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Young Authors Spring CampYoung Author Workshops are designed to foster creativity, self-expression, and excitement about writing. These are fun interactive classes for campers to enjoy and learn the craft and process of writing. The campers would work on personal and expository writings.

Turn screen time into learning time with fantastic online camps for kids at DIY.org

by Cool Mom Tech

We’re in those final weeks of school before summer break, which means my kids and I need to figure out how they’re going to occupy themselves and keep their brains and hands active. Turns out I’m getting some great ideas from the online camps at DIY.org.

While we were all a little skeptical about the idea of camp that doesn’t actually get kids outside doing, you know, camp stuff, maybe you want to reframe this more like awesome four-week courses that can help fill in the days.

Four-week sessions focus on a topic like filmmaking, comic books, toy hacks, and Minecraft. Using the iOS app, kids can view video instructions and challenges that are posted by their counselor, post their own creations, and interact with other kids for feedback and fun. Plus they can work on their own time, so it might be a cool option after the kids get home from actual camp or other activities, and could use a little downtime on the computer with the A/C blasting.

My 10 year-old joined the Minecraft Adventure camp, and she is definitely getting a kick out of it. Her counselor is hilarious, and he’s been great at engaging the kids and responding to their questions and concerns. There’s always something new to greet her on the app each day, which means I never once hear I’m bored — two words every parent dreads.

Each session of camp is $39, but you can try your first camp for only $10, which I think is pretty awesome, considering how great our experience has been so far. The DIY app is free, but it does require iOS 8.1 or higher. That means unfortunately it’s not an option for Android users. (Read more)

Check out the online camps!:

LEGO Master Camp

Movie Maker Camp

Minecraft Architecture Camp

Doodle-a-Day Camp

Drawing-a-Day Camp

Music Inventor Camp

Outdoor Adventure Camp

Zombie Survival Camp

Stop Motion Camp

Comic Book Camp

Workshopempfehlung für die Wissenswerte in Magdeburg

Ich gehöre zwar zur “anderen Seite des Schreibtisches”, möchte aber trotzdem gerne auf einen Programmpunkt der diesjährigen Wissenswerte in Magdeburg aufmerksam machen, nämlich: OnlineCamp “Fact Checking & Verification im Social Web”.

Wer vor Ort ist und sich auch nur latent mit dem Thema beschäftigt, der/die sollte die Chance nutzen und sich in den Workshop von Marc Scheloske, Lars Fischerund…