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Internet at Camp: How to DO-IT

PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT MATERIALS

By Sheryl Burgstahler, Ph. D.

Table of Contents

About the Author

Acknowledgements

Overview

• Introduction
• Why Add Internet Activities to Your Program?
• How to Use These Materials

How to DO-IT

• Implementation Steps
  1. Put together an instructional and technical team.
  2. Determine instructional goals and materials.
  3. Find a facility with computers or make plans to rent, borrow, or buy them.
  4. Arrange for Internet service.
  5. Integrate the Internet into other camp activities.
  6. Publicize the program.
• Program Planning Worksheet
• Case Studies
  • Internet Fun, Camp Lots of Fun
  • Internet Adventures, Camp Easter Seal West
  • Internet Exploration, Northwest Burn Foundation Camp
  • Internet Exploration, MDA Western Washington Camp
  • DO-IT Scholars Summer Study, University of Washington
  • Internet and College Preview Program, Camp Courage

Teaching Strategies

• Tips for Teaching
• Access to Technology
• Sample Lesson Plans and Activity Worksheets
  • Cool and Creepy Monster Building
  • Young Writers Unite
  • Send a Card to a Fellow Camper
  • Tell About Your Hero
  • Space: The Funky Frontier
  • CityLink is a Fun Place to Visit
  • What is a Rainbow
  • Tell a Tall Tale
  • The Immune System: Your Body's Best Defense
  • Internet Scavenger Hunt

Resources

• References
• Glossary

Presentation Tools

• Videotape Presentations
• Handout Templates

Internet at Camp: How to DO-IT - PDF Version

DO-IT (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology) serves to increase the successful participation of individuals with disabilities in challenging academic programs such as those in science, engineering, mathematics, and technology. Primary funding for DO-IT is provided by the National Science Foundation, the State of Washington, and the U.S. Department of Education.

To order free publications or newsletters use the DO-IT Publications Order Form; to order videos and training materials use the Videos, Books and Comprehensive Training Materials Order Form.

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Director: Sheryl Burgstahler, Ph.D.

DO-IT Funding and Partners

©1998 University of Washington
The videotape enclosed in this binder includes four presentations released separately under the following titles:
Camp: Beyond Summer © 1998
Working Together: People with Disabilities and Computer Technology © 1995
Equal Access: Computer Labs © 1997
World Wide Access © 1997

Permission is granted to copy these materials for non-commercial purposes provided the source is acknowledged.

Primary funding for the creation of these printed materials was provided by the NEC Foundation of America. The National Science Foundation, the State of Washington, and the University of Washington also contribute substantial resources to DO-IT's programs.

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Modified: February 1, 2007