If your kids and teens are highly engaged in technology, tap into their interests and give them the opportunity to learn the hottest topics in a fun and engaging way. My Coding Place teaches kids STEM and code to solve problems with topics that range from coding to digital arts, chess, and robotics. With their camps and workshops, students can be creative problem solvers finding hands-on solutions in a playful yet challenging learning environment.
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Coding Summer Camps for Kids!
My Coding Place will give your child a fun and engaging summer while attaining some new life-long skills! Summer camps will be offered in two formats: virtual or studio with precautions to ensure safety. Virtual camps will take place in one of 3 virtual classrooms and will be limited to 5 students. In person, we are limiting enrollment to 10. Computers will be distanced and assigned for the week and students must wear masks except when eating.
Cost: Price ranges from $225 – $650 depending on format and length. In Lakeway, the cost is $275 for members and $299 for non-members.
Location: MCP Studio at 3616 Far West Blvd in Austin, TX or Virtual classrooms sent after enrollment. Specific camps are also being offered at Lakeway Activity Center.
Here are some of the youth camp options for summer 2022:
Chess Champion (June 13-17th) $250, Ages 7+, Virtual Camp
This camp will focus on the fundamentals of chess including strategies for the beginning, middle and endgame. Develop their skills through puzzles, lessons and games against other students. This camp is designed for beginners and those new to chess that want to improve their skills. This camp will be 1.5 hours a day where students will play chess in groups, play group games, and be coached on their moves.
Confident Keyboarding (July 11-15th) $375/$650, Ages 7+, In-Studio Camp
Ages 7-18, let’s learn some keyboarding skills! Keyboarding is a lifelong skill that requires practice to get faster and improve dexterity and accuracy. It’s also fun to race and improve your personal time. Join us for 2 hours a day for a week as we introduce your student to the hows and whys of learning to type!
Students will be introduced to touch-typing skills through the use of classroom instruction and online tools, with a focus on finger placement, posture and accuracy. Students will play fun typing games to reinforce proper technique.
Great Graphics (June 6-10th, August 1st-5th) $250, Ages 10+, Virtual Camp
Students will have fun engaging their artistic side in our Digital Art camp! Create and edit images, shapes, and text, and learn how to make photo collages, use selection tools, filters, digital brushes and more! This is an introduction to photo editors and visual communication, solving visual problems with digital solutions. Add to your portfolio every day to show friends and family.
Throughout the course, students will establish proficiency with the photo editor interface and tools, and will gain an understanding of file formats, color management, image resolution, and pixel depth for differing output needs. They will learn about texturing, compositing, and various effects that can be applied when creating and manipulating images.
Grand Games (Scratch) (June 6-10th, June 20-24th, July 5-8th, June 18-22nd, June 21-24th) $250-$650, Ages 7+, Virtual Camp
Scratch is a color-coded, block-based programming language that exposes students to basic coding constructs in a creative, engaging way. Beginner students will develop typing skills, reading comprehension, game/art creation, as well as critical computational thinking. The artistic and youth-friendly aspect of Scratch will allow students to build fun animations and games, keep scores, change backdrops, create colorful characters, and other artwork.
They will also learn coding and math concepts such as events, loops, variables, random numbers, and the coordinate system. Through application and practice, students will become proficient in the fundamentals of programming.
Rockin Roblox (July 18-22nd, July 25-29th) $250, Ages 8+, Virtual Camp
Learn game design and coding with Roblox, a popular tool where creativity and imagination are limitless! Code with drag-and-drop blocks and make your own version of your favorite Roblox games. Learn LUA programming concepts and take Roblox to the next level by applying loops, conditionals, variables and arrays. Students will make professional quality games that they can play with friends and family!
Wonderful Web I (July 5-8th) $250, Ages 8+, Virtual Camp
This camp introduces the cool web technologies of HTML and CSS that form web pages! Learn techniques to design and build a basic web page with animated graphics and learn about the underlying frameworks and scripting languages that can power websites. Examples of projects include a greeting card, a recipe, and a custom page relating to the student’s interest such as cars and sports. The Javascript programming language will be introduced but not explored in depth until Wonderful Web II.
Wonderful Web II (July 11-15th) $250, Ages 8+, Virtual Camp
In the second edition of Wonderful Web, students will add some muscle to their previously created websites with Javascript. Students will have already learned HTML5/CSS in Wonderful Web I, providing a backbone upon which they will continue learning.
Javascript is the most popular language for web development. This allows websites to have more functionality, interactivity, and purpose. With Javascript, students will learn how to make a dynamic website or game that they can actually play with instead of making one they can only view or read. In addition to making something creative, students will be taught coding concepts such as variables, objects, arrays, if statements, loops, and functions.
Minecraft Mania (Lua) (June 27- July 1st, August 8- 12th) $250, Ages 8+, Virtual Camp
ComputerCraft is a modification for Minecraft that’s all about computer programming. It allows students to build in-game Computers and Turtle Robots, writing programs for Minecraft using the Lua programming language. By learning how to program computers in ComputerCraft, students gain extra control over their Minecraft worlds and can create new and exciting things.
This mod allows you to build fully-functioning computers inside your Minecraft world, then use those computers much like you use a real computer. Students can play games and program the robots to carry out actions, such as mining, farming, crafting and protecting them against monsters, while learning basic programming concepts such as loops, variables, and conditional statements.
This class requires the purchase of Minecraft Java edition on a PC or Mac. ComputerCraft should be downloaded; instructions will be sent the day before class starts.
Minecraft Magic (Java) (June 27- July 1st, August 8-12th) $250, Ages 8+, Virtual Camp
Minecraft is a lot of fun. However, it is more engaging, entertaining, and educational when kids learn how to build mods—small programs that let users modify game elements and add content. This introductory class teaches kids and parents how to create mods of different types, using the Minecraft Forge modding tool. No programming experience is needed.
Students will not only build some amazing mods, but they will also learn how to work with Java, the same programming language that Minecraft uses.
This class requires the purchase of Minecraft Java edition on a PC or Mac. Forge should be downloaded; instructions will be sent the day before class starts.
Marvelous Mobile (June 13- 17th, July 11-15th) $250-$650, Ages 7+, Studio Camp (June dates) and Virtual Camp (July dates)
This course will teach app building for Android-based mobile phones and tablets using MIT App Inventor – a visual programming environment that will raise your kids from the status of technology consumer to technology creator. Apps are created by simple drag and drop features instead of the regular and more complex coding environment. Students can bring their own Android device or use the Android phones that will be provided.
Attendees will learn useful features such as how the app uses the camera, voice recognition, and language translation. User interface components like buttons, sliders, and notifications will also be created. There are over 22 million apps in the library of MIT App Inventor, created by 400,000 unique monthly users from 195 countries! This camp has the potential for an endless amount of projects.
More Info & Online Registration: For more information about all of the upcoming workshops and camps and to register, please visit www.mycodingplace.com.
