ACTIVITY AREAS (All materials provided)

“ON THE SPOT” FIRST AID/HEALTHCARE CAREERS
Learn all about great careers in healthcare from professionals as well as experiencing lifelike emergency scenarios.   Be ready to have fun while learning life-saving hands-on First-Aid techniques!

GUITAR HERO ROCK CONCERT!
Lights, sound, key music and draw the curtain…Want to know how to put on a rock concert?   This session will have campers perform with the ever popular Guitar Hero in a live show setting with lights and a rocking’ PA  system and of course …filling the stage with the fog machine!  Find out what it is like to put on a concert and perform on stage!”

THE MARVELS OF DIGITAL MOVIE MAKING
The members of this group will make a documentary movie about the tech camp. Try your hand at digital movie making; learn to use the video camera, to edit your footage, to overlay sound and then show your finished movie to the entire camp on our final day together.

WEB PAGE DESIGN
Learn to design a basic home page that can be uploaded to the internet and take home a CD with your creation!

LET’S GET COOKING
The best thing about cooking is that you can be creative and share what you make. This program is an introduction to basic cooking skills and techniques to make nutritious snacks. Come join the fun while learning about the world of healthy cooking. Campers love this program!

DESKTOP PUBLISHING
You will learn how to write and design a story complete with pictures and photos of your choice. The class will also create a “Summer Tech Camp Week Book” which will include bios and pictures of all the campers.

MAGICIANS IN MANUFACTURING
It’s Magic! Well not really. It’s modern manufacturing but it works like magic. In a single day, campers will invent, design, develop and produce a consumer product. Using state of the art computer and manufacturing equipment as well as a lot of ingenuity, campers will walk away with something they designed in their hand and a better understanding of the manufac-turing industry in their head.

3D ABSTRACTION
Your EYE’S will take professional photographs of patterns, shapes, unrecognizable objects, reflections, nature and your friends. Transform multiple 2D images into 3D with layers of cool filters and effects using Adobe Photoshop CS4 Extended. Bring home that professional print in a frame. Have FUN & show off the awesome skills you learned in 2010 Tech Camp

LEARN TO COMMUNICATE WITHOUT SPEAKING
A basic class in American Sign Language (ASL). Learn some basic conversations in ASL and come away with knowledge of how to communi- cate your name, where you live , your age and what some of your favorite things are, such as colors, food, pets, and sports. You’ll also receive a brief history of ASL and the Deaf Culture.

THE REMARKABLE RACE
If you have ever seen the show “The Amazing Race” then this is the “Summer Tech Camp version”! Teams of students will work together to complete identical challenges within a set time period. Challenges are a combination of problem-solving activities, puzzles, scavenger hunts and tugs-of-war!

CAREER AWARENESS & EXPLORATION
Explore exciting career opportunities through hands-on presentations by Professionals who share details of their careers and Vermont Student Assistance advisors show you how to research anything you might like to explore!

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REGIONAL CAMP PARTNERS
30+5, COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF VERMONT, RIVER VALLEY TECHNICAL CENTER, SOUTHERN VERMONT AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTER, SPRINGFIELD HOSPITAL, SPRINGFIELD PREVENTION COALITION, SPRINGFIELD TOBACCO OPTIONS, THREE RIVER VALLEY REGIONAL BUSINESS & EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP, VERMONT STUDENT ASSISTANCE CORP.

***SPECIAL CAMP ACTIVITIES***
New games and other camp- like activities • Project Adventure activities
Design a graphic on computer and print to a tee shirt • Tour of Dean Education Center Campus

Summer Tech Camp 2010 is scheduled for the week of July 5, 2010 - July 9, 2010.

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A TYPICAL DAY AT CAMP
8:30 a.m. Welcoming Activity
9:00 - 12:00 Technology Camp Activity/Program
12:00 - 12:30 Lunch
12:30 - 2:30 Group Activities & Career Exploration
2:30 Camp Day Ends