If there's not one right now, perhaps some .edu person will be able to
create something like that.
A backup idea, if a programming summer camp doesn't pan out this year,
is project-oriented self-directed study, using the Racket email list for
technical questions and perhaps for some project advising. Learn by
doing. The big drawback is that this doesn't include socializing with
other kids. Maybe there is some camp that would let him hang out with
other students, but he'd be working on his own stuff and getting his
technical help over email. Or maybe there is another kid in his town
who wants to do the same thing with Racket, and they can work together
from cafes or college student centers or wherever.
There's also the occasional Racket or Lisp get-together in Boston, which
might be a nice little complement to whatever else he does this summer.
If he's in Providence, he can take the commuter rail to Boston (and
someone can make sure that afterwards he's not waiting alone for the
Orange Line at Ruggles after dark :).
Neil V.
j...@math.brown.edu wrote at 04/15/2014 11:07 AM:
Dear Racket Users,
I've been tutoring an 8th grader in Racket for the last few months.
We're just about to finish part I of HtDP2e
(http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/matthias/HtDP2e/part_one.html).
He's interested in doing a summer program along the lines of
http://www.idtech.com/teens/ but ideally he'd be able to continue
learning Racket where we leave off. Does anyone know of any summer
programs for teens where Racket is the language used?
A friend of mine used to teach one at Brown, but from
http://www.brown.edu/ce/pre-college/catalog/?p%5B%5D=1 it looks like
now only bash, Python, and Matlab are available. Google searches like
"racket programming summer camp" didn't immediately turn up anything
either (and inevitably include results about tennis camps).
Thanks for any tips you may have.
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