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Computer Camps Held at MIT

iD Tech Camps (Ages 7-17) and iD Programming Academy (Ages 15-18)

Ignite your internalDrive and do something BIG this summer! iD Tech Camps is a family company – and our company is a unique place. Some call it magical. We’re the World’s #1 Tech Camp – consistently ranked a Top Workplace. One of our big secrets? Ridiculously small ratios. Small ratios mean personalized instruction – just 8 students per instructor or fewer – or you get a free week of camp, guaranteed! Our adult-only staff are tech-savvy undergraduates, graduate students and professionals, passionate about teaching game design, film, computer science and more.

At MIT, we offer two distinct programs: iD Tech Camps and iD Programming Academy.

 

iD Tech Camps, Ages 7-17

WEEKLONG | CO-ED | DAY CAMPS
COURSE TOPICS: VIDEO GAME DESIGN, PROGRAMMING, APPS, WEB DESIGN & MORE

This is our 12th season hosting our computer camps held at MIT. Our popular summer day camps are among a handful of elite summer camps in Cambridge, MA. We strike the right balance between off-computer activities (creative games, sports, life skills, etc.) and essential cutting-edge technology education to foster STEM skill development (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics).

We cover cool topics from video game design to iPhone® app development, Flash® animation, programming, video editing, web design, robotics and more. Most courses are for beginner to advanced learners. Learn the best brand name products from Adobe®, Apple®, Autodesk®, Google, Microsoft® and more.

Continue to Step 2 (iD Tech Camps) for Course Availability, Tuition & Dates or jump to the iD Programming Academy.

Note: All camps are solely owned and operated by iD Tech Camps and are not affiliated with MIT.

Per Massachusetts state law, “This camp must comply with regulations of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and be licensed by the local Board of Health. Parents may request copies of background check, health care and discipline policies as well as procedures for filing grievances.” (105 CMR 430.00, 430.190 C, D)

Additional Program held at MIT

iD Programming Academy, Ages 15-18

TWO-WEEKS | CO-ED | OVERNIGHT ONLY | TEEN-ONLY | INTENSIVE PRE-COLLEGE EXPERIENCE IN COMPUTER PROGRAMMING & APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT

The iD Programming Academy offers 2–week sessions of intensive study in computer science programming. Gain a deep understanding of application development–and a broader knowledge of how programming can be applied to the real world. The iD Programming Academy is perfect for students with previous programming experience who are looking to take their code to a whole different level.

More About Our Summer Programs

We’re a family-owned and operated company. We’ve been running our technology camps for 14 years, and we are committed to being the best – and improving every season. We offer a variety of awesome summer camp courses for kids and teens including video game design, Flash animation, programming, video editing and more-using the best brand name products from Adobe®, Apple®, Autodesk®, Microsoft® and beyond. Explore the college campus and gain technical skills that will last long after summer camp ends. Ignite your internalDrive anddo something big this summer!

About MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

NOTE: Looking for our exact location on campus? You must first be enrolled; you can then access that information through My Account. Not yet enrolled? Go to Step 2 to enroll. The maps included here are for general information only.

Many students use their summer camp experience with iD Tech Camps to explore colleges that they’re interested in attending in the future. Learn on campus, eat in the dining halls and ages 10+ can even stay overnight (at most campuses).

We have chosen the MIT campus to hold our academic summer camps because of its world renowned reputation in science and technology. MIT is dedicated to providing their students with an education that combines creative academics and the excitement of discovery with the support and intellectual stimulation of a diverse campus community.

Our summer camps near Boston Logan International Airport are located 4.3 Miles northeast of MIT. The “T” also serves the MIT community. Our computer camp at MIT is a day camp only. For the ultimate overnight computer camp experience, please check out our other Massachusetts summer camps.

Note: All camps are solely owned and operated by iD Tech Camps and are not affiliated with MIT.

MIT

Located in the heart of Cambridge along the Charles River Basin with views of Boston, MIT’s campus of modern and historic buildings stretches more than 153 acres. Come check out our summer camps held at MIT!

MIT Facts

Nickname: Beavers
Founded: 1861
Schools and Colleges at MIT: MIT currently offers courses through their School of Architecture and Planning, Sloan School of Management, School of Engineering, School of Science, School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, and the Whitaker College of Health Sciences and Technology.
Student Population: Approximately 4,172 undergraduates and 4,048 postgraduates were enrolled at MIT for the 2007-2008 school year. Of these totals, women totaled 44.5% of all undergraduates and 30% of all graduate students.
Rankings: Known for its School of Engineering, MIT has been ranked #1 among graduate and undergraduate programs for years by the U.S. News and World Report (ever since the first results were published in 1994).
Athletics: MIT competes in the NCAA’s Division III and is a member of the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference, along with the New England Football Conference. Their crew team, however, participates in the NCAA’s Division I and are members of the Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges (EARC). MIT offers 41 varsity level sports, making it the largest athletic program in the U.S.
Distinguished Alumni & Personnel: It is safe to say that many, many great minds have graduated from MIT. This long list includes: Co-founder of Texas Instruments Cecil H. Green; inventor of Ethernet Robert Metcalfe; co-founder of Intel Robert Noyce; developer of LaTeX Leslie Lamport; CEO of General Motors Alfred P. Sloan, Jr.; co-founder of Hewlett-Packard William R. Hewlett; founder of E*TRADE William A. Porter; founder of Harmonix Music Systems and developer of Guitar Hero and Rock Band Alex Rigopulos; President and CEO of Ford Motor Company Alan Mulally; second man to walk on the Moon Buzz Aldrin; computer scientist, inventor of numerous data networking technologies, and “Mother of the Internet” Radia Perlman.
Points of Interest: MIT Museum, Harvard Museum of Natural History, Longfellow National Historic Site.

Meals

All meals are included with our overnight and extended day programs. Day campers have the option of purchasing the lunch plan or bringing a sack lunch. The lunch plan is recommended, but not mandatory. If the lunch plan is purchased, lunch is provided Monday-Friday. Many university dining facilities do not permit outside food to be brought into the dining hall; students bringing bag lunches may eat outside of the dining hall with their classmates and instructors. Lunch is provided to all students on Fridays, as part of an iD-style picnic.

Maps/Carpool

See maps and driving directions in My Account for detailed directions on how to get to our exact location on campus.

Want to Carpool? Go green and save some green when you carpool to camp! Sign up for our Carpool app in My Account to see the other families in your area that are interested in carpooling.

Staff Ratio Guarantee

iD Guarantee

Students learn in small classes for a personalized experience. How small? Classes typically have 5, 6, 7, or 8 students – but never more than 8 per instructor. That's the iD Guarantee - if we ever go over an 8:1 ratio, you get a free week of camp!

Adult-Only Instructors

iD Tech Camps recruits energetic, experienced instructors to teach our technology courses and supervise our students. Our summer staff is adult-only, with no Counselors-in-Training.

Personalized Instruction

Courses are personalized to students' abilities, and therefore suitable for beginner to advanced levels in most cases. Because of the ridiculously small ratios (max 8:1 or a free week with the iD Guarantee), instructors have time to consistently work with students 1-on-1 and adjust curriculum to their interests and experience level.

Project-Based Curriculum

We encourage a hands-on approach to technology; students learn by doing. Each student is provided with a computer and learns to work with the same products that professionals use in their fields. Students complete a project showing off their new technology skills by the end of each weeklong session they attend. By focusing on practical applications of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) skills, iD prepares students to take their new tech knowledge back into the real world.

Staff at this Location

Meet some of the amazing instructors that have taught at our camps held at MIT over the years.

• “DXY”: DXY is a student at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, working on a bachelor’s degree in Robotics with a minor in Computer Science.  He has a wide variety of interests including video game design, robotic-prosthetics and CNC machining.  He has experience as a science camp instructor, a lifeguard and a swimming instructor.
• Sam: Sam is a Computer Science graduate student at U Mass Boston.  He is also the coach of the St. Jerome School FIRST Lego League robotics team, and has led them to the State Championships for two years.  He was a longtime counselor at an overnight camp in New Hampshire and is very excited to share his robotics experience with iD Tech Camps students.
• “Savvy”: Savvy is an award-winning artist and photographer who earned her BFA in Photography at Montserrat.  She is currently the owner of SDDS Photography and specializes in fine art portraits and weddings.  She enjoys sharing what she has learned and collaborating with other photographers internationally.  She is very excited to teach young photographers to grow artistically and create stunning images!
• “Noodles”: Noodles has 8 years of experience teaching at summer camps across the Northeast and 3 years of experience in camp management.  He is currently a Game & Simulation Arts & Science dual major with Management in Technologies at RPI.
• “Indie”: Indie is a Film and English double major at Mount Holyoke College.  Her senior thesis focuses on Film Noir and she is finishing post-production on her own feature film.  She’s also a film blogger and sound designer, with 19 theatrical shows to her credit.
• “Lola”: Lola is a senior at Northeastern University studying Cultural Anthropology, Computer Science, Business and History.  She is currently employed as a Software Developer at Urban Electronic Games and has taught at our MIT camps before.  She plays a lot of video games in her free time.

Safety & Peace of Mind

Risk Management

Adult staff and instructors supervise all activities. iD has a policy of never using Counselors-in-Training (CITs).

American Camp Association^® Accreditation

iD Tech Camps is accredited by the ACA at multiple locations, meaning we have met over 300 health and safety requirements. All camps follow ACA guidelines.

Background Checks

We conduct criminal background checks, sexual offender background checks, multiple reference checks and identification checks on all summer staff.

CPR & First Aid

All camps have Directors and Staff that are CPR and First Aid Certified.

Sample Week

A typical day varies depending on session and location, but it might look something like this:

	SUNDAY	MONDAY - THURSDAY	FRIDAY
7:30 am		Extended Day Campers – Check In Overnight & Extended Day Campers - Breakfast
8:30 am		Day Campers - Drop Off & Arrival Activities
9 am		Welcome & Opening Activity	Finesse Projects to Gold Version
9:30 am		Instruction – Jump on the computers!
10 am
11 am			Friday Activity
12 pm		Lunch – Overnight and Extended Day Campers eat in the campus dining hall.  Day Campers can choose to bring a bag lunch or purchase the meal plan.	Picnic Lunch
			Raffle
1 pm		Instruction – Back to the labs, woo hoo!	Showcase Prep
2 pm			Family Showcase
2:30 pm		Techtivities – Ultimate Frisbee?  Apples to Apples anyone?  Gaming tournaments?  We’ve got it all!
			All campers - Check Out
3:30 pm		Instruction – Back to the labs!	Ultimate Gaming Weekends – Option available at select locations.
5 pm		Day Campers - Pick Up & Closing Activities Overnight & Extended Day Campers – Open Lab/Free Time
5:30 pm	Overnight Campers - Check In
6 pm	Welcome	Dinner
6:30 pm	Dinner	Evening Activity - Movie Nights, Local Outings, Gaming Tournaments & more!
7 pm		Extended Day Campers – Pick Up
7:30 pm	Evening Activity	Evening Activity – cont’d.
8 pm
8:30 pm	Drills
9 pm	Chillax
10 pm	PreTeen Lights Out
11 pm	Lights Out!

Off-Computer Camp Activities

Students typically spend 5-6 hours on the computer each day. iD Tech Camps is careful to balance technology and fun - giving students Tech-Reation time. When they're not on the computer, students participate in fun summer activities like talent shows, play board games, compete in sports, take part in gaming tournaments and more.

Family Showcase

Every Friday afternoon, we invite parents and friends to come and experience iD Tech Camps. See the labs where students learn, explore campus, meet our staff, applaud students' course projects and attend the personalized diploma ceremony.

Hours/ Camp Options

Day Camp - Day Camp runs Monday through Friday, with drop off between 8:30 - 9 am and pick up between 5 - 5:30 pm (3:30 pm on Fridays).
Extended Day - Extended Day Camp runs Monday through Friday, with drop off at 7:30 am and pick up at 7 pm (3:30 pm on Fridays).
Overnight Options - Overnight camps are available at most locations for students ages 10 and up. Overnight camp runs Sunday through Friday, with drop off at 6 pm on Sunday and pick up at 3:30 pm on Friday.
Ultimate Gaming Weekends - Stay the weekend and game with us. UGW is fully supervised and includes housing, meals and supervision. It is available at the end of an Overnight Camp week or as a bridge between two consecutive weeks of Overnight Camp. Not available at all locations.

Attention Boston Teens!

Our summer camps in Massachusetts at MIT just got even cooler for our teen students. We have specialized teen activities including free time to hang out, movie nights, extra project time, and as always, plenty of gaming. Check out our other cool teen-only programs like the iD Gaming Academy, iD Programming Academy, iD Visual Arts Academy and Ultimate Gaming Weekends (offered at select locations).

iD in the News

MIT News

Local Massachusetts Filmmakers Join Creative Partnership with National Technology Camp

Jun 27th, 2010

As appeared in The North Andover Citizen - article about our Merrimack summer camps in MA

Aug 21st, 2008

As appeared in The Eagle Tribune - article about our MA summer camps held at Merrimack

Jul 13th, 2008

As appeared in The Harvard Post - article about our specialty summer camps in MA

Jul 27th, 2007

As appeared in The Cambridge Chronicle - article about our MA summer programs held at MIT

Aug 10th, 2006

Testimonials From iD Tech Camps Held at MIT

What Parents Are Saying

“My son very much enjoyed his week. He’s proud of what he created and we’re happy he had the opportunity to learn a bit about game programming. We’d definitely do something like this again. James S., parent, MIT

“It was mind blowing. Being a Director of Admission from a local university, I never expected the Robotics Camp to be at this level. WOW! Looking forward to enrolling my son for Robo-Contenders. I would enroll him immediately without hesitation. Great Job to all. Senthil K., parent, MIT

“You sent my child home exhausted each night! She had such a wonderful time; fun interactions with your staff, helpful instruction and a fabulous final project. Thank you for such a fun week! Paula H., parent, MIT

“The end result, from my view, was very impressive. I can’t believe kids can learn so much in only one week of instruction…conceptual, lots to learn. Thanks! Peter R., parent, MIT

“My daughter had a wonderful experience in Web Design. She was exposed to so many new concepts and techniques, and discovered a love and real talent for animation. Her teacher was extraordinary in how he motivated and taught the kids, and even arranged for our daughter to attend another week’s closing ceremony because she missed her’s due to illness. He really walked the extra mile! Barbara L., parent, MIT

What Campers Are Saying

“I really had a fun time with this program. I really enjoy art and my course provided a very interesting experience. My counselor was nice, engaging, and really funny. He struck me as a person who simply enjoyed what he did and looked forward to students learning from him. Alex S., student, MIT

“The teachers were well balanced, very thoughtful and took time to teach the new software. They listened to your ideas and helped when you were stuck in a little quagmire. Plus, they were cool people too; a lot of fun to be around. Solo B., student, MIT

“This tech camp is really amazing. I never knew how much you could program a robot to do. The camp taught me how to do things that I never would have thought I would have been able to do. My camp instructor was amazingly nice, patient and caring. Carrie R., student, MIT

“iD Tech Camps definitely lives up to its goal of teaching students about a wide variety of activities. My time here was great and my teacher was awesome, going far beyond the instructor’s call of duty to give us the best experience. Jasper P., student, MIT

“This camp helped me gain more computer knowledge while boosting my confidence. iD Tech Camps provided me with a safe and friendly environment to learn within and helped me to make new friends. Nathan C., student, MIT

Frequently Asked Questions

What courses are offered at this location?
Go to Step 2.

When does camp start?
See Step 2 for the dates of our weeklong university summer computer camps.

How much does camp cost?
The cost of tuition varies depending on the course, location and camp option that you choose. Basic Day Camp ranges from $749 to $1,049 per weeklong course. There are additional costs for program add-ons.

How can I save on tuition?
There are many ways for you to save!

• Register early to take advantage of our seasonal promotions.
• Refer-a-Friend and you and your friend both save $50.
• Sign up for multiple weeks to save $50 off each additional week.
• Register multiple siblings and save $50 for each sibling.

Do you offer financial aid?
iD Tech Camps is proud to offer tuition assistance for families who qualify. Application deadlines are announced each year in the Spring.

What is your cancellation policy?
Balance payments, less the non-refundable deposit, are refundable up until 3 weeks prior to the start of the confirmed camp week/session. No refunds will be issued for cancellations or withdrawals within 3 weeks of the start of confirmed camp weeks/sessions. All cancellations must be made online in My Account or submitted in writing to the internalDrive Inc. office no later than 3 weeks prior to the start of camp. For more details, please see our Terms & Conditions.

Does my child need to have a high computer IQ?
No, our courses are for beginner to advanced students. Because of our small ratios, instructors can work with students 1-on-1 and personalize the curriculum for each student's level.

Should my child bring a personal laptop to camp?
No, students do not need to bring laptops to camp. We provide a computer for each student to use for the week. All materials necessary for the course will be provided.

Do you have any teen programs?
iD Tech Camps has a Teen Scene that provides older students with a more independent experience on campus. Teens enjoy extra privileges appropriate for their environment and maturity levels, and although we maintain standard supervision ratios, teens will feel a sense of freedom. Special Teen Scene activities include computer gaming tournaments and Gamingpalooza.

iD also offers specialized iD Teen Academies in Gaming, Programming and Visual Arts at select locations across the country. These teen camps are intensive, two-week courses with tours of nearby industry hot spots and bi-weekly portfolio building workshops. See our iD Teen Academies page for more information.

How do I register? How do I contact you?
To register, find availability at the location you desire, and you'll be guided through the process. Registering online is the fastest way to get into camp. Or, you can phone us at 1-888-709-TECH (8324) or 1-408-871-2227. You can also email us at info@internalDrive.com. And, if you'd like a brochure sent to you, please click the brochure link.

Course Tuition (Program options are found on the next step)