Digital Media Academy Teen Focus

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Digital Media Academy Teen Focus

K-12 STEAM education platform founded at Stanford University in 1999, offering over 100 courses in computer science, digital arts, game development, engineering, and AI across 1,000+ schools in 125 countries.

Digital Media Academy (DMA) is a K-12 STEAM education company founded in 1999 as the Academy for New Media at Stanford University. The company was incorporated in 2002 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. CEO: Bruno Souza Gomes. Founded by Phil Gibson. The platform offers over 100 courses across six subject areas: computer science, digital arts, game development, music and media, engineering, and business. Courses are available in three tiers (Foundation, Discovery, Academy) for students ages 5 to 18 in both self-paced and teacher-led formats. The curriculum integrates with Google Classroom and Canvas LMS. DMA's courses carry the ISTE Seal of Alignment and have been independently verified by EPIC STEM Evaluation Services at the University of Texas at Austin. The curriculum aligns with ISTE Standards for Students, International Baccalaureate, Cambridge International, UK National Curriculum, CSTA, NGSS, and ADST frameworks. Stanford Graduate School of Education has also studied the program's outcomes. The company has reached over 500,000 students across 1,000+ schools in 125 countries. Previous summer camp programs operated at Stanford, Harvard, NYU, Georgetown, UCLA, UCSD, University of Chicago, Oxford, UBC, and McGill. The current business model focuses on school partnerships through the "Leading STEAM Schools in the World" membership and accreditation program launched in 2022. DMA also runs the Global Innovation Race (GIR), a summer program at Stanford for students ages 13 to 17 combining design thinking, AI innovation workshops, and team challenges with participants from 10+ countries. The company offers professional development and teacher training alongside its student curriculum.