{"id":27231,"date":"2019-05-02T05:30:11","date_gmt":"2019-05-02T10:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=27231"},"modified":"2019-05-02T02:20:52","modified_gmt":"2019-05-02T07:20:52","slug":"apsu-adds-elementary-middle-school-summer-coding-camps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2019\/05\/02\/apsu-adds-elementary-middle-school-summer-coding-camps\/","title":{"rendered":"APSU adds elementary, middle school summer coding camps"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AustinClarksville, TN<\/strong> – Austin Peay State University (APSU) is expanding its coding camps this summer to include elementary and middle school students after a successful 2018.<\/p>\n

And the new campers will get a bonus: They\u2019ll program and work with a robot.<\/p>\n

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Junior coders participate in a coding class during the spring 2019 semester at Austin Peay State University.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m excited about all the coding camps, but I\u2019m really excited about the elementary school students getting to work with a robot,\u201d said Dr. James Church, assistant professor in the APSU Department of Computer Science and Information Technology.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ll watch the robot move around the room. They\u2019ll program the robot with really simple commands. They\u2019ll give the robot a set of instructions, and the robot will fulfill those instructions,\u201d Church stated.<\/p>\n

The robot \u2013 the Wonder Workshop Dash \u2013 offers children a way to watch their virtual coding turn into tangible experiences in real time as it interacts with and responds to its surroundings, according to the company\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

More About The Camps<\/h3>\n

Austin Peay will host seven camps over six weeks, and they\u2019re open to incoming kindergartners through incoming college freshmen.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the younger children, what I really want to convey is computers work by following the instructions you give them,\u201d Church said. \u201cFor the older students, I hope to convey just how much work, thought and detail goes into their favorite video games, that they\u2019re a tremendous amount of work. This is an art form to be appreciated.\u201d<\/p>\n

The camps are offered in half-day and full-day formats, Monday-Friday, and are available weekly June 10th-July 12th. The cost for the half-day camps is $99.00 each week, and the cost for the all-day camps is $199.00 each week other than the four-day Python-programming week ($179.00).<\/p>\n

All camps are led by Austin Peay computer science bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s students and overseen by APSU professors. The camps will be in Austin Peay\u2019s state-of-the-art computer labs. All equipment and software are provided.<\/p>\n

Here are the camps:<\/h3>\n

K-2nd<\/sup> Grade Tynker Coding for Kids:<\/strong><\/p>\n