# Tech camp

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{{Short description|Summer camp that focuses on technology education}}
A '''tech camp''' is a [summer camp](/source/summer_camp) which focuses on technology education, sometimes referred to as a '''computer camp'''. These camps often include programs such as [video game design](/source/video_game_design), [robotics](/source/robotics), and [programming](/source/Computer_programming).<ref>{{cite web|title=From Minecraft to Modding, a Summer Tech Camp Explainer for Parents|url=https://www.commonsensemedia.org/blog/from-minecraft-to-modding-a-summer-tech-camp-explainer-for-parents|website=Common Sense Media|access-date=2016-12-25|archive-date=2016-12-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161226145521/https://www.commonsensemedia.org/blog/from-minecraft-to-modding-a-summer-tech-camp-explainer-for-parents|url-status=dead}}</ref> These camps first began to appear in the United States in the late 1970s. [National Computer Camps](/source/National_Computer_Camps) was the first computer camp established in 1977.<ref>{{Cite journal| url= http://www.atarimagazines.com/compute/issue46/052_1_THE_WORLD_INSIDE_THE_COMPUTER.php | title= The World Inside The Computer: New Directions For Computer Camps| work= Compute! |issue=46| date= March 1984| page=132}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* ''U.S. News & World Report'' April 23, 2001, p.&nbsp;41.
* ''Computer World'', No 16, April 17, 1978, p.&nbsp;16.

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Category:Computing and society
Category:Summer camps

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