full work day, except that they are using media seven days a week instead of five.” The report continues to say,“ Moreover, since young people spend so much of that time using two or more media concurrently, they are actually exposed to more than 10½ hours of media content during that period.”
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municate with our community during the year to make sure everyone knows about important deadlines. We blog and share pictures heavily in the summer, and we also use these technologies to stay connected with our families, staff, and alumni throughout the year. For us, |
Jeanette Eaton is Program Administrative Assistant for the Chewonki Foundation. In her time away from work she is happiest playing with her daughter, scouring used bookstores, hula hooping, writing creatively, and spending as much time in water as possible. |
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As Willard Morgan, Chewonki’ s president, puts it,“ In our summer programs, school programs, and semester school we offer young people something that has become increasingly rare: an opportunity to simplify their lives and focus instead on the people and the surroundings that nurture them.”
While we limit the use of technology among participants, we are fully aware of the importance and reality of the use of technology in all of our lives. We recognize that technology is as much a reality for our campers as it is for us. For many, it is an integral part of their daily lives, and the thought of letting that technology go— even for a short amount of time— is daunting. Despite this fear, we have found that even those campers who may have had some initial trepidation about leaving their phone or music at home come to feel a sense of freedom from learning to spend time without them.
This is not to say that technology is bad. From an administrative perspective, we are entirely grateful for the advancements in technology that have made running a camp much easier. Behind the scenes, technology plays a huge role in making sure we can meet our goals. We use it to enroll our camp families, keep track of health forms and travel information for our families, and com-
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these tools have made camp administration easier, and they allow us to spend more time focusing on ensuring a positive experience for our campers and trippers. The technology we use to administer our camp, however, does not impede upon our ability to provide our campers a“ true” camp experience.
We want to give today’ s generation the same experiences we had as campers. Camp is counselors reading to you at night, singing songs by the campfire, waking up early, and making beds before breakfast. Camp is swimming and popsicle stick picture frames. Camp is swamping canoes and feeling the pine needles underneath bare feet. Camp is capture the flag and collapsing on bunk beds, exhausted after spending the whole day running around outside. Camp is storytelling at night when the lights go out. It’ s walking outside, sitting by the waterfront with friends and talking. Camp is friendships made with kids from all over the world and sharing meals— and boats— with them.
Perhaps Chewonki Girls Camp Director says it best:“ We don’ t watch TV, because we watch a sunset instead. We don’ t listen to iPods after meals, we sing.”
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