Why Summer Camps Should Introduce Creative Technologies
Working at a summer camp in Australia was one of the greatest times in my life; seeing Brisbane for the first time was an experience I’ll never forget and one day hope to try again. Let me start off by saying that I have absolutely no problem with the activities summer camps currently offer, many of which I consider essential such as physical and survival activities. But I also believe that there is something crucial missing from what summer camps offer young people, and that’s the encouragement of their creative spirit. It could be due to a lack of resources, but summer camps would benefit greatly from a broader range of activities, tools, and technologies available to camp dwellers. This is something that didn’t occur to me until long after I’d arrived home. Around this time, Apple announced its own incarnation of summer camp, providing a three day workshop to teach children aged 8 to 12 about technology, as well as filmmaking, recording music, and designing webpages using al...