15 Online Summer Learning Opportunities

It's that time of year again for my annual list of online summer learning opportunities or programs.  This is especially prevalent w/ the COVID-19 "double whammy" that is happening w/ school closures around the world, economic downturn, and high possibility of summer learning loss for students.  These programs help fill a gap that sometimes is lacking over the summer months and best of all can be done at the comfort from home.

*This list is in alphabetical order

15 Online Summer Learning Opportunities

1. BoomWriter Haunt - A Summer writing club that uses BW's unique interactive story-writing process to create entertaining collaborative stories.
2. Brain Chase - Is a online five week program for grades 2nd-8th.  This adventure has students working in the subjects of Math, Reading, Writing, and more, while watching animated episodes and solving educational problems.
3. Coding With Kids - A wonderful online summer camp that teaches kids of all ages how to code using Scratch, Minecraft, and more.
4. CodeWizardsHQ - A great place to learn how to code in a 3 week online class.
5. Connected Camps - An innovative online camp for students wanting to learn STEM skills such as coding, media, collaboration, and more through the use of Minecraft.
6. Connections Learning - A nice collection of technology related online courses for Math and reading grades K-8th.
7. Edgenuity - A great program for districts K-12 that offers at school classes or "virtual" through their online instructors.
8. fueleducation - A excellent online program for grades 6-12 w/ a wide variety of courses teaching any number of subjects.
9. GoNoodle (Camp GoNoodle) - A fun and free online program that has students learning through play and other various educational activities.
10. ID Tech - A fun online camp for students wanting to learn STEM skills such as: coding, game development, robotics, and more.
11. K5 Learning - A online Reading and Math program for grades K-5th w/ real time results and detailed reports.
12. K12 - A robust online summer school program w/ lotos of electives for students grades 6th-12th.
13. Outschool - A fantastic online platform for students ages 3-18 looking to learn a wide variety of subjects (i.e. Minecraft, physics, panio, etc.)
14. Time4Learning - A fun online program for grades PreK-8th in the subjects of Math, Science, Social Studies, and Language Arts.
15. Treca - An 8 week course for grades 9-12.  Treca offers a wide range of online courses such as: Math, Science Social Studies, and more.

BoomWriter Virtual Summer Camps

BoomWriter is a site that I’ve written about many times because it lets elementary, middle, and high school teachers conduct engaging nonfiction, fiction, and vocabulary development group-writing activities in almost any subject area. But their new offering is not just another product- it’s a chance for teachers to completely change how they make money (and relax) over the summer!

BoomWriter announced this week that they are developing The BoomWriter Virtual Summer Camp to create engaging, flexible, and profitable experiences for teachers as they work to make extra money over the summer. Teachers can make upwards of $1,200 per week with their camp by facilitating online instruction and writing activities for campers in Grades 4-9 using BoomWriter’s easy to use group writing site.

At $0 cost to teachers, BoomWriter will provide the curriculum, camper sign-up web page, and everything else needed to run a camp, so all teachers have to do is recruit students from their own schools or learning communities to participate. Educators can run as many sessions as they want from wherever they want and truly become their own boss on their own schedule.

Register for their mailing list to receive more information and updates to get you ready for Summer of 2017. BoomWriter is a free site that keeps finding new and better ways to support teachers through technology, and The BoomWriter Virtual Summer Camp is no exception!

I highly recommend checking out BoomWriter Virtual Summer Camps by clicking here!

*BoomWriter is an advertiser of Technology Tidbits.

BoomWriter Virtual Summer Camps

BoomWriter is a site that I’ve written about many times because it lets elementary, middle, and high school teachers conduct engaging nonfiction, fiction, and vocabulary development group-writing activities in almost any subject area. But their new offering is not just another product- it’s a chance for teachers to completely change how they make money (and relax) over the summer!

BoomWriter announced this week that they are developing The BoomWriter Virtual Summer Camp to create engaging, flexible, and profitable experiences for teachers as they work to make extra money over the summer. Teachers can make upwards of $1,200 per week with their camp by facilitating online instruction and writing activities for campers in Grades 4-9 using BoomWriter’s easy to use group writing site.

At $0 cost to teachers, BoomWriter will provide the curriculum, camper sign-up web page, and everything else needed to run a camp, so all teachers have to do is recruit students from their own schools or learning communities to participate. Educators can run as many sessions as they want from wherever they want and truly become their own boss on their own schedule.

Register for their mailing list to receive more information and updates to get you ready for Summer of 2017. BoomWriter is a free site that keeps finding new and better ways to support teachers through technology, and The BoomWriter Virtual Summer Camp is no exception!

I highly recommend checking out BoomWriter Virtual Summer Camps by clicking here!

*BoomWriter is an advertiser of Technology Tidbits.

DimensionU Summer Chill

DimensionU the innovative site for Game Based Learning in Math and Literacy is launching their "Great Summer Chill (online camp) virtual competition.  This is a 5 week fun Math competition for students grades 2nd-12th.  Registration is open and the first 50 registrants receive a free limited edition DimensionU drawstring bag.  Also, players can win lots of prizes such as: gift cards, Nintendo 3DS, and more.

I highly recommend checking out the DimensionU Great Summer Chill competition by clicking here!!!

For my Pinterest board on Game Based Learning click here.
For my Edshelf collection on Game Based Learning click here.

*DimensionU is an advertiser of Technology Tidbits.

Splash Math Summer Program

Splash Math is an excellent site/iPad app has recently announced their summer program for K-5 to help prevent summer learning loss and prepare students for their upcoming school year.  This is a free program and has students using the Splash Math program just 20 minutes a day.  Splash Math is a very popular online/app that can be downloaded by individual grade or in a complete package of 1st-5th.  Splash Math is aligned to Common Core Standards, can track student progress in real-time, and is self paced for each individual learner, and has lots of resources such as worksheets and more.

I highly recommend checking out Splash Math summer program by clicking here.

For more information check out Edshelf.

SpellingCity Summer Program

SpellingCity recently announced that they will be offer a online Summer Program designed for students grades 1st-12th.  This program will focus on Spelling, Writing, and Vocabulary, through various online activities and games.  Best of all the SpellingCity Program is self paced and includes over 40 customizable assignments, and works on both the web or free mobile (iOS/Android) app.

I highly recommend checking out SpellingCity's Summer Program by clicking here!!!

*SpellingCity is an advertiser of Technology Tidbits.

TenMarks Summer Program

TenMarks the wonderful online Math tool for students is offering a free summer online learning program starting May 19th.  This adaptive program will help prevent summer learning loss by using TenMarks 60 min per week.  Finally, detailed results can then be sent to a student's upcoming teacher to assess their learning.

I highly recommend checking out TenMarks Summer Program by clicking here!!!

Mission to Marsville

Mission to Marsville is a online summer program offered by the innovative Game Based Learning/LMS company, NEXED.  They are the company that developed Answerables, and are combing their virtual environment into a summer learning program to help kids prevent summer learning loss.

This is all done in their safe 3D virtual environment for grades 3rd-8th in the subjects of Math, Science, and Language.  The program will go from July through Aug, and students will have access to: daily challenges, web resources linked to their curriculum, and interactives that are not only fun but challenging as well.

I highly recommend checking out Mission to Marsville by clicking here!!!

*Answerables is an advertiser of Technology Tidbits.

SpellingCity Summer Program

SpellingCity the popular site for all things Spelling & Vocabulary related is launching an inexpensive online Summer Program to help students grades 1st-12th prevent summer learning loss.  This is a very fun and engaging program that not only works on the web but any one of their free mobile devices.  Also, it is self-paced, has over 40 customizable assignments, and allows users to review or advance on to the next level.  This is ideal for strengthen Literacy and Spelling/Vocab skills this summer.

I highly recommend checking out SpellingCity's Summer Program by clicking here!!!

Click here to view SpellingCity.

Below is a brief demo video...



*SpellingCity is an advertiser of Technology Tidbits.

10 Online Summer Programs

Being a parent of four young kids I often find myself wondering what I'm going to do w/ them for the summer when they get out of school.  When thinking about this and looking over many options, I noticed lots of Ed Tech companies have started to offer online summer programs/camps.  This is a fantastic way (and lots of times inexpensive/affordable) for students to spend some time in the summer and help prevent summer learning loss.  With that being said I've decided to create a list of 10 excellent educational programs that students can take online.

*This list is in alphabetical order.
** Not offered online

10 Online Summer Programs

1. BoomWriter Storytellers Camp - BoomWriter uses their innovative collaborative writing process to help students create their very own Mystery or Realistic fiction book/story.  This is a one week course where students then receive their very own published book.
2. Connections Learning - A nice collection of technology related online courses for Math and reading grades K-8th.
3. Electric Company - The Electric Company from PBS is offering a 6 wk multimedia summer learning program that will focus on Vocabulary and core Math concepts.
4. EverFi - Called Vernao, EverFi will be launching this summer digital learning camps to help students in all areas of Math, Literacy, STEM, and more.
5. K12 - Offers a wide variety of online courses for HS aged students as well as Foreign Languages.
6. SpellingCity - A great program for grades 1st-12th that focuses Vocabulary, Writing, and Spelling using Game Based Learning.
7. TenMarks - A excellent online program for all areas of Common Core Math through engaging videos/instructions w/ real-time interventions.
8. Time4Learning - A fantastic online curriculum for PreSchool through 12th grade that can be used for summer learning in a wide variety of subjects.
9. **Tynker - Based on the popular iPad app, Tynker offers one week long summer camps help students (grades 3rd-8th) learn how to program/code.
10. **Voyager Learning - Great resources/programs for K-12 students looking for summer learning help.