Tips for computing summer camps
- On the first day do some getting to know you activity like the Boolean logic game
- Be sure to include something active each day like a CS unplugged activity (http://www.csunplugged.org) or things like making a flowchart out of blue painters tape and having the kids walk the flowchart
- Be sure to show how what they are doing relates to jobs http://www.dotdiva.org or http://www.ncwit.org/award/award.index.php or http://www.cs.washington.edu/WhyCSE
- Don't lecture for long periods of time - summer camps aren't school
- Do give the students a challenge and let them figure it out. Point them to resources.
- Do let the students be creative and work on something they want to do
- Have the students show off what they are doing to each other
- Do have a parent show at the end so that the kids can show off their work
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