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12022 Parklawn Drive
Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 984-0300

Youth Summer Camp

Youth Camp Week I - Its All in the Graphics!

Each morning will begin with a review of beginning and intermediate level Macintosh skills. Campers will review how computers work and apply that knowledge to day to day Mac operation. They will also review the Finder, Control Panels and skills such as drag and drop, cut, paste, and copy. These skills will then be applied in making audio and graphic content that could be included in Web pages.

Students will use a variety of low cost software, shareware, and freeware such as AppleWorks, GraphicConverter, QuickTime Pro, iTunes, Adobe Photoshop Elements, GifBuilder and iTools HomePage to produce simple web pages using these elements. They will also produce slide shows and video tapes with them. Students continuing in camp will uses these elements and the knowledge gained for future projects.

When: Week of July 23 through July 27th

Camp is from 9:00 am till 5:00 pm (Monday -Friday) Lunch each day will be from Noon till 12:45 pm. Students are responsible for bringing their own lunch or bringing money to purchase lunch from a delivery restaurant.

Who: Students must be age 14 and above for the Youth Camp. If your camper is younger than 14 you must contact Pat Fauuqest <patf@mac.com> to get a waiver.

Instructor: Pat Fauquet

Class Size: Class size is limited to ten (10) participants in each session

Price: $300.00

Youth Camp Week II--Digitize and Conquer!

Each morning will begin with a review of intermediate Macintosh skills. Campers will learn how to troubleshoot computer problems such as freezes, low memory, and opening from and saving files for Windows machines. They will learn how to use utility programs such as Norton Utilities, TechTool Pro and DiskWarrior to repair and optimize hard drives and directories.

Students will use a variety of digital cameras, digital video cameras, CD burners, tripods, pan heads, lenses, and accessories to produce digital video content such as iMovies, QuickTime video, QuickTime Virtual Reality Objects panoramas. They will learn how to prepare this content for video tape, CD and Web delivery. Software to be used will include iMovie 2, Adobe LiveMotion, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Photoshop Elements, Adobe Illustrator, Apple QTVR Authoring Studio, and VR ToolWorx in addition to shareware and freeware applications.

When: Week of July 30 through August 3rd

Camp is from 9:00 am till 5:00 pm (Monday -Friday) Lunch each day will be from Noon till 12:45 pm. Students are responsible for bringing their own lunch or bringing money to purchase lunch from a delivery restaurant.

Who: Students must be age 14 and above for the Youth Camp. If your camper is younger than 14 you must contact Pat Fauuqest <patf@mac.com> to get a waiver.

Instructor: Pat Fauquet

Class Size: Class size is limited to ten (10) participants in each session

Price: $300.00

Youth Camp Week III--For All the World to See!

This week camp will begin with advanced Macintosh skills. Campers will learn how to troubleshoot extension conflicts, do customized software installations, do a clean install of the system folder and troubleshoot system crashes.

Building and maintaining web sites will be the main topic. Campers will use Adobe GoLive and Adobe LiveMotion to create a web site that will be added to the World Wide Web. Those who have attended the previous weeks will use the materials and knowledge gained to build their pages. Campers who attend this week only will use graphics and sound files that can be downloaded. Web pages will include graphics, animations, sound files, QuickTime media, and Javascripts. Software packages used in earlier weeks will also be used this week.

When: Week of August 6 through August 10th

Camp is from 9:00 am till 5:00 pm (Monday -Friday) Lunch each day will be from Noon till 12:45 pm. Students are responsible for bringing their own lunch or bringing money to purchase lunch from a delivery restaurant.

Who: Students must be age 14 and above for the Youth Camp. If your camper is younger than 14 you must contact Pat Fauuqest <patf@mac.com> to get a waiver.

Instructor: Pat Fauquet

Class Size: Class size is limited to ten (10) participants in each session

Price: $300.00

Teacher/Parent Camp

Join Grace Gallagher and Pat Fauquet for a week of ideas and techniques for integrating your computer and the Internet into today‚s curriculum. Brush up your general computer skills and learn about OS X. Learn techniques for integrating word processing, spreadsheets, databases and presentations software into the classroom. Receive the latest lesson templates and review great unit studies and lesson plans. Learn new techniques for building easy classroom web pages and review effective email communication techniques. Learn to create QuickTime and iMovie media in the instructional setting. Campers will use CD recording techniques to take their new materials back to class in the fall.

When: Week of August 13 through August 17 OR Week of August 20 through August 24

Camp is from 9:00 am till 5:00 pm (Monday -Friday) Lunch each day will be from Noon till 12:45 pm. Students are responsible for bringing their own lunch or bringing money to purchase lunch from a delivery restaurant.

Who: Teachers and Parents

Instructor: Pat Fauquet and Grace Gallager

Class Size: Class size is limited to ten (10) participants in each session

Price $300.00 per week

Senior Camp

We're not letting teens and teachers have all the fun! Come and learn how to use your computer and printer with your favorite hobby or interest. Make stationary, templates, databases, web pages, movies, slideshows and music CDs. Learn new ways to make your computer fun and easy to use and take a tour of OS X.

When: Week of August 27 through August 31 - 9 am till 12 pm each day

Who: Seniors

Instructor: Pat Fauquet

Class Size: Class size is limited to ten (10) participants in each session

Price: $150.00 per week


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