<p>I know in past summers there have been questions about summer camps, so I just thought I’d post this now for future reference by people who might be interested. My son (15 yrs old) just got back from two weeks of computer camp at Camp CAEN (Computer Aided Engineering Network) at University of Michigan. He had a really great time. There were about 42 residential kids and it is held on the north campus. He took a Game Development class. They also offer C++, Java, System Administration, Digital video, and some others. They had a nice open house that showed many of the projects kids worked on. Most of them I really had no clue… </p>
<p>The classes are quite advanced and the kids are ages 13 to 17. My son really enjoyed his class and thought it was quite challenging. He did a lot of other things too. They went to a movie, bowling, a video arcade (played Dance Dance Revolution), played ultimate frisbee, capture the flag, had a water gun fight, a barbeque, and lots of other fun stuff (and, yes, lots of video game tournaments). I thought the dorm was gross - he loved it. </p>
<p>It was so fun for him to be in with kids he had so much in common with. I was worried he would be too old or too advanced for the camp, but neither was true at all. He will be a junior this fall and there were lots of kids there who will be seniors! It was $1600, and well worth the cost. (Also involved us driving 400 miles each way.)</p>
<p>Long live the computer geeks!</p>