Beckwith Tech Camp

11/22/2023

Jake is takin the Perth Polar Bear Plunge in support of Rural FASD Support Network of Eastern Ontario . Please consider sponsoring him. He wants to make sure to raise more money than his dad Robert More . Rural FASD is near and dear to our hearts. 🥰🙏

09/30/2023

As promised, we are thrilled to share with you the official launch of the Beckwith Tech Camp legacy website. Through the financial commitment of Lanark County and Beckwith Township, this website will be a free resource to anyone interested in learning how to code in up to five different languages. This resource will remain available forever. Please feel free to share this link. https://beckwithtechcamp.com/
You may also see some familiar faces from over the years who supported us in so many different ways.

Beckwith Tech Camp Beckwith Tech Camp was created in 2016 with Rob More’s dream of providing STEAM education to the youth of the Counties of Lanark and Leeds-Grenville in an…

05/20/2023

It is with great sadness that we are announcing that Beckwith Tech Camp will no longer be offering live programming going forward. Due to multiple changes in the lives of the core team, it is no longer feasible to offer programming to youth in Lanark County. Over the past eight years of our existence, we have served over 300 youth from the Ottawa Valley of ages 10-18 including over 40 who identified having a disability. We are also immensely proud of the fact that 56% of our participants were female and have seen participants receive numerous awards, scholarships and opportunities through our camp's network. We thank Beckwith Township and the County of Lanark for making all of this possible, as well as Shopify, the Univ. of Waterloo, Hackergal, CP Computers, and Montague Township. It has been a wonderful ride and to see so many Lanark County youth now pursue opportunities in technology is what is was always about. You may not know all profits of the camp were always donated to the Rural FASD Support Network and we invite you to follow them and the great work they are doing to support vulnerable youth. However, the camp is not gone. Through all the lessons and materials gathered over the years, we are partnering with Beckwith Recreation to offer free online courses on computer programming for anyone interested in learning a computer language. We hope to launch those courses in the next couple months so keep following us here to learn about its launch. Thank you to everyone who liked us, followed us, and supported us. It is because of you a tiny little dream made such a huge impact. Rob

11/24/2022

Thank you to all participants in our Processing JS fall session with instructor Nicholas Culhane. Your work demonstrates the level of youth programming skill that exists in Lanark County. Beckwith Tech Camp, unfortunately, is going on hiatus during the winter session while conversations continue with funding partners.

09/11/2022

Thank you to everyone who has registered for the Processing JS course starting this Tuesday night. We have now closed registration and Lowri will be sending out the Zoom link soon.

09/04/2022

Registration is still open for the Processing JS fall session starting Tuesday, Sept 13 at 7pm with no cost to the course again this time. Register by emailing us at [email protected]

08/17/2022

We are now accepting registrations for our fall session. Nick Culhane is back with Lowri on Tuesday nights from 7-8pm and will be explaining Processing.js. You will be able to create and share your own game with others by the end of the session. Due to additional sponsorships, fee has been waived for all. To register, please email your child's name and the address they will use to access the Zoom link to [email protected].
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZdUorfp62cO3VjIaiiBe1u5NV6USQmqI/view?usp=sharing

08/17/2022

We want to congratulate Cynthia for being selected the first Hackergal Ambassador from the Ottawa Valley. We look forward to seeing you in upcoming Hackergal events this year.

06/30/2022

We wanted to share our congratulations to Charlotte, one of our instructors, for being named a Schulich Leader Scholar with the University of Waterloo. As seen from the below quote, she credits our little tech camp for helping in a small way that incredible accomplishment.

I wanted to let you know that I won the Schulich Leader Scholarship from the University of Waterloo, valued at $80, 000! I will be attending the University of Waterloo this fall for their biotechnology/chartered professional accountancy co-op program. I really appreciate the time and effort that you put into writing the perfect letter of recommendation for me. I also can't thank you enough for all the opportunities you provided me with that helped further develop my leadership skills and expand on my knowledge in STEM.
Charlotte

06/17/2022

We are still accepting participants for our summer session Tuesday nights 7-8pm starting July 6 with Jennifer Takacs of Hackergal. Thanks to another donor, this session is now free to any participant. The session is on video gameboarding through Lynx Coding. Application, though, is learning how to do graphic layout entirely through using a computer language. Contact us at [email protected] if interested.

06/17/2022

Thank you to Tory Stoddart for creating our new website. https://torystoddart.ca/ Tory has just graduated from Fleming College and looking for clients interested in having a website. You can contact her at [email protected]

The Beckwith Tech Camp was started to give youth in our rural communities the ability to learn coding and other digital skills that they might otherwise not have access to. We strive to inspire our participants and help them build an interest in tech, and confidence in themselves.

05/24/2022

Coding Club is canceled for tonight due to unstable wifi.