Hey, do you have young people in your life that would like to learn about how to create websites? Come to our Kid Camp!

It’s from 9am to noon on Sunday, May 15th. We’ll cover the basics of setting up a site and talk about what it means to publish something publicly on the web.

The class is geared towards 8-13 year olds, however, any age is welcome to attend (space permitting). Parents or legal guardians must be present for children under 12. All attendees must bring a laptop.

Only one adult ticket is needed if you’re bringing multiple kids.

• Presenters: Chris Koerner & Eric Juden

Topics we’ll cover:

• What is WordPress?
• How is it being used?
• Let’s create our blog! (using a temporary site on stlwp.org)
• How to add new posts and pages
• How to add multimedia (photos, video)
• Talk about privacy and security
• Copyright and fair use
• Free and open source software (like WordPress!)
• Talk about the public nature of the web.

What to bring:

• A laptop
• An email address (for younger kids, you can use your adult’s email address)