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CAMPING WITH ALICE

IT PARTY!!!

Bonita Adams – Springfield High School

[email protected] – Camp Questions

Jane Nawrocki – Springfield High School

[email protected] –Camp

Sandra Doran – Jennings Co. [email protected] – Alice Apparel

Alka Harriger – Purdue [email protected] – Spirit

Program

CONTACTS

SPIRIT PROGRAM

• Camp idea inspired by our participation in a 2-week teacher institute called SPIRIT (Surprising Possibilities Imagined and Realized through Information Technology) at Purdue University

• Alka Harriger,Professor & Asst. Dept. Head at Purdue is the Project Manager of the Program

• WONDERFUL Program is open to teachers, counselors and students. (Daily Stipend, Lodging on Campus, Food & Materials Provided, Grad. Cr.

• For more info, go to www.ITPossibilities.org and consider applying for Summer of 2010

WHY A CAMP?

• A way to attract students to the classes/programs you offer

• A fun way to introduce students to computing and technology careers (especially girls)

• Working parents looking for a place for their children to go after school or during the summer

• Young people want somewhere to go• Many young people already spend hours on the

computer (Shields & Behrman, 2000)

THE ALICE FAMILYWritten By: Bonita Adams

• Da da da dum (snap snap)• Da da da dum (snap snap)• Da da da dum • Da da da dum • Da da da dum (snap snap)


THE ALICE FAMILY CON’T.

• It’s easy to create one• An Alice World can be done• By adding simple objects• The Alice Family

• Create a simple story• Or make a game for glory• Just drag and drop the objects• The Alice Family

THE ALICE FAMILY CON’T


• With 3D animation• Programming innovation (Pro-gram-ming In-o-va-tion)• IT collaboration (I-T col-lab-o-ration)• The Alice Family

GETTING FUNDING & APPROVAL

• $60.00 fee for the camp (Could apply for a grant or partner with a business)

• Submitted a one-page proposal (with research articles attached) explaining the decline of females in technological careers to Administration.

• Focus: Attract more students to our Business/Computer classes (especially girls)

• Agreed to use any profit from the camp to buy something for our department

• We used the funds to purchase flash drives for each student, notebooks, T-shirts, hats, daily snacks and food for a reception on our last day

PROMOTION

• Target: Middle School Students (Grs. 6-9)• We used flyers, e-mails, and announcements

at the High School and Middle School• We contacted Girl & Boy Scout Councils and

asked them to share info with Scouts• Camp was advertised in our school newspaper

and local neighborhood newspaper• Our flyer was pink & black to attract girls &

stated participation could help w/Scout Badge

MARSHMALLOW TREATS

• Participants sat in a circle in the dark around a “flashlight campfire”

• Used this “camp-like” activity as a way to review lessons & share stories from the book, “Alice in Wonderland”

DAY 1: ALICE STARTER WORLD

• Used a starter world with Alice, Cheshire Cat & the White Rabbit

• Assignment: Characters were to sing and dance to The Alice Family song. We recorded the students singing the song and added it to their world.

• View Samples

CAREER ACTIVITY

• Introduce participants to careers in technology• Students anonymously chose a career in

technology (selected from an index card)• They researched to find the salary, education

requirements, and duties of their career. It was turned into a matching game

• After playing the game, the students created an Alice World that talked about their career

• New Alice Concepts were introduced• View sample world

OTHER ACTIVITIES

• Students were to insert themselves into a fairy tale and retell the story through an Alice World

• Creating billboards using Adobe Photoshop was introduced

• View Sample World• Students also created puzzles using 3D text

and billboards.

CAMP PARTICIPANTS:(6 Boys & 4 Girls)

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