October was Giving Month at Best Buy and that initiative reached our teens at the Best Buy Teen Tech Center. The teens brainstormed how they could give back to our community and came up with the Technology for Good Service Project, a clothing drive for people impacted by homelessness. 20 of our teens pitched and…
Color My World with Microsoft: Best Buy Geek Squad Academy Camp
Summertime is undoubtedly the busiest time of the year for public libraries across the country, and thus, is when we launch our two-month long summer reading program! The 2025 theme at Central Library was Color My World with Microsoft, a technology-driven initiative born through a generous donation from Microsoft for our Summer Reading program. The…
Haiti Independence Day
Haiti Independence Day is 1 January. Haiti gained independence in 1804 from France. “Bònn Fèt Endepandans!”
2025 BBTTC Senior Graduation Ceremony
In May, the Best Buy Teen Tech Center celebrated our graduating seniors and all of their accomplishments with a Graduation Ceremony. The graduation ceremony served as the perfect kick-off for the Summer and send-off for our graduating senior clubhouse members! Staff at the Best Buy Teen Tech Center and volunteers from our partners at Best…
Technology Day at the Best Buy Teen Center
The Best Buy Teen Tech Center is all about forging career paths for our youth. One way we push this initiative is through our Technology Day programs in the Springtime. Every last Monday from January through April 2025, teens continued to build upon the skills and tools learned through the Career & Job Readiness Workshops…
Seriesfest Mobile Cinema Lab – Striker 011
Fifteen teens ranging from 12 to 17 met twice a week in July at the Best Buy Teen Tech Center to create an original short film: Striker 011. The short film is an action-packed thriller following a teen waking up with no memory of who he is and being mind-controlled by an anonymous caller to…
Girl Scouts Technology Day
Every year, the Best Buy Teen Tech Center (BBTTC) hosts a Technology Day for Girl Scouts to earn their Technology badge. For the junior Girl Scout troop, it was a day of engineering and artificial intelligence (AI). The troop created an LED robot flashlight where they learn about electricity by creating a circuit. With some…
Malachi Mentoring Ministry Technology Day
On October 25th, Best Buy Teen Tech Center (BBTTC) welcomes Malachi Mentoring Ministry, a church group for young people learning life skills, for a Technology Day. In the first hour, the kids had to complete an LED Robot flashlight project. As an introduction to electricity, the teens learn how to build a circuit. While some…
S.T.E.A.M. Day at the Best Buy Teen Tech Center
Libraries across the country celebrated National Library Week April 6-12. National Library week is a nationwide initiative to encourage reading at all ages and celebrate libraries. Central Library hosted a program each day of the week. At the Teen Tech Center, teens and kids engaged in exciting S.T.E.A.M (science, engineering, arts, and math) activities at…
BBTTC Podcasting
The Best Buy Teen Tech Center (BBTTC) welcomed Quyana Barrow as the instructor for the Teen Podcast Workshop. Barrow, a producer of her own podcast Culturalist, came to teach teens how to run their own podcast. A two-session program focusing on these questions: What is a podcast? Podcast, a trending media format, either in audio…
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