Courtesy of Classroom Antics
If you have kids, you've probably at one time or another worried about the amount of time your little one spends staring at a screen.
But a company called Classroom Antics is turning children's interest in technology into a learning opportunity with its summer technology camps, which are offered every year in Columbus, Cleveland and Cincinnati.
This year's Columbus camps are taking place at several different locations throughout the city, including Pickerington, Westerville, New Albany and Dublin, which is hosting its sessions at the Dublin Community Church. Dublin hosted the camp's first Columbus session of the year on June 8-12 and hosts the camp's last session of the year, which began Monday.
This summer marks the eighth year that Classroom Antics has held its tech camps, and they now have more than 1,500 children in attendance. Classroom Antics began its tech camp program eight years ago to provide children with a comprehensive and standardized technology curriculum, and Classroom Antics Program Director Toby Foote still believes that learning about technology is vital for today's youth.
“We live in a technology-driven world today. Almost every aspect of life has been improved using technology,” says Foote. “And technology is an ever-growing field, with more jobs in the United States than there are people to fulfill these jobs. The technology field is full of very well-paying jobs. And kids love technology. As parents, we tell our kids to do what they love, and hopefully have a job doing what they love someday.”
Classroom Antics offers several different camps to allow students to focus on the specific area of technology that most interests them, such as LEGO robotics, video game design and computer programming.
