A second purpose could be described as making the effort to encourage and foster the development of social connections between and among individuals and groups. To that end, Web Camps feature demonstrations and discussions on specific parts of software and hardware applications incorporating technology into student curricular and co-curricular experiences humanistic social activities access to and creating extensive electronic resources informative, accurate Web sites interesting, interactive multimedia easy navigation. Concentrating on these features means that faculty participants learn that the key to enhancing learning and personal development is not simply for faculty to teach more and better, but also to create conditions that motivate and inspire students to devote time and energy to educationally purposeful activities, both in and outside the classroom. Obtaining a reasonable comfort level is critical because it is the faculty, finally, who will design and manage how technically-mediated instruction will occur, ideally in a way that introduces new power and responsibility to the learner. By assuming this role, faculty participants gain experience in teaching with and through technology while simultaneously redefining and enlarging the scope of the pedagogies they endorse.
Consultants are available throughout the eight-day camp and after to provide assistance to campers.
FrontPage is a powerful program that requires little experience beyond understanding basic wordprocessing concepts and electronic mail, as well as having some knowledge of the Internet and its capabilities. Because familiar concepts are used, little time has to be devoted to formally teaching software. Rather time is spent using the software to create a learning environment. FrontPage is integrated in such a way that working with tables, forms, and hyperlinks as well as inserting images and multimedia files can be done with one software package. PaintShop Pro is software that campers use during Web Camp to create their own graphics or edit the graphical creations of others.