1. Camps Planning, organizing, and running camps for elementary and middle school students. Nancy Moyers John Nguyen

2. Plan Where do you begin?

3. Planning  Target audience

4. Planning  Target audience  Staff  Available skillset

5. Planning  Target audience  Staff  Location

6. Planning  Target audience  Staff  Location  Lesson Plan  Standards  Interesting and interactive content

7. Show sample lesson plan

8. Planning  Target audience  Staff  Location  Lesson Plan  Budget

9. ItemCost Lunch$75 Support Staff$60 Room Rental$800 Travel Costs$50 Signage$20 Materials$20 Software$300 Total Cost $1325

10. Planning  Target audience  Staff  Location  Lesson Plan  Budget  Parent provided lunch  Sponsorship  Staffing costs  Help desk/Support staff  Travel costs  FOSS

11. Planning  Target audience  Staff  Location  Lesson Plan  Budget  Promotion  Relevant  Novel  Free  Pre/Post promotion  News articles  Word of mouth

14. Organize How do you get students to attend?

15. Organizing  Sign-up process  How  Through school  Online  Registration  Asking the right questions  Medications/Allergies  Special Needs  Photo/Video Permission

16. Organizing  Sign-up process  Communication  Principals  Tech Teachers  Parents  Word of Mouth

17. Email Communication Hi Nancy, I received information about your recent game design workshops and tried to register my son for the one in April, but it was full. I received an email from his school that you were able to add another workshop. Is there still availability? If so, could you send me information about signing up? Thank you so much!

18. Email Communication Good Morning, The workshop we quickly became overbooked for our previous workshop, and are holding another to accommodate the overflow. At this time we will not have room to accommodate any extra students. If a spot becomes available in our June 8th workshop I will let you know. We will likely continue to hold these camps and I will keep you informed as to when the next one will be held that will have an open registration. I apologize for the inconvenience. All the best, Nancy Moyers

19. Common Questions  Can I bring other kids?  Can I sit in?  Can you do another date?  What if my kid is late?  Can I drop my kid off early?

20. Organizing  Sign-up process  Communication  People  Volunteers, classes, community service  Background checks  Incentivize  Extra credit  Class Credit/Assignments  Food

21. Run How do you run the camp?

22. Running  Parking

23. Running  Parking  Signage

24. Running  Parking  Signage  Maps  Email a few days before

25. Running  Parking  Signage  Maps  Parents  Contact information  Angry parents

26. Running  Parking  Signage  Maps  Parents  Handling students who are…  Uninterested  Advanced  Special needs  Upset

27. Experiences Looking back at the camps we have organized.

28. Chaires Working in Schools

29. Chaires  STEM Club  February - April  3 rd - 5 th grade  ~30 students  8 Visits

30. Chaires  STEM Club  Topics  Photo/Video Editing  Social Media  Security  Hardware  Robotics  Microsoft Office

31. Chaires  STEM Club  Topics  Unique Challenges  Held at their school  Teacher expectations  Students who had done it before

32. Computer Bugs Getting students interested in computer science and computer programming

33. Computer Bugs  CS Unplugged  Ruby  Hackety Hack  Relate complex material  Small, engaging programs

34. Robotics Teaching students the principles of AI

35. Robotics  YMCA

36. Robotics  YMCA  Pre-built  Time constraints  Focus on programming

37. Robotics  YMCA  Pre-built  Obstacle Course/Challenges

38. Game Design Giving students the basic skills to design their own digital playground

39. Game Design  March 30 th  6 hour workshop

40. Game Design  March 30 th  Over 100 students signed up within two days of opening registration  48 student capacity  2 nd workshop June 8th

41. Game Design  March 30 th  Over 100 students signed up within two days of opening registration  Schools started contacting us

42. Game Design  March 30 th  Over 100 students signed up within two days of opening registration  Schools started contacting us  News coverage

43. Game Design  Problems we encountered  Computers not working  Working with friends

44. Game Design  Problems we encountered  Computers not working  Crashes  Restarting/Troubleshooting

45. Game Design  Problems we encountered  Computers not working  Crashes  Kids who just showed up  Explain to parent  Find room

46. Girls’ Technology Camp Fostering a passion for technology in middle school girls

47. Girls’ Tech Camp  Objectives  Stimulate an interest in technology among young women  Get the community involved

48.  Objectives  Topics  Monday - Hardware and Media  Tuesday – Web Design  Wednesday – Game Design  Thursday - Coding  Friday – Security/Privacy Girls’ Tech Camp

49.  Objectives  Topics  Differences  Guest speakers from the community each day  Week long camp Girls’ Tech Camp

50.  Objectives  Topics  Differences  Unique Challenges  Had to skip Audacity  Parking  Early drop off/Late pick up Girls’ Tech Camp

51. Future Plans Where do we go from here?

52. Future Plans  Girl Scouts  Advanced Game Design  Chaires  Marianna/Gadsen  Reutiger  More Coding Camps

53. Lessons What we learned from this

54. Lessons  You’ll never be completely prepared (but try)

55. Lessons  You’ll never be completely prepared (but try)  The kids will only be as invested as you are

56. Lessons  You’ll never be completely prepared (but try)  The kids will only be as invested as you are  Be flexible, but try to stay on schedule  They will notice if you don’t do what you say you will

57. Lessons  You’ll never be completely prepared (but try)  The kids will only be as invested as you are  Be flexible, but try to stay on schedule  Follow up  Give additional resources  Ask for feedback

58. Thank You