As appeared in the Princeton Packet…
As appeared in the The Sunnyvale Sun-…As appeared in the Poughkeepsie Journal – article about our NY summer camps for kids and teens
At iD Tech Camp, kids design their own computer programs
By Shantal Parris Riley
Young minds probed deep into the world of computers Thursday at the iD Tech Camp at Vassar College. Scores of kids, ages 7-17, sat in front of computer screens, designing from scratch games, iPod and iPhone applications, and other programs. They were participants at the iD Tech Camp’s computer science summer camp, which is in its 10th year at the college. “I’m making an application that converts English into binary code,” said camper Benjamin Handel of Brooklyn. The 12-year-old held an iPad showing a blank window with a virtual keyboard underneath it. “Say you type this,” he said, keying in “My name is Ben.” He tapped a large virtual button labeled “convert to binary,” and a series of about 50 ones and zeros suddenly appeared in the window.
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July 8th, 2011 | Tags: computer camps, gaming camps, kids summer camps, video game design
Posted in: iD In The News, New York Institute of Technology, New York University, Pace University, Vassar College
