From Ask a Tech Teacher

Are you teaching a Summer Tech Camp to Kids? We have the solution:

Build Your Own Adventure

$230 value for $179

This is not training for you (you can find Summer Learning options here). This provides you with materials to run a tech camp for students.

Weeks: 3 weeks (can be repeated)

Hours per day: 4 or 6 hours per day, both options available in the same resource collection

Focus: Technology that addresses life in a fun, motivating way

Age Group: 3^rd-8^thgrade. Fine for mature 2^nd grade. Can be adapted to high school.

How: Kit includes everything you need to sprinkle tech throughout your summer camp day. You select the option, then mold a Summer Tech Camp to what works for your student group.

If you’re teaching Summer Tech Camp, it can be daunting. What do you teach? How do you do it? What’s the best way to keep students motivated and involved without letting them play games all day? We have you covered.

Materials included in Kit:

21 Activities
41 Videos in 2 playlists
18 Lesson plans
3 Books
37 Posters to decorate walls and motivate discussion

NOT Included:

Standard software assumed part of a typical ed tech set-up
Standard materials assumed part of a tech set-up

Here’s a video intro tying all the pieces together:

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Summer Keyboarding for Students

If your students are looking for a summer keyboarding class to smooth out their rough edges, prepare them for next year’s increased tech demands, or get them started, this is the program for them. It’s online, one hour a day M-F for three weeks, with a wide variety of activities that keep keyboarding fun and challenging.

Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum, K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. She is an adjunct professor in tech ed, Master Teacher, webmaster for four blogs, an Amazon Vine Voice, CSTA presentation reviewer, freelance journalist on tech ed topics, contributor to NEA Today, and author of the tech thrillers, To Hunt a Sub and Twenty-four Days. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.

Author: Jacqui

Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum, K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. She is an adjunct professor in tech ed, Master Teacher, an Amazon Vine Voice, freelance journalist on tech ed topics, contributor to NEA Today, and author of the tech thrillers, To Hunt a Sub and Twenty-four Days. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.