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22ndCenturyMedia.com camp guide 2<br />
22nd century media | March 8, 2018 | 13<br />
Bit Space provides ‘sandbox’<br />
approach to summer camp<br />
Bit Space is Chicagoland’s premier<br />
maker lab for kids and teens — a place<br />
where they can learn to use real tools to<br />
build real things.<br />
Students work with our guides to learn<br />
how to use hand tools, power tools, electronics,<br />
robotics, 3-D printers, laser cutters,<br />
CNC milling machines, computer<br />
modeling and design software, computer<br />
game development software, virtual reality,<br />
and new media to design and build<br />
just about anything. We try to live up to<br />
our goal of inspiring and guiding the next<br />
generation of inventors, entrepreneurs<br />
and problem-solvers by teaching kids and<br />
teens to be producers rather than consumers<br />
of technology.<br />
Our guides are experts from the fields<br />
of architecture, design, engineering and<br />
computer programming.<br />
Summer camp at Bit Space is weeklong,<br />
project-based learning for kids and<br />
teens. Each week, we introduce a set of<br />
tools, techniques, software and materials<br />
to three age groups. Using the week’s<br />
theme as a starting point, campers work<br />
individually, in small groups or as a team<br />
to create something that explores, expresses<br />
and expands upon their skills and<br />
creativity — and culminates in an exhibition<br />
of their work on Friday.<br />
Our one-week camps (9 a.m.-4 p.m.<br />
Monday-Friday) focus on fun and skill<br />
building, and we have a unique theme<br />
each week. Campers have free construction<br />
time each day in addition to themed<br />
projects, and they get to bring home what<br />
they make. Parents are invited to end-ofweek<br />
presentations.<br />
Campers are separated into groups by<br />
age, allowing our guides to equip them<br />
BOYS & GIRLS<br />
AGES 3-12<br />
with tools, technologies,and techniques<br />
in a structured environment appropriate<br />
to their developmental level. Each week<br />
provides a theme that unites the imaginations<br />
of all of our campers, yet each age<br />
division will engage with that theme in<br />
different ways.<br />
All levels emphasize learning-throughdoing<br />
in a social environment. Campers<br />
work on projects that bridge the physical<br />
and digital world and end with an exhibit<br />
of their work each Friday.<br />
Ages 6-9:<br />
Our youngest campers learn to safely<br />
and effectively use basic hand tools and<br />
power tools in our woodshop, become familiar<br />
with 2-D design software and laser<br />
cutting, and integrate basic circuitry and<br />
motors into their projects. Campers create<br />
individual projects in a group setting.<br />
Ages 9-12:<br />
Our intermediate campers take the next<br />
step in their “making” journey by being<br />
introduced to programmable electronics<br />
(Arduino), 3-D modeling software<br />
(Blender), 3-D printing, video game development<br />
(Unity 3D), and video- and<br />
sound-editing software. Campers work in<br />
small groups and collaborate to re-imagine<br />
“The Cube” every week.<br />
Ages 12 and over:<br />
Our campers entering their junior-high<br />
and high-school years will determine how<br />
they will engage with the week’s theme,<br />
and choose where and how they will make<br />
their contribution to Friday’s exhibition.<br />
Submitted by Bit Space, 2541 W. Lawrence<br />
Ave., Chicago, Ill., 60625, (773) 654-1691.<br />
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