Are you ready for your child to experience a summer STEM camp unlike
any other? How about a camp where your child can build and take home
their own retro microcomputer? Valley Christian Schools and its Lewis
Center for Gifted Learning (4401 Southern Blvd/30 W Front Street,
Youngstown) is offering a weeklong summer camp June 18-22, 2018, where
students will build and take home their own retro microcomputer using
Arduino microcontroller technology. Students will learn essential
electronics skills as they wire circuits for a screen, keyboard,
joystick, speaker, LEDs, and removable ROM chip. They will also learn
the fundamentals of computer programming as they code their own games
and educational programs in the BASIC language. Students will
critically and creatively apply a broad and deep range of STEM skills
each day of the camp. An Interactive Tour of Microcomputer History -
For Students and Parents! Students will also experience a hands-on
walk through the history of the microcomputer revolution and interact
with the computers that “changed the world” including the Apple
II, various models of the TRS-80, the Commodore 64, the Timex
Sinclair, and x86 PCs with early operating systems such MS-DOS,
Windows 3.1, and Windows 95. In exploring this history, students will
discover how computers have changed over time to bring us to today’s
handheld and mobile computing era and how computers continue to impact
our everyday lives. Parents, who may have owned and experienced many
of these computers, will be invited to interact with them along with
their children on the final day of the camp, when will also students
present their creations. For students going into 5-8th grade in the
fall! Cost is $150, which includes all of the necessary take-home
parts to build their own microcomputer!
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