iCamping with Computers
For the second year, icamp encourages children to unleash their creative side using technology.
Children with a technical and creative side can unite those two traits for outside-the-box activities that count on imagination at summer camp in Belmont. Now in it's third week, icamp has temporarily set up shop at Beth El Temple Center, where children from grades 2 to 8 are applying complex technology to kids-friendly projects that accentuate non-conventional subjects, such as claymation, stop motion animation, robotics and illustrative storytelling. “A lot of what we do is 'off the shelf.' We try to use versions of things that they can use at home,” said Director Brad Fox. For example, LEGO's NXT “brain” is used to power some of the robotic creations. Fith-grader Julian used the NXT Software to program a motor that when activated will …
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