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University of North TexasDepartment of Computer Science
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Robocamp
2009
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North Texas Research Park |
UNT - Dallas Campus |
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Lewisville ISD and Carrollton ISD Camps Lewisville 6/22/09 - 6/26/09 Carrollton 7/6/09 - 7/10/09 Please do not submit an application for these camps. Selection will be done through the school Math and Science courses. Announcement will be made through the school system near the end of March. Please do not contact Lewisville or CarrolltonISD prior to that time. |
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VIEW THE WEBSITES AND PICTURES FROM THE PREVIOUS CAMPS
2005 Robocamp Click
Here!!
2006 Robocamp and 2007 EChallenge Camps Click
Here !!
Click here for the 2007 Education Week Article
This year the Robocamp programs will be 5 days in length. We will mix the content of our Echallenge camps from 2007 into the 5 day format, with approximately 2.5 days spent directly on Robotics, and the remaining period spend on engineering design, critical thinking and programming topics - all with numerous hands-on activities and experiments. Each camp will incorporate an individual or team design competition, with certificates and prizes awarded to the best designs.
We will be hosting a total of 4 open-enrollment camps this year. Two of these camps will be for young women ages 14-18. The remaining two camps will be for young men in the same 14-18 grade rangerange. Each camp will be limited to 20 participants.
An additional two camps will be closed enrollment for students in the Lewisville Independent School District and Carrollton ISD for middle school 7th and 8th grade students. We plan to offer more of these mobile camps in other North Texas school districts in the coming years as funding is available.
We will also be hosting two camps for 20 middle school and high school counselors and teachers.will be two days in length.
Finally, for those young women and young men who have previously attended any of the Robocamps in 2005, 2006, 2007 or 2008 we are offering a 2day Advanced Robotics Workshop that will run concurrently with our counselor camps. These camps will offer students the opportunity to work with a number of different robot and software platforms to develop some interesting and unique designs and applications of their own. The camp will be relatively unstructured, so students should only attend if they would like to seriously pursue advanced concepts of their own creation. Several contests with prizes will be sponsored during this workshop, and students will be expected to make presentations and offer demonstrations of their work. Students will also interact regularly with the attendees at the Counselor camp. Registration is limited to 20 students per workshop with an approximate 50/50 enrollment of men and women preserved..
Camp days will start at 9:00 am and end at 4:00 pm. Lunch and snacks will be provided.
Each participant will receive a wealth of study materials, a camp T-Shirt and other souvenirs from these fun and educational program.
For information about the camp
contact:
David Keathly or Robert Akl
UNT Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Phone: 940-565-2767
Email: dkeathly@cse.unt.edu or rakl@cse.unt.edu
There is no fee for this camp.
Applications will be accepted beginning March
1, 2009
Each camp is strictly limited to 20 participants on a first come, first served basis. A waiting list will be maintained to facilitate replacement due to cancellations. Register now!
MAIL OR FAX THE REGISTRATION FORM AND MEDICAL RELEASE TO:
David Keathly
UNT CSE
3940 N Elm Suite F201
Denton, TX 76207-7102
Fax: 940-565-2799
Robocamp 2009 is made possible by grants from
the
Texas
Workforce Commission (TWC) Youth in Technology Program and the
Motorola
Foundation