Id Tech Camps

This is an awesome camp. If your kids are like mine, they enjoy video games. Why not have them learn to make their own?! Fun and educational. I swear, no one is paying me to write this!
My boys LOVE this camp. They ask to go every year. This is our 4^th year. The counselors are fun and they make learning fun too.
Granted this is a somewhat geeky camp. They have computer game contests (within the camp as well as between sister camps around the country) and when I come in for the presentation I don’t understand all the lingo. The kids act as interpreters… They do see the light of day and go outside during breaks.
Cons: A little pricey
Pros: Totally worth it knowing that the kids enjoy it and they are learning useful and may actually help them in the future.

This camp is amazingly well run. So reliable, pleasant, and intelligent. Feels like it’s run by really smart people who are also practical about students as well as the realities of busy professionals. Drop off and pick up are easy. Staff are quirky and friendly and there is a great deal of consistency year to year, which tells you a lot. Campers are known by name, and they have a lot of fun. Clearly, though, they also learn tons. It isn’t video game camp exactly since there are games outdoors and many activities. One day I spotted my son crossing the Univ. of Washington campus, where I teach, and he was having a blast. Think of it as a camp that imparts skills in logic and creativity whose chosen medium is digital. This is our third session (second year) and we will be back next year. We recommend this camp to all my son’s friends, and a number of them have signed up this year.