Maker 6/19

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FRIday

NEWS Welcome to Camp! Take a look at what we did today Today we practiced pitching for this afternoon’s Showcase! Everyone worked really hard to finish their commercials on iMovie. The commercials are a fun way for the students to express themselves using what they’ve learned throughout the week. Plus, now all the campers know how to use iMovie so they can create videos at home too! We are so proud of everyone’s willingness to participate in all the activies this week. The change we’ve witnessed throughout the week has amazed us and each camper’s confidence today blew our staff away. Many of our students took huge strides this week by trying something new or working with someone new - we were so thrilled to see the teamwork and bright ideas unfold! Your children truly showed creativity, innovation, and true inspiration. We cannot wait to watch these students as they continue on the path of making, tinkering and building as entrepreneurs!

Continue Learning: Questions to ask about today

Think big, test, and create! What is an entrepreneur? Can anyone be an entrepreneur? Are you an entrepreneur? What does it take to be an innovator? Are you a creative person? What is market research? How did you use market research? How did it help you create your projects? Pitches, presentations, and more! What should a pitch include? Did you enjoy pitching? What was your favorite part of camp?

Announcements: The Week At A Glance

Find us on social media! Look out for contests, pictures, updates from camp, and other announcements on Instagram and FB! Find our blog and Flickr, too. We still have openings for our camps in both San Antonio and Austin! Because you attended this week’s Maker camp, we are offering you 25% off your next camp registration! Visit www.venturelab.org for the rest of our summer schedule and enter MakerCamp as your promo code! We’d love to see your student at VentureLab again! Summer Schedule:

6/22 – Youth Start Up 6/29 – Gamer 7/6 – Urbanpreneur 7/13 – Gamer

7/20 – Girl StartUp 7/27 – Gamer 8/3 – Music + Film 8/10 – Youth StartUp

Fun Friday: 6/22-6/26 Youth StartUp Youth Startup provides kids with hands on knowledge of what it takes to start a business. Over the week students will work together to brainstorm ideas for their company. These student teams will work on everything from customer development to competitive analysis. In addition to research, students will be tasked with building an initial prototype of their product, testing it, and presenting it! Campers will take the skills they have learned and create a company and product in just one week! By developing skills such as critical thinking, creativity, and innovation students, will break the mold and learn to embrace challenges positively. During the last day of camp students will pitch their product and showcase a fully functional demo site. Entrepreneurship education is critical to a well-rounded student and one of the best gifts you can give your child. We look forward to seeing you soon!


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