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Top 3 Reasons Why Your Child Should Learn to Code Today

Back when we were kids, our teachers and mentors told us to focus on the facts. Memorize certain processes and apply those facts and processes to the test. Once we passed the test, we would receive our diploma, guaranteed a safe job because of our hard work in school....

5 Reasons Girls Need Computer Camps

    "Computer camps are just for boys." "Only geeks and nerds go to computer camp." These common misconceptions stand between many girls and the potential to acquire incredible skills that they'll use for the rest of their lives. All too few girls choose to go into...

STEM Education 101 for Parents

We know that parents lives are constantly bombarded with information regarding their childrens education. Lately, schools have tried to implement a lot of STEM Education into their classrooms - but there is simply not enough time to delve deeply enough into these...

Demystifying Computer Camps

  Are you looking for the perfect summer camp for your kids? There are many different types of camps to choose from, but how do you know that you are choosing the right one for your child? Are you thinking about sending your child to a technology summer camp?...

Python vs Java – What should my child learn?

A question we are often asked by parents interested in having their kids learn coding is simple – should my child learn Python programming or Java programming? To understand the answer to this, its important to realize that while this decision might seem overwhelming,...

Tech Camps for Kids & Teens – Finding The Perfect Summer Camp

Every year as Spring approaches, parents start their search for that perfect summer camp that’s a great fit for their child. Whether it be a sports camp, speech & debate camp or a tech camp. It is a great time to be a kid - with so many choices available,...

Parents and Kids are you ready for 2016 summer camp season!!

  Vision Tech Summer Technology Camps 2015 Highlights: Kids making new wireless TNT canon and huge custom adventure map in 3D Game Design with Minecraft Kids made custom mob in the Minecraft Modding camp Kids Designing their own custom maps in Minecraft camp...

An Introduction to Minecraft

What is Minecraft? What is Minecraft? Given how Minecraft has become one of the largest games in the world, it might seem like an odd question to ask, but the truth is, a lot of people are *aware* of Minecraft as a game, but aren’t really sure what Minecraft *is*, or...

Top Five Celebrated Fictional Robots of All Times

Early concepts of automation has existed in human civilization since the first century AD. Even Aristotle imagined intelligent automation can someday bring about the human equality. The word robot was first introduced to the English language by the 1920 science...

Installing Games Made with RPG Maker VX Ace on Mac OS X

Installing RPG Games on Mac OS X   After downloading your child’s game, also download WineBottler at http://winebottler.kronenberg.org/ (I recommend using the stable version). Save the file and then double click it once it is fully downloaded on your computer. Once...

2015 Summer Tech Camps

Parents and Kids are you ready for 2015 summer camp season!!   VisionTech Summer Technology Camps 2014 Highlights: Kids making new custom blocks and making pigs fly in 3D Game Design with Minecraft Helicopter mod in the Minecraft Modding camp Kids Designing their...

Computer Engineering and Arduino Summer Camp

At VisionTech’s Computer Engineering with Arduino Summer Camp campers get a hands-on lesson in electronics and Engineering while building the ultimate project to take home. Arduino is an open-source electronic prototyping platform based on a simple microcontroller (a...

LEGO Robotics Summer Camp San Francisco Bay Area

Sure, building robots is very easy for someone with an engineering degree but how do we bring robotics technology education to kids The new EV3 Robotics kit from LEGO is a full teaching solution. It allows kids to build awe-inspiring robots in no time, and when...

Video Game Design for Kids — Summer Camp

I’m often asked by parents why kids should learn video game design – after all, they have to learn so many things, math, sciences, engineering, so why is game design important? The first answer that comes to mind is that it’s a gateway to get kids interested in...