploma programs:

Digital Media Production, DMP201226: April 2 - September 14, 2012

Interaction Design & Game Level Development, IDGD201207: April 2 - September 14, 2012 // more

Jeremy's Muse

Jeremy Pudlowski is a recent graduate of the Digital Media Production Diploma program. Since graduation, he has worked full-time as a post-production and motion graphics editor. Recently, Jeremy started playing with Adobe's latest foray into design tools for HTML5 and CSS3. Even though this product is still in beta testing, Adobe has been actively encouraging designers to check out Muse.  // more

Teaching someone to use a hammer won't make them a carpenter!

I am often surprised by the perceptions that people have about Guru. One that has come up in conversations with various potential students is "well, you just teach the Adobe tools, right? I mean, you don't get into any of the other stuff." (Other stuff here means the theoretical parts of digital media.)

Perhaps it is because we are a compressed program. Perhaps it is something we miscommunicated in our marketing. Whatever it is, there seems to be a slight misconception about our programs and the nature of the work you do when you are a student at Guru. // more

Rocketfuel Games and Guru Mash Up Mutants and Math

Guru is excited to announce a collaboration project with Rocketfuel Games to co-produce a game that helps players practice mental math skills. 

Read more at, http://www.rocketfuelgames.ca/news/

This is a learning game with a twist. Both Owen (Guru's Executive Director) and Jason (Rocketfuel's Executive Producer) have had experience in the e-learning sector. "When we first met, Jason started out by saying that this was going to be a grittier, edgier approach to learning games and I thought that was awesome," says Owen.  // more

Guru is giving it away!

We are giving away FREE CLASSES to high schools that invite us to come visit! We are ready to lead a TON of different courses (related to digital media).

Do you know someone in high school? Think they would be interested in a visit from one of our geektastic instructors? Check out our handy online application form!

Simply let your high schooler know that their teacher needs to fill out that form and we will follow up to determine a mutually convenient time to parachute in and geek out! // more

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