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Yesterday, I was sent some information on a really cool and FREE "summer camp" course on JavaFX for students between the ages of 13-18, that has just a few weeks left, so please don't waste any time checking out the links!

The course is brought to you by FreshBrain, which is an education platform for youth that focuses on technology and offers opportunities for teenagers to learn about and work with cutting-edge technologies in a safe community environment. FreshBrain has built an entire free virtual Summer Camp program with eight different "learning paths" students can choose from.  This includes the "Building Flash Websites with JavaFX" path in which students learn how to create animated content for a Web site on both desktop and mobile applications.

The only prerequisite is prior computer programming experience.  However, if you don't have any you still have time to take the "Learn Java Programming" learning path before signing up to learn JavaFX.

There are activities under each learning path that, when completed, will earn you a Badge!  Additionally, there is a challenge activity in which you can compete for cool prizes -- like winning up to $1,500 in the "Building Flashy Websites with JavaFX" path (second prize = $1,000, third prize = $500)!

The camp runs through August 14th, so there is still plenty of time to get involved -- FreshBrain estimates that each complete learning path will take about a week to complete.

So for those of you who know a 13-18-year-old interested in learning some new technology (and who doesn't!) please pass this information along ASAP!