Northeast State hosts Girls >Rule< Technology Summer Camp June 17-20

Girls, are you looking for a fun summer camp? You should register for the Girls Rule Technology Summer Camp  from June 17 to June 20 at the Blountville campus of Northeast State Community College.

Girls Rule Technology camp is an immersive, hands-on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) experience where girls participate in hands-on exercises in different areas of Computer Science.  Camp is open to upcoming 5th and 6^th grade girls, beginning each day at 9:00 a.m. and concluding at 3:30 p.m.  It is FREE to participating students with lunch provided.

Campers will interact with Northeast State faculty, students and guest speakers in several different Computer Science areas including:

• Networking (getting computers to communicate with each other),
• Assembling computer hardware (dissembling a computer, learning what each part does and putting it back together),
• Programming a Raspberry Pi (learning Raspian and Scratch programming languages to create worlds on a really small computer),
• Learning how to create your own webpage using HTML & CSS,
• Flying drones (using simulation programs, putting a drone together and understanding how they fly),
• Understanding cyber defense (defending yourself against cyber bullies),
• Creating electronic circuitry (creating a constellation using LED lights),
• Using a 3D printer (making bracelets using a 3D printer), and
• Meeting a female FBI agent and female helicopter pilots.

Registration is open now through June 7. To register visit the camp web page at: https://www.northeaststate.edu/Business-and-Community/Girls-Rule-Technology-Camp/.

For more information about the camp, contact dsfarrell@northeaststate.edu.