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This summer, kids can learn about personal finance from experts at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. High school students can learn about advanced STEM subjects from professors or prepare to take the SAT. Young, aspiring culinary artists can learn new recipes. All for free. With COVID-19 social distancing measures still in effect across North America, summer camps will, for the most part, remain closed in 2020<\/a>. Virtual summer camps are taking their place.<\/p>\n

But what, exactly, does that mean? Virtual summer camps won\u2019t host remote tetherball tournaments. There won\u2019t be the same singing around a campfire or boondoggling<\/a>. But there will be some remote educational opportunities.<\/p>\n

Virtual Summer Camps Vary Widely and May or May Not Be \u2018Camp-Like\u2019<\/h2>\n

\u201cThe STEM Virtual Summer Camp that we’re launching is going to be taught by top-ranked STEM PhDs, college professors, and high school teachers,\u201d said Numerade CEO Nhon Ma. \u201cStudents are getting all this for free.\u201d<\/p>\n

Numerade offers a massive (and growing) library of short educational videos focusing on late high school and early college STEM subjects. They also provide a wider array of resources to help students prepare for standardized tests like the SAT and ACT.<\/p>\n

Their virtual summer camp (enrollment is now open<\/a>) includes 10 different courses in test prep, math, physics, and chemistry. For the most part, the material is pre-recorded.<\/p>\n

Is it a tall order to ask high schoolers to spend time away from the sun and friends to learn during the summer? Ma says Numerade definitely wants kids to take the summer as an opportunity to unwind. But at the same time, Numerade resources target Zoomers. The virtual summer camp is designed to be \u2018attended\u2019 for as little as 10 minutes a day.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the Tick Tock generation<\/a>, the Snapchat generation,\u201d he said. \u201cSo students in general and Gen Z\u2014they\u2019re pretty aligned towards short-form video, and micro clips of content consumption.\u201d<\/p>\n

Keeping Kids Busy and Productive<\/h2>\n

The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis\u2014one of the twelve institutions that form the U.S. central banking system\u2014has a different approach to their virtual summer camp.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe always say, \u2018Teach one, reach many,\u2019\u201d said St. Louis Fed Assistant VP and Economic Education Officer Mary Suiter. \u201cBut we’re not in normal times. Right now, we\u2019re seeing that many parents are faced with trying to work from home, and they have their children with them. This virtual camp was born out of the idea that it could give parents something valuable to have their children do\u2014and parents would have a chance to get a little bit of work done.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The St. Louis Fed\u2019s Personal Finance Virtual Summer Camp<\/a> is all about talking dollars and sense to kids in third through eighth grade. With videos, \u2018Q&As,\u2019 and quizzes, this camp is intended to last one to two hours a day for a period of five days total. It\u2019s currently open and available (for free) until August 14.<\/p>\n

An Unprecedented Opportunity<\/h2>\n

The virtual summer camp offered by Learning.com, known as Summer TechUp<\/a>, is available to school districts to license. If a district decides to bite, their constituents in grades 6-12 will have broad opportunities to improve their digital skills. Modules focus on topics such keyboarding, python coding, and cyber robotics.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the core, students are engaged through self-directed and self-paced learning opportunities that promote skills like creativity, critical thinking, and problem solving in virtual environments,\u201d said Learning.com VP of Sales Rob Magliano. \u201cCompared to traditional summer school curriculum, we expect student motivation and engagement to be a key to success for Summer TechUp.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the same time, the COVID-19 pandemic has provided edtech providers and developers an unprecedented opportunity. Kids have not been able to learn the way they\u2019re used to (and many teachers haven\u2019t been able to teach they way they\u2019re used to<\/a>) for a significant portion of the school year.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s more, students are still mostly stuck at home with their parents, who are also struggling to cope themselves.<\/p>\n

Scaling and Growing<\/h2>\n

During a time when edtech usage traditionally dips, some companies are hoping to drive engagement and grow.<\/p>\n

“Our business model is focused on providing meaningful partnerships to schools and districts to help them prepare students for success in our increasingly digital world,\u201d Magliano said. \u201cOur goals for the [virtual summer camp] are twofold.\u00a0 First, we are aiming to provide an effective, and much needed solution, to support the unique challenges of a COVID-19 summer school landscape.\u00a0 Additionally, our hope is to engage with district leadership to explore how Learning.com may further support their digital literacy needs on a broader and systemic basis.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nhon Ma and Numerade have similar goals. The company launched last year on the back of a previous iteration, known as tutorcast.tv. It is not currently bringing in revenue from its services but, instead, doing all it can to scale and drive user engagement. And in that sense, the COVID-19 pandemic has been a boon. Ma estimates the platform usage tripled. They\u2019re now up over 2 million historic users.<\/p>\n

That growth has also been thanks to a massive investment in content. Nearly 9,000 educators have authored Numerade videos. \u201cWe’re creating at least one Khan Academy in terms of the sheer volume of videos every single week,\u201d Ma said.<\/p>\n

In short, virtual summer camps might have much less in common with their IRL counterpart than their name would suggest. Instead, they mark a realignment of summer experiences and activities for kids in a world that has been upended by a pandemic.<\/p>\n

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