Emagination Computer Camps

Emagination Computer Camps, formerly known as Computer Ed High Tech Camps, is one of the oldest summer computer camps with locations near Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, Atlanta, and Fairfield, Connecticut. Since 1982, Emagination has offered summer programs for kids and teens between the ages of 8-17 that combines modern educational technology workshops with organized daily recreation and traditional summer camp activities.
Mission
Emagination Computer Camp's mission is to "Educate, entertain, and help develop healthy kids and teens."
History
The camp was started in 1982 by Marilyn Pardus who had a vision of a safe place for kids to spend the summer while increasing the technical skills that they would need to compete in the fast changing world of technology and brought that vision to fruition for hundreds of children each summer under the name Computer Ed High Tech Camps. In 1982, there was only one camp location and although it was a computer camp, it also offered sailing, tennis, and archery.
Marilyn sold the camp to Lincoln Technical Institute in 2001. The following year, Craig and Julie Whiting purchased the camp and renamed it Emagination Computer Camps.
2003 - Georgia camp opens at Georgia Tech
2005 - Pennsylvania camp opens at Rosemont College
2006 - Emagination Game Design, Emagination's first specialty program for teenagers, opens at its Georgia and Massachusetts locations.
2013 - Fairfield, Connecticut camp opens at Fairfield University
2016 - Emagination Programming, Emagination's second specialty program for teenagers, opens at its Connecticut and Pennsylvania locations.
2017 - Emagination announces its expanding Emagination Programming to all five of its locations.
Workshops
Campers at Emagination take four workshops during each two-week session they attend. These workshops consist of three technology workshops and one recreation workshop.
Emagination offers 26 technology workshops in the categories of "Create Digital Media," "Learn to Code," "Create Video Games," and "Discover Engineering." Some of the workshop subjects include 3D Printing, Virtual Reality, Robotics, Python, Java, and C++. Campers can mix and match any three of these workshops so long as they meet the prerequisites.
Recreation workshops include swimming, an Improvisational acting workshop, and "Retro Games," which consists of outdoor games like Ultimate Frisbee, Kickball, and Dodgeball.
Specialty Camps for Teens
Emagination hosts two specialty programs for teenagers, Emagination Programming and Emagination Game Design.
Emagination Programming focuses on teaching C#, the world's most popular coding language for Windows programs.
Emagination Game Design teaches teens the fundamentals of the game design industry. Campers learn how to program in the Unreal Engine, 3D modeling using Autodesk Maya, and graphic design using Photoshop. Campers also tour a local video game studio and learn from guest speakers.
Locations
Emagination Computer Camps is currently hosted at:
Newton, Massachusetts - Boston College Law School
Fairfield, Connecticut - Fairfield University
Rosemont, Pennsylvania - Rosemont College
Atlanta, Georgia - Mercer University
Lake Forest, Illinois - Lake Forest College
Emagination Programming Camp is currently hosted at:
Newton, Massachusetts - Boston College Law School
Fairfield, Connecticut - Fairfield University
Rosemont, Pennsylvania - Rosemont College
Atlanta, Georgia - Mercer University
Lake Forest, Illinois - Lake Forest College
Emagination Game Design is currently hosted at:
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts - Boston College
Atlanta, Georgia - Georgia Tech
Accreditation
Emagination’s Massachusetts and Connecticut camps are accredited by the American Camp Association.

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