Technology is what makes the world go round and this summer, students currently in second through fifth grades in Evansville and the surrounding area can take advantage of the EVSC’s Summer Creativity Camps, offered at Scott and Highland Elementary Schools.
The week-long camps will include up to eight different week-long pathways in which students can enroll. The Highland Creativity Camp is scheduled from June 15 – 19. And the Creativity Camp at Scott Elementary School is scheduled for June 22 – 16. Each camp will run from 8 to 11 a.m. each day and parents will be responsible for transportation. Cost for the camp is $80 to $85, depending on the pathway selected.
· Beginning Photography
Students will learn basics of digital photography and photo editing using Apple iPads and Adobe Photoshop. We will experiment with composition and various lighting techniques. Student will learn basics in photo editing using selection techniques/masks and adjustment layers. Students will create and bring home a digital portfolio of their work.
· Website Building and Webtools
Students will learn the ins and out of building their own website or blog. Students will have the choice of working independently or in groups to build a website using a free online tool. We will also explore other WebTools that can be helpful in creating presentations.
· Lights, Camera, iPad
Students will learn to shoot video and edit on the iPad. Emphasis will be placed on the tools to create and edit video on the iPad and the week will culminate with a video creation produced and edited by the participating students.
· Digital Storytelling (Highland Creativity Camp only)
This class focuses on the art of creating stories and bringing them to life with pictures, sounds, and voice. Participants will work in groups to create and record a story, illustrate the story with pictures and/or artwork, and enhance the stories with music and sound effects. We will use a variety of tools to create our stories and bring all of the pieces together in a program called GarageBand. At the end of the week, students will have a video story file to take home, and the story will live online as well!
· Minecraft Mania
In their quest to become Minecraft Masters, students will become problem solvers and leaders! Students will be asked to develop their leadership skills throughout our game-playing, using role-playing, goal setting, problem solving techniques and more. Activities will also include curricular connections, including language arts and math.
* MINECRAFT REQUIREMENT: Students are asked to bring their own portable devices on which they currently play Minecraft. Students are also asked to have a current, active Minecraft account that includes a username and password.
· Coding is Cool
In this class students will learn the basics of computer coding. We will starting with the common points of all computer coding and then progress into the basics of HTML and how to create a simple website. Following this, students will explore coding for robotics application – both drag and drop and Javascript. Students will test their robotics code using Sphero robotic balls. At the end of the week students will have a better understanding of the language programmers use to “talk†to computers. They will also have coded a simple website as well as controlled a robot with code. NOTE: No experience is necessary! We’ll start from the beginning
· Stop Motion Animation
Students will learn the workflow of creating a stop motion movie. Students will work in a small group to write a story plot and animate it using an iPad Stop Motion app. Time will be spent building the scene background, taking LOADS of pictures with the iPad, recording sound effects and voices. Students will enjoy a movie premiere on Friday where they will reveal their Stop Motion film to the class.
· Engineering & Invention Workshop
Students will get the opportunity to work through the engineering design process while working on their problem solving skills. Students will be presented with real world problems and create ideas to solve them. They will then use computers to design solutions. Did we mention that they will be able to print them on our state of the art 3D printer? Not only that, but students will have access to 3D scanning, which can allow them to scan and print themselves.
Space is limited. For more information and to register, www.evscschools.com and click on Creativity Camps under the Links section or under “Students†at the top. Deadline for registration is June 1.
