Summer Camp Info

When:
Sunday, June 21 to Saturday, June 27, 2009
Where:
The University of Texas at Austin
Maps & Directions:
Application Deadline:

Friday, March 27, 2009

Notification of Acceptance:
Wednesday, April 22, 2009

 

Contact Information

Mary Esther Middleton

Department of Computer Sciences
The University of Texas at Austin
Email: firstbytes@cs.utexas.edu
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First Bytes Summer Camp

Computer Sciences Summer Camp for Girls

First Bytes Summer Camp is a one-week residential camp program for high school girls. It is designed to dispel myths about computer science and intrigue young women with the potential of computing and the excitement of problem solving.

Watch the video from the 2008 camp:

(Click here for the ADA Version with captions)

2008 Camp Highlights

 

Through First Bytes You Can:

  • See how computers solve real-world problems in medicine, the arts, and more.
  • Use your problem-solving and reasoning skills to explore real computer science.
  • Get hands-on programming experience and feel the thrill of getting a computer to do what you tell it to do.
  • Meet and work with female computer scientists.
  • Work in a team.
  • Find out about the wide variety of jobs you can have as a computer scientist.
  • Enjoy a taste of university life and,
  • Have a week of computer science fun!
 

Apply Now!

View the 2009 invitation

Fifty applicants will be accepted. Accepted applicants will be housed on campus in the Jester Hall. Counselor to camper ratios will be maintained at 1:10. A complete registration package will be distributed to all accepted applicants.

We encourage girls from all over Texas to apply.

 

Corporate Sponsors

First Bytes Version 7.0 is partially funded by generous donations from our corporate sponsors.

Other Camps

For those of you not eligible for First Bytes, here are some other summer camp options:


In Austin:

Texas Student Television Summer Camps & Workshops, UT Austin, Texas Student Television is the student television station at The University of Texas. Counselors for the camps will consist of award winning Broadcast Journalism and Radio-Television-Film majors who work at TSTV.


Summer Technology Camps in Austin - ID Tech Camps at UT Austin, Austin, TX: 9th season.. iD Tech Camps is America’s #1 summer computer camp and one of a handful of elite summer camps in Texas. Our summer kids camps and teen camps are designed for beginner to advanced learners. Our popular UT Austin summer day camps and overnight camps average 6 students per instructor for customized instruction delivered by highly trained adult-only staff.

GameCamp!

In Texas:
Computer Camps around Texas- Our TX summer camps in Houston, Austin, Dallas and San Antonio allow students to experience real life at a prestigious university–day campers study in computer labs, eat in university dining halls and may take campus tours.