A tech camp is a
summer camp
A summer camp, also known as a sleepaway camp or residential camp, is a supervised overnight program for children conducted during the summer vacation from school in many countries. Children and adolescents who attend summer residential camps ...
which focuses on technology education, sometimes referred to as a computer camp. These camps often include programs such as
video game design
Video game design is the process of designing the rules and content of video games in the Video game development#Pre-production, pre-production stage and designing the gameplay, environment, storyline and characters in the Video game development ...
,
robotics
Robotics is the interdisciplinary study and practice of the design, construction, operation, and use of robots.
Within mechanical engineering, robotics is the design and construction of the physical structures of robots, while in computer s ...
, and
programming
Program (American English; also Commonwealth English in terms of computer programming and related activities) or programme (Commonwealth English in all other meanings), programmer, or programming may refer to:
Business and management
* Program m ...
. These camps first began to appear in the United States in the late 1970s.
National Computer Camps was the first computer camp established in 1977.
References
External links
* ''U.S. News & World Report'' April 23, 2001, p. 41.
* ''Computer World'', No 16, April 17, 1978, p. 16.
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