Summer Camp 2012

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: Downloading programs & customizing take-home computers