MCWT Camp Infinity

What is it?

Camp Infinity is a one week summer technology camp for 9-13 year old girls created by the MCWT Foundation. The camp addresses the primary reasons girls lose interest in technology – confidence, social relevance, and social (peer) acceptance:

• Confidence and capability are built with hands on technology activities such as robotics and computer game design
• Coolness and FUN are demonstrated by doing fun projects with other girls, and with high school girls as counselors
• Social relevance is demonstrated with visitors from the local technology community showing and explaining how their work is important to the community at large

Why do we do this?

• Women are 20% of the IT workforce, from nearly 50% in 1982
• Need for 750,000 new IT/CS workers in the US by 2015
• Graduating 40,000 per year, approximately 5% are women
• Girls are tech-savvy, confident technology users
• Not interested in pursuing a technical career

The Data:

• Elementary girls are interested and competitive in STEM
• Majority lose interest before high school

2011 Camp Infinity Surveys

2010 MCWT Camp Infinity

For the fifth year, forty Detroit area girls grades 4-7 had the chance to explore their web development talents, improve their robotics engineering skills, and interact with successful information technology professionals and role models. Stay tuned for the application for 2011's camp, which will be posted in spring.

Click to View 2010 Report!