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COVID-19 - Update - Camps Limited to 10 Campers - AM Only
Each camper will use their own laptop each day. No one touches any other campers laptop!
Everyone stays 6 feet or 1.83 meters from each other and wears a mask at all times.
Welcome to the Schaefer Polk Computational Thinking Camps. We are part of the Durham Academy Summer Program. This site supports the summer camps that Karl Schaefer and Donovan Polk will conduct.
What is Computational Thinking? The image from Barefoot Computing does a great job of highlighting what we consider to be Computational Thinking.
Our camps feature many of the concepts and approaches shown in the graphic. We spend a lot of time working with verbs: Develop, Adjust, Participate, Adapt, and Adhere.
Our camps allow campers to learn at their pace. Campers have access to the tools after camps for further learning opportunities.
3D Design and Printing - In Person - US STEM Room 4116
Week 6: July 13 - 17 AM
Middle School Ages 11 - 15
The 3D Design and Printing class will be an entry level camp for campers in grades 5 - 8 that have limited experience with 3D Design and Printing. Campers will work with Tinkercad to create design challenges. Campers will be able to print their designs. Camp is limited to 10 campers. Campers will be required to have access to a web based email address for creating accounts to use the various software.
Build and Explore Virtual Reality - In Person - US STEM Room 4116
Week 7: July 20-24 - AM
Middle School Ages 11 - 15
The Build and Explore Virtual Reality camp will use Cospaces Edu https://cospaces.io/edu/ to Create 3D Virtual or Augmented Creations. “CoSpaces Edu is a simple drag and drop process using a variety of creation features including 3D objects, building blocks, multimedia uploads, block-based coding, and much more. CoSpaces Edu's visual coding language CoBlocks is ideal for young coders and a great introduction to computational thinking.” https://cospaces.io/edu/
Campers will design an AR or VR Cospace.
Due to COVID -19 campers will NOT be able to explore in AR or VR using Merge Goggles or use Merge Cubes. Campers will learn how to upload 3D objects from https://poly.google.com/ to use in their Cospaces Creations.
Week 3 Camp - Canceled
Storytelling with CS First and Scratch Programming
Middle School Ages 11 - 15
CS First is a free program that increases student access and exposure to computer science (CS) education. In this camp you will create and share your own digital stories! Use the computer to design your own stories, create and share your own animations, and learn how technology is used in the film and media industry!
Imagine, Program and Share are the key elements of what the free Scratch software can allow campers to create. The software is free, the application is logical and campers will be supported in their learning of the programming language by a seasoned crew of instructors. Young people need to be exposed to programming at an early level to learn how the technology behind computers and games actually work and this is a great camp for that exposure. Come to this camp and “scratch” the programming itch!
Learn more at https://csfirst.withgoogle.com/s/en/home and http://scratch.mit.edu
Information for Parents http://scratch.mit.edu/parents/
Week 4 Camp - Canceled
Game Design with Google CS First and Scratch Programming
Middle School Ages 11 - 15
CS First is a free program that increases student access and exposure to computer science (CS) education. In this camp you will create your own video games!
Design and program your own video games using code and computer science. In Sports, students use computer science to simulate extreme sports, make their own fitness gadget commercial, and create commentary for a big sporting event.
Imagine, Program and Share are the key elements of what the free Scratch software can allow campers to create. The software is free, the application is logical and campers will be supported in their learning of the programming language by a seasoned crew of instructors. Young people need to be exposed to programming at an early level to learn how the technology behind computers and games actually work and this is a great camp for that exposure. Come to this camp and “scratch” the programming itch!
Learn more at https://csfirst.withgoogle.com/s/en/home and http://scratch.mit.edu
Information for Parents http://scratch.mit.edu/parents/
Week 5 Camp - Canceled
3D Design and Printing
Week 5: July 6 -10 AM
Middle School Ages 11 - 15
The 3D Design and Printing class will be an entry level camp for campers in grades 5 - 8 that have limited experience with 3D Design and Printing. Campers will work with Tinkercad to create design challenges. Campers will be able to print their designs. Camp is limited to 10 campers. Campers will be required to have access to a web based email address for creating accounts to use the various software.