National Computer Camps

{{more citations needed|date=June 2022}} {{Infobox company | type = Private | industry = Campground Operating | founded = {{Start date and age|1977}} in Connecticut | founder = Dr. Michael Zabinski | website = {{URL|nccamp.com}} }}

'''National Computer Camps''' are computer camps for children and teens founded in 1977 by Dr. Michael Zabinski. There are locations at Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut, where Dr. Zabinski is a professor of physics and engineering;<ref>{{Cite news |last=Yang |first=Dori Jones |date=April 23, 2001 |title=E-happy camping, where computers beat canoes |no-pp=y |work=U.S. News & World Report |url=http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/010423/cybercamp.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010608152400/http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/010423/cybercamp.htm |archive-date=June 8, 2001}}</ref> Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, Georgia; and Baldwin Wallace University in Cleveland, Ohio.

The focus of NCC is 2D and 3D video game design, computer programming, digital video production, web page design, A+ and Network+ certification, Android App programming, and software applications including animation, Flash and Photoshop. An optional sports program is also available. Each week, all levels of programming are offered in Basic, C++, Java, assembler, HTML, XML, and JavaScript. Campers may attend one or multi-week sessions.

NCC was the first summer camp for children founded with a primary focus on computing.<ref>[http://www.atarimagazines.com/compute/issue46/052_1_THE_WORLD_INSIDE_THE_COMPUTER.php The World Inside The Computer: New Directions For Computer Camps] COMPUTE! Issue 46, March 1984, p. 132.</ref>

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==External links== *[http://www.nccamp.com/ National Computer Camps Official Website]

Category:1977 establishments in Connecticut Category:Computing and society Category:Summer camps in the United States