Activ8 Computing Camps - 2009Activ8 Computing Camps - 2009 (schedule)
Our computer camps are supported by the TSYS Department of Computer Science at Columbus State University. The camps will be taught by CSU faculty, graduate, and undergraduate students.
| Mission Technology (Grades 5-8) |  |
You can learn to create your very own movie or game. You can design a digital cat and program it to purr when someone pets it or craft a digital birthday cake that plays a song when you blow out the candles. Mission Technology will teach you to do this and more! Get ready to learn about an exciting new program from MIT called "Scratch" (http://scratch.mit.edu/) that lets you easily create interactive stories, games, music, and art. You will also discover how to take a digital picture of yourself and make it 'dance' to the music. With PicoCrickets (http://www.picocricket.com/), you can create musical sculptures, interactive jewelry, and dancing creatures. All rising 5th - 8th grade students with an interest in hands-on activities are encouraged to apply. |  |
| Computer Quest (Grades 6-9) |  |
If you want to learn more about technology through hands-on computer activities, get ready to take a Computer Quest. You can learn to create your own movie or game and to build a robot that will navigate an obstacle course. At Computer Quest, you will learn to work with an exciting program from Carnegie Mellon University called "Alice" (http://www.alice.org/) that allows you direct your own 3D movie or 3D interactive animation. At Computer Quest, you will assemble a robot with the LEGO Mindstorms NXT Robotics System (http://mindstorms.lego.com/) and then tell it what to do. |  |
