Come Play with Technology this Summer!!
Announcing the 2012 DevTech Robotics, Programming, and Video-making Summer Workshops:
REGISTRATION FOR ALL PROGRAMS IS OPEN - click here
For questions/concerns not addressed on this page, contact devtech@tufts.edu
Each session runs for five days from 9am to 12:30pm.
Cost: $150 per child, per session. Payments are non-refundable.
Children are grouped by grade/age, with no more than about 15 children per group.
Only the August research study works differently (see below).
Session One - June 18 - 22 - THIS SESSION IS ENTIRELY FULL
9:00 – 12:30
Entering Grades K-2: Robotics & programming with varying themes and hardware
Entering Grades 3-6: Video-making
Session Two -
June 25 - 29
9:00 – 12:30
Entering Grades K - 3: Robotics & programming with varying themes and hardware
**The Grade 1 group is nearly full!**
**The Kindergarten and Grade 2/3 groups are full! You can sign your kindergartener or 2nd or 3rd grader up for the waitlist in case we are able to accommodate more students in these age ranges.**
Entering Grades 4-6: Trovador
(possibly also including an introduction to Scratch)
Session Three - August 13 - 17
9:00 - 12:30
Entering Grades 1 - 3 - Video Production
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July 9th - 13th, 9am - 11am: Free Research program for children entering Kindergarten and 1st Grade. For more details, click here: http://bit.ly/HOCTMJ
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These programs are organized by the DevTech Research Group and the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development at Tufts University. Instructors are graduate and undergraduate students at Tufts with previous experience running technology workshops for children.
Contact Us
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Are you an early childhood educator who wants to implement an innovative robotics curriculum? Click here for more information. ____________________Check out our 2012 Summer Programs - Offerings & registration here.
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Check out this MacArthur Foundation Spotlight on ScratchJr!
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Available now! Designing Digital Experiences for Positive Youth Development: From Playpen to Playground, by Marina Bers

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DevTech Team
DevTech DirectorProf. Marina Bers, PhD
Research Staff:
Louise Flannery
Graduate Research Assistants:
Elizabeth Kazakoff
Amanda Sullivan
Safoura Seddighin
Aaron Tietz
Undergraduate Research Assistants:
Amanda Puerto
Ethan Peritz
Mollie Elkin
Videos
Iditarod - 1st Grade Robotics Project!Mi Ani - Kindergarten Robotics Project!
Transportation in the Community - Kindergarten Robotics Project!
Robotic Animals - Kindergarten Robotics Project!
