ANNOUNCING SUMMER TECH CAMP 2007

JULY 16 TO 20, 2007
Howard Dean Education Center
307 South Street
Springfield, VT 05156

**Updated with expanded programs on May 21, 2007**
Summer Tech Camp is for students entering the 7th, 8th or 9th grade at any area middle school or home school.

Summer Tech Camp is a big hit with the kids who have attended. We have a variety of activities and classes designed promote career awareness and stimulate interest in the world of technology. Career Professionals will share all the details of their careers and Vermont Student Assistance advisors will show you how to research and plan for anything you might like to explore.

Our classes include
“ON THE SPOT” FIRST AID
What is the first line of defense against germs? Learn this and more as you investigate first aid, the quick ad correct help people give when anyone gets sick or hurt. You’ll create your own first aid kit, learn how to perform Heimlich Manuever and learn to use sphygmomanometers. Be ready to have fun while learning life-saving techniques!

Sound Design and Audio Production
See any great movies lately? This year’s audio production time will be spent creating original soundtracks and adding sound effects to movie clips and trailers! Want to make Sponge Bob sound like your dog? Want to make your dog bark like a chicken? The magic of sound design makes it all happen.

WHAT’S COOKING?
Whether you can crack an egg or not, this is a program that will teach you the basic skills and techniques needed to created delicious and smart treats to share with your family and friends all year long. Campers love this program!

GOT DIRT??
Experience what it is like to be a landscaper, florist or tree worker in this exciting Horticulture Course. Learn how to make a floral arrangement, climb a tree with an arborist rope and saddle, or maintain landscape plants! Participants should expect to be outside and bring long pants and comfortable shoes to wear.

MAGICIANS IN MANUFACTURING
It’s Magic! Well not really. It’s modern manufacturing but it works like magic. In a single day, campers will invent, design, develop and produce a consumer product. Using state of the art computer and manufacturing equipment as well as a lot of ingenuity, campers will walk away with something they designed in their hands and a better understanding of the manufacturing industry in their head.

DESKTOP PUBLISHING
An opportunity to express your creative side., You will learn how to write and design a story complete with pictures and photos of your choice. The class will also create a “Summer Tech Camp Week Book” which will include bios and pictures of all the campers.

FLASH ANIMATION
Using macromedia Flash, you will complete an animation of your own design, download onto a disk & take home or you can put it on the web.

BE A VIRTUAL BUSINESS OWNER!
Are you ready to own a business? Try your hand at owning either a convenience store or a football franchise. Using computer simulations you will be responsible for product pricing, promotion, merchandising, market research, staffing, location selection and more! A realistic look into the world of business ownership!

SUMMER COLOR SPASH!
Practice virtual interactive tools that let you animate slideshows, decorate your own birthday cake, create a photo scrapbook and more. Immerse yourself in Digital Design using Adobe Flash, Illustrator and Photoshop.

The Marvels of Digital Movie Making
The members of this group will make a documentary movie about the tech camp. Try your hand at digital movie making; learn to use the video camera, to edit your footage, to overlay sound and then show your finished movie to the entire camp on our final day together.

We also have the other camp activities for everyone to enjoy.
· New games and other camp-like activities
· Creation of a “camp video” using iMovie software
· Design a graphic on computer and print to a tee shirt
· Real Game
· Tour of the Dean Education Center

A TYPICAL DAY AT CAMP
8:30 a.m. Welcoming Activity
9:00 - 12:00 Technology Camp Activity/Program
12:00 - 12:30 Lunch
12:30 - 2:30 Group Activities, Career Exploration, Camp activity program or
Design your own Tee shirt
2:30 p.m. Camp Day Ends

With sufficient enrollment (at least 5 students from district), transportation will be provided to and from Bellows Falls, Black River, & Green Mountain Union High Schools.

Camp costs *$75 with $40 due with application (non-refundable). The balance must be paid before July 1st. This fee will help to offset the cost of materials, snacks, tee shirts instructors, and various costs of the camp. Scholarships are available upon request.

Contact
Marie Gelineau, Executive Director
THREE RIVER VALLEY BUSINESS &
EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP
307 SOUTH STREET
SPRINGFIELD, VT 05156
TELEPHONE (802) 885-8314

**Updated with expanded programs on May 21, 2007**