From the comfort of home, students receive hands-on experience with a live instructor in small classes (10 or less) at a cost far lower than nationwide tech camps. Same great instructors - with a balanced curriculum that exercises the whole mind and body - for a fraction of the tech camp cost.
Even though these courses are available anywhere on the planet, you may choose which camp location will deliver your live instruction based in the Pacific time zone. This feature is available specifically to help our long-time campers transition to an online class with their favorite team of instructors. If you are new, you may select whatever location works best for your preferred course schedule.
This is really where we shine. Please allow us to gush over our team. Unlike most Spring camps that come together once a year, PlanetBravo's crew is employed here year-round. You can find them as the most popular tech teachers in our partnered schools throughout California. As you can imagine, the school closings in March 2020 catapulted our platforms and methods into the world of distance learning, making the team experts in the art of coordinating fun, engaging online lesson delivery.
Our entire interface of instruction is powered by Google, while keeping the students' personal information discreet. Through their interactions with the instructor, our online campers switch between displaying their on-screen work progress and having one-on-one help time. Students do not need cameras at all, but they do need speakers/headphones and a microphone.
Did we mention that we have endless hours of video tutorials recorded as well? Online campers have access to our library of exciting courses that they can revisit after camp hours.
One of the downfalls of in-person tech camps is that the software configurations and perfect setup of every file is local to the devices of the camp. When the students leave at the end of the week, it is incredibly difficult to inspire continuation because the software is left behind. Not here! Since the instructors carefully guide each camper to configure their own device (BYOD: Bring Your Own Device) for the course, the students' use of their software continues well after camp ends.
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PlanetBravo's online camp was born in March of 2020, as schools closed around the world to curb the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19. During this transition, PlanetBravo's year-round team left their posts as the technology teachers in our local schools and immediately began facilitating online instruction, honing their skills and developing best practices for their whole schools (teachers and students) to participate from home.
Since 2003, PlanetBravo has been known for a cutting-edge technology-learning experience. If you ever attended an in-person camp, you've seen how the instructors lead classes through screen-sharing technology. Students are engaged through live examples delivered right to their screens and then given time to work on their own creative take on the project.
While it's not quite like being at camp in person, the instructors are still coordinated by their fun-loving camp director who coordinates transitions between lessons. Campers are given multiple challenges on and off the computer to earn BravoPoints. These BravoPoints earn them credits for virtual prizes and special recognition by the camp.
Did we mention that ONLINE camp comes with a T-Shirt? That's right! We mail you an official 2020 Spring camp t-shirt if you enroll in any one week of online camp.
Our staff of counselors and directors have diverse backgrounds ranging from computer science to filmmaking, robotics to animation, photography to engineering. But what do they have in common? A passion for teaching and empowering kids!
Year after year, our most consistent feedback from campers and parents is how amazing the staff is. See their reviews for yourself on our Testimonials page.
Because the quality of our staff is so instrumental in the quality of our camp, each PlanetBravo instructor is hired personally by founder Danny Pezzotta, completing an essay application, reference checks, in-person interview, and full background clearance through the CA Department of Justice and the FBI.
Since 2003, we have aimed to be the highest quality technology summer camp at the lowest cost.
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Our refund policy is the best in the business. Any cancellation before two weeks from the camp start date and we'll issue a full refund. If you have to cancel within two weeks from the start date you can still receive a full refund if we're able to fill your child's seat. For full details and fine print, check out our Program Terms.
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