Does your child love high-tech, writing or specialty arts? Attending a summer camp with this focus is a perfect way for them to explore and to experience. Look through our selection and find the perfect fit for your child.
ID Tech Summer Camps
We're trusted and hosted by the world's top learning organizations. The right instructor changes everything. With personalized learning, your child will progress at their own pace. Your child can level up to Grade 10, standing out to colleges and future workers. We can't wait to welcome your child to our community of 500,000+ students.
Summer Academic Youth Programs
Summer is the perfect time for pre-college students to explore their career interests. Our programs provide opportunities for students to experience college life while expanding their knowledge and exploring their interests. There are many opportunities including overnight camps and class credit opportunities.
Independent Lake Camp
It is an overnight summer camp offering impressive activities due to our quality facilities(设备) and talented staff. Started as a non-traditional summer camp, we focus on promoting creativity within each camper and the community and developing individual growth with our personalized scheduling — each camper chooses their own activities.
Virtual Live Creative Writing Camp
Creative writing is taught live online by experienced teachers. Great for ages 7+and divided into age-based groups, this camp has a limited class size so students can learn fun new skills. Videos will be made available to all creative writing campers. So with several camps to attend, your child will never miss a beat!
I woke at 4 a.m. in a black hostel room, my eight roommates all still sound asleep at the early hour. I stepped outside without being noticed, forced a cheese roll into my mouth, and headed to the Kaikoura dolphin-watching tour office.
With more adrenaline (肾上腺素) than I had experienced when jumping out of a plane, I put on my flippers (脚蹼) quickly and got ready for the adventure. The moment I dove off the water, I was shocked awake. No amount of coffee, tea, or sugar has ever given me such a strong wake-up. It turns out that the ocean is freezing at 5 a.m. before the sunrise. Don't be scared off by the temperature, though, because 5 a.m. is when the dolphins are most playful!
After a little while, I was face to face with a wild dusky dolphin! At one moment, it jumped up high into the air while the next it dove deep into the water. It made strange whale noises to draw the attention of more members of the group, including a tiny baby dolphin no bigger than a cat. What impressed me most was that the baby dolphin came close up, swam around playfully and kept looking at me with those black glassy eyes, seeming most interested in this strange fish-like creature that kept getting twisted (缠绕) in her own flippers.
The sun rose, warming my back as I continued to struggle with my flippers among the most graceful animals in the ocean. It was the most beautiful sight, as the dark blue of the ocean turned light greenish-blue, brightening our swimming companions for the early hours of the morning.
The practice of swimming with wild dolphins is banned in the North Island, where the species of Hector's dolphins are in decline. But in Kaikoura, the practice is quite common and actually helping to increase the dolphin populations.
By supporting this adventurous experience, you're supporting dolphin protection.
A sleepover(过夜) program, which is designed to make kids believe that their favorite toys enjoy reading, can help encourage children to pick up more books, a new study suggests.
Toys sleepover programs are designed to get children interested in books. Children take their toys to a library for the night. At this point, workers and volunteers take photos of the toys which explore the library and read books. The next day, the children collect their toys and the photos of what the toys did during the night. They are given the books their toys chose to read.
It was found that before the sleepover the children did not spend time looking at the books in their play area at preschool. Immediately after the sleepover, the number of children who read to the toys was higher than the number who did not, but after three days the effect decreased gradually.
The researchers also tested a method for sustaining the effect. They reminded the children of the sleepover a month later, by hiding the toys and showing them the photos again the next day. This simple method brought an increase in the number of children reading to their toys.
The study proves for the first time that children who take part in sleepover programs read picture books to their toys more. "We wanted to know if there really was an effect, and if so, how long it lasts. Surprisingly, not only did the children show interest in the books, but they also began to read to their toys. This means that a new behavior pattern appeared that the children hadn't had before. We did not expect anything like this," said one of the researchers.
Reading is important for the development of children's language skills and imagination. When parents read to their children, it is a passive way of reading for the child. However, when children read to their toys, it is a more active, self-directed way of reading, helping them develop into more active readers, researchers said.
ChatGPT, a new chatbot model developed by US-based AI research laboratory OpenAI, has quickly become a hit globally due to its advanced conversational capabilities.
It can write emails, computer codes, even academic papers and poems, and has passed a number of tests within seconds. Educators worldwide are discussing whether AI should be used in education. Some universities have banned it. The New York City's Department of Education, for example, banned the chatbot from its public school devices and networks, with some people warning that it could encourage more students to cheat, especially in exams.
Many more welcome this app, claiming that, like most technological improvements and cutting-edge creations in history, ChatGPT is a powerful tool for the development of higher education.
Embracing AI as early as possible is advisable. Higher education institutions should make preparations for including AI in their syllabus (教学大纲). They can start by offering related courses, because by understanding how it works, they can make better use of it. Besides, students with good knowledge of AI are more competitive when it comes to getting a good job, as an increasing number of jobs are being done by computer programmes—some in cooperation with humans. AI-powered education technologies can be employed to make the learning experience more suitable for each student based on his or her strengths and weaknesses. As for professors, AI can free them from doing some dull tasks so they can concentrate on teaching and interacting with students.
Since we cannot avoid ChatGPT and other AI-powered applications from entering the field of higher education, we should make collective efforts to ensure they have a positive impact on society and the future of education. Despite AI helping make learning much more interesting and enjoyable, humans need to work very hard to win the race with technology.
My husband and I made an agreement to help each other stay off social media platforms as much as possible. We left our accounts active instead of deleting them, but intentionally stopped using them.
Now, I'm glad to report that they have worked.
Tired of being the last to hear of things, we downloaded a few news-specific apps that provide timely information. Instead of depending on articles shared by my friends, I now have access to a continuous stream of headlines that cover far broader than my pre-specified interests.
Staying updated on our social circle has also been a more purposeful effort. Previously I stayed up-to-date on birthdays, new jogs and engagements through updates and pictures. Without social media, I now learn of these important events only when actually meeting the people involved.
The effort taken to sit down and write is far challenging, but when I do take the time to write the journal, my reflections go far deeper.
I still log in occasionally. Based on the screen time tracked by my phone, I used to spend an average of over 24 hours a week on various social media platforms. That is down to just 20 minutes every month now, freeing up a large amount of time for sleep, hobbies and offline interactions.
I might know less about my acquaintances(熟人) now, but have more time to keep directly in touch with my closest friends. Walking home last week, I was greeted by an impressive purple-pink sunset. I would have immediately reached for my phone a year ago. Now, it is enough to simply watch it darken into the night.
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A. In brief, I'm glad to have taken the measures. B. I bought myself a diary again after many years. C. We have made a few changes in our daily life. D. This has also widened the range of news I keep up with. E. I do miss the convenience of using social media to record and reflect. F. However, social media now play a much less important role in my life. G. It wasn't until I stopped using the app that I realized how much it had controlled my behavior. |
Last August my family was holidaying at Diana's Baths, where water falls off a series of giant rocks. I was1as I saw my kids jump between the wet rocks. "Stay away from all those edges," I said. But I soon2and we were all having fun, my kids laughing under the cold running water. Then, seconds later, every3I'd previously had came flooding back to me.
I turned and saw my son Wyatt disappear over the edge. I4, "Somebody help my son!" My husband was already5down the rocks. Wyatt had fallen on his back, straight onto the rocks. While everyone else6from a distance, a lady with a mask didn't7. She called 911. I couldn't see her face. But she looked at me so deeply,8she was trying to push out every bit of energy, love, and strength in her body. I held on to that energy like a rope that could pull us to9. She gave Wyatt a towel to put under his head and said to me, "I'm not10you."
A11team took us to the local hospital. After some12and scans, we got the all-clear. As soon as I knew that Wyatt was going to be OK, I found myself constantly thinking about the kind lady who came to our13. Instead of14, she went toward the unthinkable. Words are not strong enough to express my15to her because her kindness shone a light on a dark moment in my life.
Zibo city in China's Shandong province has (unexpected) gone viral on social media since late February due to its unique local barbecue specialty. This has provided an opportunity for the local government (promote) tourism and spending. latest promotion gives visitors free admission to 10 scenic spots in the city as long as their train ticket's final destination is Zibo. Passengers take the train are greeted by posters reading "Welcome to the Special BBQ Train" and they receive items such as leaflets, souvenirs, and snacks. Videos of the experience have been posted on social media, (attract) more visitors.
Zibo's barbecue is different from other types in China as it (make) on a stove(炉灶), served with flatbread and dressings, and diners can finish cooking the skewers(烤肉串) on their own stoves. Many young people (crowd) into the city to try the dish since a group of college students posted videos of themselves enjoying it in February. (search) for "Zibo barbecue" on the Internet have increased by 770 percent compared to the same period last year, and lines outside barbecue restaurants on several streets reach for more than 100 meters the weekends.
Zibo is now a must-visit destination for food lovers, they can experience the unique and delicious barbecue and explore the city's scenic spots.
