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Minecraft at NIU
NIU students, faculty, staff and alum join us to build the NIU campus in Minecraft. Contact Aline Click aclick@niu.edu for builder access...
Student Opportunities!
The DCL is always loking for the best students NIU has to offer. Ready to work on exciting new projects? Read more...
Oculus Rift
The goal of this project was to create an inexpensive virtual reality experience to help users better visualize the three-dimensional models, representations, and graphs that are critical to learning advanced mathematics like Calculus.
Welcome
STEAM Summer Camps and Event Calendar
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Monday to Friday, June 7 - 11: Minecraft Virtual World Designer Virtual Summer Camps (Online Summer Camp) |
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Monday to Friday, June 14 - 18: Video Game Design with GameMaker (Online Summer Camp) |
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Monday to Friday, June 21 - 25: Video Game Design with Unity (Online Summer Camp) |
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Monday to Friday, June 28 - July 2: Minecraft Virtual World Designer Virtual Summer Camps (Online Summer Camp) |
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Monday to Friday, July 12 - 16: Video Game Design with GameMaker (Online Summer Camp) |
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Monday to Friday, July 26 - 30: Storytelling with Minecraft (Online Summer Camp) |
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Monday to Friday, July 26 - 30: Video Game Design with Unity (Online Summer Camp) |
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Monday to Friday, August 2 - 6: Esports Bootcamp (Online Summer Camp) |
Be Part of the Exciting Projects at the DCL!
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Big Data Text-mining Research Students wanted! We are seeking History or other humanities majors to take part in text-mining research, which is a form of the digital humanities applying techniques often described pertaining to Big Data. The project involves collaboration with faculty and graduate students in the Department of Computer Science. |
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History Harvest Experiential Learning Activity The Digital Convergence Lab is collaborating with the Department of History and the University Libraries to provide students in Professor Stanley Arnold’s American History survey class (United States since the Civil War) with an opportunity to explore how digital technology relates to the study of history. |
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The Mississippi Valley and Mark Twain A student team will work on a GIS resource presenting data from the Mississippi Valley of the mid-nineteenth century – the place that Mark Twain wrote about in his most famous works. |
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Interactive Window Displays Thanks to a grant from the Friends of the NIU Libraries’ Awards Program, Founders Memorial Library, in partnership with the Digital Convergence Lab (FO 340) is piloting Interactive Window Displays, the first on NIU’s campus. |
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Digital Scholarship at NIU In keeping with its mission to help the university community to integrate digital technologies into teaching, learning and research activities, the Digital Convergence Lab supports digital scholarship activities. |
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Call for Projects Do you have a great idea for creating a new game, mobile app, or digital tool? Do you think you could make it happen, if you just had some help? Contact us! |
