From 01/27/2024: Morgantown-based fiddler, guitarist and singer/songwriter Gray Buchanan previewing her SongSpace show at First Unitarian with Bertha and the Belles, 1/27 (7:30 pm), Shadyside.
Read the full story »Radio Camp 2015 – Microphone Building
Radio Campers at Summer Dreamer’s Academy learned how they worked, then go to build their very own microphone out of household materials! Using just two magnets, a length of copper wire, three washers, a nut, a bolt, a plastic straw and a cup, campers created an amazing piece of technology!
Wilkinsburg TIGERs Summer Program: Commercials
Wilkinsburg TIGERs summer campers are all about business. Upon choosing their line of work, each group drafted and recorded commercial advertisements. Business endeavors range from video game and shoe sales to an old fashioned ice cream parlor and even an on-call gas leak specialist. Check out these young entrepreneurs as they showcase their marketing savvy.
Radio Camp 2015 – Day 20 – “My Favorite Things About Summer Dreamer’s Academy”
On our twentieth day, campers were asked “What are some of your favorite things about Summer Dreamer’s Academy?” Answers varied from: “RADIO CAMP!” to “EVERYTHING!”
Camp FUN: If I Were Mayor & Coach Poose
It’s hard to believe Camp FUN is almost over! Like they have all summer, our Radio Campers continue to create thoughtful audio. This week campers wrote and recorded what they would do if they were the mayor.
Radio Camp 2015 – Makey Makey and Circuits
After having to make some educated guesses about electricity, campers not only got to learn about electrons, circuits and conductivity, they experienced these things first hand thanks to the “Makey Makey,” an invention kit created by JoyLabz LLC that turns everyday objects into buttons for computers. From becoming a human piano to playing Pong on oranges, students experimented with basic circuit building.
Radio Camp 2015 – Day 16 – Electricity
On our fourteenth day we asked our Radio Campers what they knew about electricity. They were also given the opportunity to write a “silly” explanation of this shocking phenomenon.
Radio Camp 2015 – Day 15 – More H1 Fun
Campers were so enamored with our handheld digital recorders from the early days of camp that we decided to bring them back! But, instead of just interviewing, they conducted a professional recording session as well as recording the various environmental sounds surrounding them.
Woodland Hills PrimeTime Summer Radio Club
This Summer, we are fortunate to have a large group of unique personalities at Woodland Hills “PrimeTime” Radio Club. Tune-in to hear how they describe themselves. Some students even shared a little bit about their camp experience and accomplishments thus far.
Radio Camp 2015 – Day 14 – Round Table Story Telling
On our fourteenth day, radio campers told a communal story where each took turns telling the same, imaginative tale, building on what another had said before.
Camp Fun: In the Future
As summer fades and the school year approaches, our Camp FUN group was asked to look past September and take a look into the future. From flying cars and phones implanted inside your hand, to free public transportation and a four point line in basketball, at the very least, these campers make the future sound interesting.
