Cyber Discovery Camp (May 31 – June 4)

Hosted at Louisiana Tech University, the annual Cyber Discovery Camp provides high school students and teachers the opportunity to 1) better understand the history of cyberspace, cryptography and cyber security; 2) experience cyber applications and programs; 3) discuss social and ethical implications of cyber; 4) explore possible cyber career fields; and 5) gain an appreciation for the need to secure cyberspace. The one-week, residential camp also offers a dynamic, challenging and interactive camp curriculum consisting of hands-on labs, a cryptographic treasure hunt, a cyber-crime mystery, evening film sessions and a Final Cyber-Challenge.  A parallax boe-bot is the common thread that weaves throughout all the camp activities.

Participating high schools include Airline, Benton, C.E. Byrd, El Dorado, Minden, N. DeSoto, Parkway, Ruston, Southwood, and West Monroe.  Each high school team consists of six students and two teachers.

View videos from this year's camp by clicking the links below:

Day 1 & 2 Video               Day 3 Video                  Day 4 Video

 Click here to read an article posted in the Bossier Press-Tribune regarding this year's Cyber Discovery Camp.

Cyber Forensics Camp (July 12 – July 17)

Hosted at Northwestern State University, the Cyber Forensics Camp is a one-week, residential camp for tenth graders and their teachers that incorporates the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) curriculum through a digital forensics focus.  Cyber Forensics Camp offers students and teachers an immersive simulation of the investigation of a crime using actual cyber forensics techniques and processes. The primary goal of this residential camp is to promote the teaching of cyber technologies and contemporary issues involving technology in high schools, improved student skills in deductive reasoning, scientific methodology and the application of logic.

Participating high schools include Bossier, Captain Shreve, Haughton, Huntington, Natchitoches Central, and Ruston. Each high school team consists of six students and two teachers.

Cyber Animation & Visual Effects Camp (Aug. 2 – Aug. 7)

Hosted at Louisiana State University Shreveport, this week-long residential camp offers students and their teachers the opportunity to explore the world of digital media through rocketry.  The camp curriculum includes hands-on experiments, a rocket launch competition, 3-D printer, and exposure to animation software.  The camp incorporates all these elements while also engaging students in physics. We’re also excited to announce that a NASA astronaut will be a guest speaker as well.

Participating high schools include Caddo Magnet, Green Oaks, Minden, Parkway, Plain Dealing, and Ruston.

To learn more about this year's camp, please visit the camp blog at http://lsusrocketry.blogspot.com.