MAKE's MOOC (Massively Online Open Camp) Is Underway 14
theodp writes "Last July, Inside Higher Ed presciently predicted that 2013 would be the year of the Massively Open Online Camp. GeekWire's Blair Hanley Frank reports that O'Reilly-spinoff MAKE Magazine is partnering with Google to run Maker Camp, a 30-day online summer camp for kids who love DIY projects and learning about how things are made. Camp started Monday, but it's not too late to join the fun."
Desperate to get Google+ users (Score:3)
It's just to get kids to use Google+.
Re: (Score:3, Interesting)
Seriously - a virtual online camp? A "field trip" hangout?
How about a REAL camp with real, hands-on experiences for kids, Google? How about some first-hand exposure to these amazing real-world makers?
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yeah and if we can't give them that, we should just not give them anything at all.
I must be missing something (Score:5, Informative)
I thought the most significant part of going to camp was GOING to camp. Socializing with new people, existing without your parents, sleeping on uncomfortable beds in drafty cabins, making wallets, getting chased by a bear, etc.
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snipe hunt
smores
massive multi-day water balloon fights
climbing trees
Re:I must be missing something (Score:4, Funny)
beds in drafty cabins? I thought camping implied sleeping in tents
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tents? i thought camping required spawn points.
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Have you seen the prices for camps these days? When I was a child, my parents put me in the local summer camp -- all day, every day, all summer long. I did arts and crafts, hung out with my friends, swam at the beach, all that stuff.
A similar camp today would cost thousands of dollars per child. $300/week is the starting price. There's an overnight camp at our local renfest that costs $700/week.
A hive of activity (Score:3)
I've never seen a thread this busy! Is everyone out (real) camping?
MOOC... that sounds familiar (Score:2)