Register your child for Apple Camp ‘08, it’s free!
By Opal Tribble
Summer is rapidly approaching. Some kids are already out of school or will be getting out soon. Some parents will be thinking about enrolling their kids in summer camp. It’s a great way to keep them occupied, keep them out of trouble, and it also gives you some time to finish errands or relax.
If you are still thinking of what type of camp to send your kids to you might want to add Apple to the list. That’s right Apple has a day camp that is created for the kids. It’s a great opportunity to give budding Apple to hang out with other kids while learning the creative aspects of Apple. Be prepared to be blown away with the knowledge that your kids acquire after they leave this entertaining session. At Apple camp the kids will be able to participate in hands-on workshops.
Children will have the opportunity to make a movie with iMovie in the iMovie Workshop. Create a song with GarageBand in the Music Workshop. You know that hilarious picture they captured of you while you were sleeping? They will be able to incorporate that into a slide show in the iPhoto Workshop, and they will be able to let tell you why you should buy them an iPod Touch with their Keynote presentation by using the iWork application in the Presentation Workshop.
Their masterpieces will be saved onto DVD and CD which will enable the to show them off to the world, or at least their family and friends.
Apple camp is free and is for children between the ages of 8 and 12. My daughter would love to attend this but she is only five she’s an Apple lover and user. Registration is going on now but if you think your child would love to attend I suggest you register now. It’s filling up quickly. The sessions are three hours and long. Along with the CD and DVD your child will receive a shirt, field guide along with other Apple goodies. Mark the date in your iCal, log on and register your child for Apple camp.
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June 8th, 2008
Great. Another sit on your ass activity for our increasing fat, out of shape kids and indoctrinate a few more to the cult of Jobs.
Let your child do something physical and enjoy the short time they have as children. They’ll be more than enough time for butt spreading activity later in life where they get paid.
Pathetic.
June 8th, 2008
Ken,
The camp is only three hours.
Naturally, as a parent, you have to set appropriate time so your child is doing more than sitting around all day. My daughter does both she prefers the outdoors (yes I’m out their playing with her thank goodness I work from home) but at night she will do some fun learning (about an hour) on the computer.
I don’t see it as indoctrination I do see it as a great opportunity to present computers in a fun way.
Personally I prefer my Macs; however, I also have two Windows my daughter mainly uses the HP notebook, later this summer I’ll be purchasing a Linux computer. I haven’t used Linux since 1998 so I imagine I have a lot of catching up to do. ;
The school my daughter attends introduces children to computers at the age of four. My first experience working on a computer was in school later that year my parents purchased a Commodore 64 and like my daughter that was something I was allowed to get on at night for about an hour.
Microsoft & Linux provides similar day camps for kids which I think is great. I mentor, my mentees were able to choose between Apple, Microsoft, and Linux camps last year.
June 9th, 2008
Opal,
I wanted to remove the pathetic remark right after I read how it looked posted . I didn’t mean it to seem like I was commenting on you as a parent, That’s out of line since I don’t know you or your daughter, and it’s none of business.
Even so, I think that kids spend way too much time interacting with electronic gizmos. I cringe when I see PSA’s extolling kids to go outside and play. Unless it’s a computer lab, computers at school should be about the software it runs, not the machine itself. You don’t want the kid learning the chalk board, so to speak.
Tandy used to run camps on it’s Color Computers in the ’80’s. The kids actually learn LOGO, a programming language for youngsters. LOGO could run on a wide, for it’s time, variety of computers. Even your Commodore.
Hard to see how this camp is about computers, it’s about a three hour commercial on Macs and iLife.
One of our locale Museums have summer activities of a few hours that use nature walks to teach kids how to identify plants. There’s a Planetarium showing constellations and how to navigate using stars. Our locale library will have Native American art and customs with tribe members demonstrating weaving baskets from reeds.
Kids will have hundreds of hours of exposure to computers, but the time to learn proactive, self driven activities will continue to dwindle as life demands more of their time. Exposure to something that might inspire a life long passion by seeing they aren’t likely find otherwise.
There’s an on going debate amongst early learning psychologists about the effects of computer use in children. Some postulate the somewhat hyper sensory stimulation makes for a bored student when books and other lower tech teaching tools.
It’s only three hours as you say. But what else could they learn in three hours besides a need to ask Mom and Dad for a Mac?
June 10th, 2008
Ken,
I get your point, and I do agree with you that a lot of kids spend too much time in front of the computer or tv. My daughter doesn’t compared to outdoor activity or craft making she rarely watches tv or is on the computer (usually one hour per day) but I know many that do aren’t that active.
I definitely remember LOGO I was introduced that in fifth or sixth grade. I did BASIC programming on my Commodore. I loved computers until I hit eleventh grade and took C++ and hated it mainly because of the teacher, extremely smart but he had a hard time breaking it down for us newbies. I stayed away from computers for a few years only to come back to it later because well I loved working with them.
Ultimately, it is up to the parents, or guardians, to make sure that their children are doing more than sitting around all day. That annoys me also. The activities you described sound like a lot of fun and its something I not only do with my daughter but I do them with my mentees also.
I agree it is part of its marketing strategy. However, I would not make a purchase simply because my daughter wanted something from Apple or any other business for that matter. I’m not an emotional buyer. I know everyone isn’t like that. My daughter has what she needs she does not always get what she wants.