Camps for Kids and Teachers

Alice Camp (AL)

The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) will offer four weeklong Alice Camps in June. These camps are an integral part of UAB's NSF ITEST-funded computer training program, and they are primarily focused on students and teachers within the Birmingham City Schools. More information can be obtained by contacting Dr. Jeff Gray at gray@cs.ua.edu.


Scratch Camp (AL)

UAB is also hosting a series of Scratch and XO camps for teachers (in June) and for students (4th and 5th grade students, to be held in July). These camps are an integral part of an NSF Discovery K-12 grant and are primarily offered to teachers and students in the Birmingham City Schools. More information can be obtained by contacting Dr. Shelia Cotten at cotten@uab.edu.



University of Central Arkansas is offering the IT Academy Program for 8th – 12th grade students in central Arkansas. This 4-day workshop is designed for students who have little or no experience in computer programming but are interested in exploring the subject. The IT Academy Program introduces students to the basics of computer programming and data mining. All sessions will be conducted by UCA professors. Dates: July 12-15, 2010 and fees $125 (Non-Refundable). Deadline to apply for the program is June 15, 2010. Register on-line here. For other summer programs visit uca.edu/acmse/news.



The Purdue University Department of Computer Science will be holding their Adventures in Computer Science Summer Camp on June 13-18, 2010. It will be held in the Lawson Computer Science Building at Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN. The camp is open to rising 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students. The cost is $450 per person which includes all room, board, and special events. More information can be found at www.cs.purdue.edu, or contact Mindy Hart at mindy@purdue.edu or 1-800-320-6132.



The iSENSE system is an NSF-funded project to support science inquiry using electronic sensor probes with web-based data visualization. Our summer workshop is for middle and high school teachers. You will gain hands-on experience, share ideas with like-minded practitioners, and design activities for your students. Dates: June 28-30, 2010. Cost: $25. Registration deadline: May 27, 2010. For more info and email contacts: isense.cs.uml.edu//events.php?id=3



Northwest Missouri State University is holding a free workshop to introduce teachers to Scratch, a free computer program from MIT Media Labs that lets kids (ages 8 and up) create stories, animation, games, music, and art. The workshop is on Thursday, June 24, 2010, from 9 AM - 4 PM at Northwest Missouri State University, in Maryville, MO. The deadline for registration is June 1, 2010. For further information, please visit www.nwmissouri.edu/scratch, or email Michael@nwmissouri.edu.



Computational thinking has revolutionized many disciplines beyond computer science including biology, physics, statistics, finance, and the arts (to name a few) yet the Northern Appalachian region has fewer student participating in computing courses than other nearby regions. The School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh PA is running a set of NSF-sponsored workshops for STEM high school teachers in PA, OH, WV and MD to help them show their students how important it is to understand computational principles, increasing the awareness of computer science in their schools. Workshops include Computing with Alice (July 6-10), Computational Thinking (July 12-16) and Java for Math & Science (July 19-23). The cost is free for teachers that qualify, and the registration deadline is May 31, 2010. For more info and email contacts: www.cs.cmu.edu/activate.



CS4HS is a workshop held by the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh PA for high school (and K-8) computing teachers to provide resources to help them teach computer science principles to their students in a fun and relevant way and show that CS is much more than Java programming. Dates: July 26-28. Cost: $50 to reserve a seat (refundable upon workshop completion). Registration deadline: June 15, 2010. For more info and email contacts: www.cs.cmu.edu/cs4hs/summer10.



DigiPen ProjectFUN Workshops, considered to be the leader in video game development education, offers an exciting opportunity for middle and high school students to get hands-on experience in video game programming, game design, 3D computer animation and robotics technology. Held at the DigiPen Institute of Technology campus in Redmond, these intensive two-week workshops are ideal for those considering a career as a video game programmer, game designer, 3D artist or computer engineer. All workshops are designed with a project-based curriculum providing fun and engaging lessons that encourage students to use their problem-solving skills and give an opportunity to explore new technologies. Ultimately, the workshops combine academics with real-world applications culminating in the completion of a video game, 3D animation, or robotic vehicle, an correspond to our expertise in the degree programs that we offer at DigiPen. For more information or to register online, visit projectfun.digipen.edu/workshops.


University of Washington, Seattle, Washington (WA)

Learn to create your own computer games and animation. Start with MIT's Scratch to learn computer programming concepts through a drag-and-drop interface, and then move onto Phrogram, which has many of the features of a full-powered industry computer programming language, but is much easier to learn. Creating games involves storyboarding, creating images, and setting up logic and program flow. Dates: July 12-23. Audience: Middle school students. Cost: $425. Deadline for registration: June 14. For further information, please email youth@extn.washington.edu.



The Computer Science Summer Camps site (facilitated by the ACM-W Executive Committee) provides information on summer camps for middle and high school girls that will help them develop their talents in computer-related disciplines. The site provides camps created specifically for girls, as well as camps created for both males and females. Many of the camps, though listed under co-ed camps, give preference to women and minorities.
   

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