As with any first-time program, a number of lessons were learned.

• To increase enrollment, it may be necessary to promote the camp beyond the WSHS feeder-school pyramid. To obtain the best pool of applicants, we will target a wider variety of audiences. To some extent, the camp may be self-promoting due to increased name recognition and the high visibility of the Camp T-Equity Home Page.
• Promotion of the camp needs to start earlier (Camp T-Equity '95 was promoted most heavily in March, April, and May 1995).
• Planning/preparation time is considerably greater than anticipated (approximately one week per week of instruction). Two major factors contributed to this problem:
  • No common computing platform was available--Macs and PCs of all types and configurations were pressed into service. Consequently, a great deal of time was spent configuring hardware and software, loading applications, etc.
  • This is cutting-edge technology-based instruction--there is little if any classroom-ready curricula available in the areas we covered. Curriculum development/field testing takes time!
• Eight simultaneous Netscape sessions can "swamp" a 56 Kbits/s Internet connection. Our short-term solution to this problem: divide the participants into two groups concurrently working on different online and offline activities. Our long-term solution: for next year, we plan to set up a caching proxy server which will store frequently-referenced documents (e.g., the current surface weather map) so that repeated accesses don't require multiple network accesses.
• Need to develop more computer-based "offline" activities for those times when Internet access is down (e.g., image processing, scientific visualization, etc.).
• Need to make greater use of dial-up information resources such as the WRC-TV 4-WINDS weather network, the Accu-Weather Accu-Data database, etc.
• Need to integrate more math-related activities.
• Need to find a provider for an Internet newsgroup feed.

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