Kootenay CO-Op Radio Summer Camp

Kootenay Coop Radio is offering their 3rd Annual Youth Radio Camp!

This is a wonderful opportunity for youth to learn something new, be creative and have fun!

There are four weeks (Monday – Friday) and age groups available where youth will learn a number of fun and interesting aspects to working in radio. All the skills and knowledge acquired will help each group decide what kind of radio show they will want to write, produce and broadcast live on Friday afternoon!

Weeks and Rates:
Ages 8-11: July 5-9
Ages 11-14: July 19-23
Ages 15-18: August 9-13
Ages 11-15: August 16-20

Registration is $250 for non-members and $200 for KCR Members. There are also some bursaries available.

For more information or to resister email radiocamp@kootenaycoopradio.com or call us at 250-352-9600

MtSentLMC Birth Announcement: Lucy and Kobo

We are pleased to announce the birth of a bouncing baby laptop: Lucy and her little twin brother, Kobo the E-book reader. Lucy and Kobo join baby brother Ranger, our Ipod Touch, and baby sister Apple, our iPod Nano. These tools are available to staff & students for learning!

Lucy has iTunes installed, and we hope to share many free podcasts from iTunes U with our friends and fellow staff members. Currently, we have over 154 podcasts in the following areas:

1. Brain Stuff
2. Classic French Tales
3. Digital Photography
4. Science Theater
5. Math Dude
6. EcoGeeks
7. Nutrition Diva
8. Stuff You Missed in History Class
9. TED Talks
10. How Stuff Works

There will be more to come! Ranger has several apps loaded, including these ones:

1. Dragon Dictation/Speech & other speech to text
2. Math & Science
3. French and Russian Language learning
4. Foods & Recipe management
5. Fitness
6. Literature & Grammar
7. Psychology & Philosophy
8. Art & Graphics

...and much more! Come sync your iPod with our apps library, then take it home and re-sync it again.