Camp Life

There is a big difference between playing a video game and making one yourself. Campers at Children’s Technology Workshop sessions learn to run the machine rather than have the machine run them. There is a big difference between watching a movie and creating one yourself. Instead of being the recipient of messages and stories, our campers become the creators. There is a big difference between playing with LEGO and building a LEGO-based robot. Instead of just having fun with something that someone else created, icampers experience a whole new level of creativity.

Children’s Technology Workshop is leading the way by applying constructivist learning techniques allowing children to imagine, hypothesize, evaluate, invent, explore, create and learn. 

The approach to enriched learning is founded on the principles established by Dr. Seymour Papert, co-founder of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT and author of The Connected Family, who wrote, “Learning works best when the learner is a willing and conscious participant.”

This approach has an impact on kids. Tracy, one of our camper’s parents, wrote to tell us: “My daughter attended icamp this summer. Each morning she was the first one up, eager to start again. I realized that it was more than a ‘computer camp’—much more. My daughter was being introduced to skills that have ‘real life’ applications. Exposure to programs of such technological significance could help map a life course for some of your campers.”

Imaginative programs encourage your child's computer and technology interests at iCamp.