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August 7th - 11th: So you want to be a youtuber?
In this one of a kind week, campers will explore the best of what youtube has to offer through creativity and working together. Campers will move from in front of the screen to behind the screen as they use their imaginations to design, shoot, and produce short clips such as DIY, stop frame videos with legos or toys, and camp music videos.
To those concerned with a camp promoting screen time and youtube:
I totally understand your concern. I hope this will help. As an educator and parent, I have found that youtube is a part of most of my students’ daily lives and has become the fastest growing “profession” I hear students wanting to pursue. Like all adults, I try and limit screen time and push them towards interacting with friends in person and building with their own hands. Just as our video gamers week has taken kids interest and shown them how to play live versions of their games outside and problem solve with their peers, a youtube week will not involve watching youtube at all. Camp is the perfect place for children to explore their passions and interests in new, engaging ways. Younger campers will design toy “sets” using train tracks, barbie supplies, legos, or even outside fairy houses. Then we will let them act out a movie with the toys that they can show their parents. My son, has already started planning a ninja warrior video he wants to do. Older campers will talk about target audiences, marketing, and how to use technology safely and responsibly. Then they will work in groups to create things they are excited about such as a “mock camp reality show,” a stop frame video, a camp music video, or invent their own game and show it off in a little video. The joy of youtube is that it provides the excuse for kids to explore ANY interest they have and then “share it in the form of a video.” All videoing will be controlled by counselors and parents will have a choice to opt out of their child being posted online. Campers will not be huddled behind screens watching videos, they will be engaged and excited in the creative progress of making videos. This requires working together, building, playing outside, and the coolest part will be that what they create will be captured as a memory well beyond their time at camp.
Cost: $145 * Character Focus: Self-Control, Discernment
