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Overview

YouTube Summer Camps are summer technology workshops for children and teens to learn how to produce, edit and/or profit from YouTube videos.

Background

In 2014, several technology and acting camps began offering programs in which children and teens could learn how to produce and edit YouTube videos. One of the first camps, LevelUp,[8] began in Canada with "Jeff Hughes, the founder, [who] decided to add a YouTuber camp [in 2014] after his son, then 11 struggled with developing his own YouTube Channel."[2]

Notable Developments

In 2014, iD Tech Summer Camp began offering five different programs for kids interested in creating YouTube content.[3][4][5][6][7] The camp offers the majority of these programs in over 150 locations around the world. In 2017, SocialStar Creator Camp began to offer a YouTube off-shoot of an acting camp in Los Angeles, California.[1] On June 5th, YouTuber Colleen Ballinger announced via SocialStars YouTube challenge that she would be teaching at the camp (shown below).

On August 7th, TODAY uploaded a report about the SocialStar Camp explaining parents concern about the camp and participants ultimate objective of money and fame (shown below, left). The video gained over 2,400 views in two years. On July 5th, 2018, YouTuber Itsreallydiego and iD Tech Summer Camp go-er uploaded a video tour of the camp (shown below, right). The video gained over 1,100 views in a year.

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On May 21st, 2019, The Wall Street Journal[2] published an article about various YouTube summer camps explaining that the camps skirt around YouTubes account age restrictions by showing young children how to make videos for their parents and family while those over 13 are taught ethics and online safety.

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External References

[1] The Verge – Social Star Creator Camp

[2] Wall Street Journal – YouTuber Camp

[3] iD Tech – Start a Channel For Kids

[4] iD Tech -YouTube Gamecasting

[5] iD Tech – Production for YouTube

[6] iD Tech – Start a Channel

[7] iD Tech – YouTube Camp

[8] Level Up Kids – YouTube Camp

[9] Digital Media Academy – Content Creation

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Overview

YouTube Summer Camps are summer technology workshops for children and teens to learn how to produce, edit and/or profit from YouTube videos.

Background

In 2014, several technology and acting camps began offering programs in which children and teens could learn how to produce and edit YouTube videos. One of the first camps, LevelUp,[8] began in Canada with "Jeff Hughes, the founder, [who] decided to add a YouTuber camp [in 2014] after his son, then 11 struggled with developing his own YouTube Channel."[2]

Notable Developments

In 2014, iD Tech Summer Camp began offering five different programs for kids interested in creating YouTube content.[3][4][5][6][7] The camp offers the majority of these programs in over 150 locations around the world. In 2017, SocialStar Creator Camp began to offer a YouTube off-shoot of an acting camp in Los Angeles, California.[1] On June 5th, YouTuber Colleen Ballinger announced via SocialStars YouTube challenge that she would be teaching at the camp (shown below).



On August 7th, TODAY uploaded a report about the SocialStar Camp explaining parents concern about the camp and participants ultimate objective of money and fame (shown below, left). The video gained over 2,400 views in two years. On July 5th, 2018, YouTuber Itsreallydiego and iD Tech Summer Camp go-er uploaded a video tour of the camp (shown below, right). The video gained over 1,100 views in a year.


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On May 21st, 2019, The Wall Street Journal[2] published an article about various YouTube summer camps explaining that the camps skirt around YouTubes account age restrictions by showing young children how to make videos for their parents and family while those over 13 are taught ethics and online safety.

Search Interest

External References

[1] The Verge – Social Star Creator Camp

[2] Wall Street Journal – YouTuber Camp

[3] iD Tech – Start a Channel For Kids

[4] iD Tech -YouTube Gamecasting

[5] iD Tech – Production for YouTube

[6] iD Tech – Start a Channel

[7] iD Tech – YouTube Camp

[8] Level Up Kids – YouTube Camp

[9] Digital Media Academy – Content Creation

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Oh, this is a great idea!

It totally won't blow up in anyone's faces.

It totally won't lead to someone getting in contact with the wrong person.

It totally won't create a new group of narcissists.

It totally won't distract kids from their academic studies.

It totally won't lead to kids wasting their full potential trying to chase virtual fame.

I can't see any possible negative ramifications in the future whatsoever!

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I actually taught at iD Tech last summer, and aside from having to deal with kids and teens day in and day out, it was actually pretty fun. I didn't teach the YouTube course (I did JavaScript/HTML/CSS web development, Unreal 4 Level Design, and 3D Modeling and printing with Maya), but from what I've seen, most of the output is pretty cringey as you could imagine by letting 10-12 year olds make videos about what they wanted. Also, last year, they had a "Fortnite Level Design" course that was basically the same as the Unreal Course I taught in terms of content, and the only difference was that they were working with Fortnite-inspired assets (I actually taught my kids basic modeling in Maya), so as you can imagine, I was absolutely fucking sick of Fortnite last year. However, I cannot imagine being a parent and spending up to $1200 per week for their kid to learn basic video production (certainly nothing you couldn't just research online). It's odd; iD is basically a gigantic scam for rich people, yet I know tons of examples of kids getting inspired from taking courses there and going on to further their learning (mostly in terms of programming, robotics, and the like), so depending on how you view your investment, it could be seen as worth it.

Pay was nice though.

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