Summer Camp 2012 - Revision history

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We ran a two-week summer camp in August 2012 for 7 kids from the Buckman SUN School. The kids were going into 4th-6th grade and completed a modified version of the Build Program. They also participated in painting a mural and embellishing it with used parts from around the building. The following is a collection of notes about how the camp went.

===A typical schedule===
*9:00-9:15 Campers arrive, welcome/get organized in classroom
*9:15-10:15: Class (see class list below) in the classroom
*10:15-10:30: snack break in the meeting room
*10:30-11:45: Prebuild (first week)/Build (second week)
*11:45-1:00: Walk to Ladd's Circle for lunch & games
*1-1:45: Prebuild/Build
*1:45-3:45: 3 stations:
**Work on mural in parking lot
**Games in the meeting room (with snack)
**Games in the small office (camp room)
*3:45 Wrap-up in the meeting room
*4:00 Parents pick up

===Class list==
Week 1:
*Monday: Tour/expectations/nametags
*Tuesday: Hardware ID (shortened)
*Wednesday: Linux Playground (laptops with different distros to try)
*Thursday: Intro to Ubuntu
*Friday: Intro to Python
Week 2:
*Monday: GIMP project
*Tuesday: Free Games
*Wednesday: Being Safe Online
*Thursday: HTML/CSS
*Friday: ??

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 *Monday: Tour/expectations/nametags (Sarah)
-:: Made a "hand contract" together, and it was good to set up clear expectations. It was also nice having the tour on a Monday when no one was around.
+:: Made a "hand contract" together, and it was good to set up clear expectations. We made nametags out of floppy disks, which worked well. It was also nice having the tour on a Monday when no one was around.
 *Tuesday: Hardware ID (shortened) (Nate)
 :: Worked well as a series of mini-lectures followed by show-and-tell at the tables. Having 2-3 helpers along with a main teacher is ideal.
 *Wednesday: Linux Playground (Ben)
-:: Ben set up a bunch of laptops each with a different distro and had a "treasure hunt" for them to do on each. Worked pretty well, but a little more structure would be good. Once games were discovered it was hard to keep them focused.
+:: Ben set up a bunch of laptops each with a different distro and had a "treasure hunt" for them to do on each. Worked pretty well, but a little more structure would be good. Once games/web browsers were discovered it was hard to keep them focused.
 *Thursday: Intro to Ubuntu (Daisy)
 :: Went very well as a do-what-I-do class. They loved customizing desktop appearances.
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 *Friday: Downloading programs & customizing take-home computers (Sarah/Cynthia/Rob)
 :: Made sure everything worked and then pretty much let them do what they wanted. Turned into Minecraft time.

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 *4:00 Parents pick up
-==Class list==
+==Class list and notes==
 Week 1:
-*Monday: Tour/expectations/nametags
+*Monday: Tour/expectations/nametags (Sarah)
-*Tuesday: Hardware ID (shortened)
+:: Made a "hand contract" together, and it was good to set up clear expectations. It was also nice having the tour on a Monday when no one was around.
-*Wednesday: Linux Playground (laptops with different distros to try)
+*Tuesday: Hardware ID (shortened) (Nate)
-*Thursday: Intro to Ubuntu
+:: Worked well as a series of mini-lectures followed by show-and-tell at the tables. Having 2-3 helpers along with a main teacher is ideal.
-*Friday: Intro to Python
+*Wednesday: Linux Playground (Ben)
 Week 2:
-*Monday: GIMP project
+*Monday: GIMP project (Sarah)
-*Tuesday: Free Games
+:: We did a project in which they used intelligent scissors to cut out a picture of themselves and insert it into a cool background (outer space, under the sea, etc.). Worked pretty well for the older kids, but required a lot of one-on-one attention (and I was the only one able to do that). Having a couple of teaching assistants who know GIMP would make this work better.
-*Wednesday: Being Safe Online
+*Tuesday: Free Games (Rob)
-*Thursday: HTML/CSS
+:: Just showed them a few cool (and appropriate) games and let them download and play. They loved it (predictably), but we had a little trouble getting the laptops to be able to download (check this out beforehand).
-*Friday: Downloading programs & customizing take-home computers
+*Wednesday: Being Safe Online (Darren)

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 We ran a two-week summer camp in August 2012 for 7 kids from the Buckman SUN School. The kids were going into 4th-6th grade and completed a modified version of the Build Program. They also participated in painting a mural and embellishing it with used parts from around the building. The following is a collection of notes about how the camp went.
-===A typical schedule===
+==A typical schedule==
 *9:00-9:15 Campers arrive, welcome/get organized in classroom
 *9:15-10:15: Class (see class list below) in the classroom
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 *4:00 Parents pick up
-===Class list==
+==Class list==
 Week 1:
 *Monday: Tour/expectations/nametags

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