Children learn technology skills by completing projects that incorporate real world applications and simulate the use of the computer in various careers. They become webmasters, journalists, reporters, event planners, entrepreneurs, consultants, stock brokers, and more! Children also learn difficult concepts in a fun way since our curriculum includes activities that excite and inspire children to learn. Whether running a candy factory, making a movie, buying stocks in companies, playing Survivor, or participating in the Olympics, children have a great time acquiring new technology skills! The following is a sampling of some of our exciting projects:

TechnoQuest: Students go on a quest to earn their knighthood by saving the captured king, whose brother has overtaken the throne. Students use software such as Microsoft Word and Access to create their own shield, solve riddles, and learn about life in the Medieval Times.

TechnoArtist: Students prepare their own art collection by making pieces of art while stretching the limits of conventional art tools utilizing Microsoft Paint. Sparking the imagination of young artists and learning about graphics, art elements, art history, and artistic mediums.

TechnoPirate: Students become pirates as they use software such as Microsoft Word to create their very own pirate costume. The pirates then form a crew and sail the seven seas and follow the clues to find the Queen's lost treasure.

TechnoDrama: Students become movie makers as they work together to re-create and give a classic nursery rhyme a new twist using Movie Maker software.

TechnoMummy: Students become Egyptologists and travel to Egypt to discover a secret tomb and uncover the identity of a mummy by studying artifacts and clues utilizing Microsoft Paint, Word, and Access.

TechnoEzine: Students become magazine journalists for an interactive pre-teen magazine. Utilizing telecommunications, graphics, and word processing, students report events related to their age group and publish a magazine their peers will enjoy!

TechnoSurvivor: Students must out think, outmatch, and out assemble their opponents as their tribe complete in contests including Computer Trivia, Binary Code Cracker, and Computer Rescue. Contests are completed through programs such as Microsoft Excel, Word and Power Point to determine who will be granted the title iSurvivor.

TechnoAnimal: Students create a detailed Power Point on an animal of their choosing, learning not only software applications but about the diet, habitat, and threats to their favorite animal.

TechnoEntepreneur: Students become restaurant owners, and must plan their ideas to produce a report for potential investors. Students create their restaurant's layout as well as calculate their business's earnings through software such as Excel, Word, and Paint.

TechnoBook: Students use Microsoft Word to become book publishers, writing and illustrating their own unique book, "All About Me."

TechnoCommercial: Students analyze commercials to gain an understanding of advertising tactics to produce a commercial with their team. Students use applications such as Windows Movie Maker and Media Player to create storyboards, edit and add video and sound effects to complete their commercial.

TechnoOlympics: Students proudly represent their country while participating in the iKids Olympics. They use software such as Microsoft Word, Paint, and Power Point to prove they can be faster, higher, and stronger than their competitors, winning the competitions and bringing home the gold.

TechnoKnight: Students use software applications such as Microsoft Word and Access to adventure on a quest to save a mystic creature that is imperative for the survival of the kingdom. With each challenge students earn their way into knighthood, and become an honored member of the Order of the iKids.

TechnoCelebrity: A popular celebrity has gone for a new makeover. As celebrity reporters, students use software such as Microsoft Paint, Power Point, and Windows Media Player to keep the public up to date on the most recent Hollywood news.

TechnoCop: Students become crime fighters as they use Microsoft Access and Word to create badges, filter out the cookie crooks, and create wanted posters.

TechnoConcert: Students promote an upcoming concert tour, with a star-studded lineup that includes all their favorite bands. Sound clips, interviews with fans, and information about the bands are combined into an exciting promotion piece.

TechnoWeb: Students assume the role as webmaster and embark on a fantastic journey of the WWW to gather images, animations, and information to form an interactive web site.

TechnoPhotos: Students use PhotoFiltre software to become digital artists. They become inspired from artists such as Andy Warhol, Robert Indiana, and Jasper Johns, and produce their own unique artwork. Their digitally produced masterpieces are transformed into posters, silk screens, and billboards to become truly museum worthy.

TechnoRobotics: Students voyage to Sea Lab Nautilus and build an aquabot using Lego Mindstorm® Robotics Kits. Student explorers have fun on this undersea adventure programming their robots to walk, turn, dance, and make sounds!