Film 315s presentation
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Summer Fun Image by: nodnarb By Ian Grant
description
A presentation on Summer Camps, and whether or not they should allow social media and digital devices.
Transcript of Film 315s presentation
Summer Fun
Image by: nodnarb By Ian Grant
Social Media and mobile devices have always been prohibited at summer camps
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Photogen
Do you think it is time we thought it over?
The world has gone digital
Wit
h o
ver
600
mil
lio
n F
ace
bo
ok
use
rs i
t is
no
qu
esti
on
ques
tion
that
we
have
cre
ated
a s
ucce
ssfu
l and
func
tiona
l dig
ital
expa
nsio
n of
life
.
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IT HAS QUICKLY BECOME
A PROMINENT PART OF
WHAT REPRESENTS
US HUMANS
IT R
EPRE
SEN
TS O
UR
WO
RLD
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But are there some places it doesn’t belong?
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Summer Camps have always been a place
for children to play learn and
grow…
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Where kids can meet friends
and create new bonds
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Each year more than 11 million
chi ldren and adults att end camp in the U.S.
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age b
y: m
ush
i
The number of day camps in the U.S.
has grown
90% in the past
20 years.
(http://www.acacamps.org/media-center/camp-trends/fact)
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It is a place to socialize the
‘old fashion’ way
human to human contact. BUT…
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IS HUMAN TO HUMAN NOT ENOUGH?
MUST WE HAVE THAT DIGITAL CONNECTION AS WELL?
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What would a summer camp be like with
social media?
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What if the camp set up an inter camp web based server for campers to share
with only the kids at the camp?
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y: lynnett
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e
Wou
ld it
hin
der t
he p
roce
ss
of m
akin
g fr
iend
s?
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y: C
allu
m
Or would it be easier for the campers
seeing as this is how they grew up?
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The Goal is to let kids be kids
BUT what if an extension of ‘being kids’ comes with Digital Devices andSocial Media?
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Instead of fighting the growing technology,
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SHOULD WE
ACCEPT IT…
AND MOVE ON?
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Credits
All Images are lisenced under the Creaative Commons Non-Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 agreement, and sourced from Flickr.
