Three members of South Mississippi County School District's Technology Team - Kristy Graham, Eva Griffin, and Dana Lane - recognized the need to extend students' technology experiences beyond the normal school day and responded to that need by creating a series of technology camps.
The first technology day camp was created by Eva Griffin to teach interested students about GPS devices and Geocaching. The Saturday camp was such a success that she had to plan another day to meet the demand. From that, grew the idea of a themed summer day camp. The first summer technology experience was offered in June 2009 - Technology Treasures - a pirate-themed camp with loads of technology treasure. Summer 2010 presented campers with an opportunity to experience a Hollywood themed camp - Tech Studio. Since then, CSI and In the Land of Tech and Tales have been added as camp themes. The popularity of the camps sparked an idea to create a themed camp for teachers; and in May 2012, a group of educators started a journey of professional growth and technology integration as part of Road Trip '12.
We enjoy creating a true experience for our students and teachers while they learn more about technology.
Our hope is that you will find the resources needed to replicate these camps for your own purposes. Feel free to use our resources and to change any of them to fit your needs. If you have any questions or comments, please contact us.
We are very lucky to have someone design custom graphics for us. Please honor these terms of use for any graphics.
The first technology day camp was created by Eva Griffin to teach interested students about GPS devices and Geocaching. The Saturday camp was such a success that she had to plan another day to meet the demand. From that, grew the idea of a themed summer day camp. The first summer technology experience was offered in June 2009 - Technology Treasures - a pirate-themed camp with loads of technology treasure. Summer 2010 presented campers with an opportunity to experience a Hollywood themed camp - Tech Studio. Since then, CSI and In the Land of Tech and Tales have been added as camp themes. The popularity of the camps sparked an idea to create a themed camp for teachers; and in May 2012, a group of educators started a journey of professional growth and technology integration as part of Road Trip '12.
We enjoy creating a true experience for our students and teachers while they learn more about technology.
Our hope is that you will find the resources needed to replicate these camps for your own purposes. Feel free to use our resources and to change any of them to fit your needs. If you have any questions or comments, please contact us.
We are very lucky to have someone design custom graphics for us. Please honor these terms of use for any graphics.