In May, the Best Buy Teen Tech Center celebrated our graduating seniors and all of their accomplishments with a Graduation Party. However, the celebration did not happen without hard work! Earlier in the year, we hosted a scholarship workshop with a representative from the United Negro College Fund and introduced our senior clubhouse members to…
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…
Microsoft 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…
Microsoft Coding and Robotics with Tech Teens, Inc
Tech Teens, Inc. came to the Best Buy Teen Tech Center (BBTTC) to teach local kids and teens the basics of coding and robotics. To start, the instructors taught the kids what coding is and how to apply the concept to robots. Finally, the teens test their skills on the computers. With the help of…
Microsoft Backpack Giveaway
To help upcoming students with the school year, Microsoft gave away free backpacks with school supplies inside. All through the week, kids were welcome into the Best Buy Teen Tech Center to get their free backpacks. To qualify for a free backpack, kids had to make an account on Beanstack, a book tracking app where…
Microsoft LinkedIn
Kim Campbell, a Microsoft representative, visited the Best Buy Teen Tech Center (BBTTC) to help teens start their LinkedIn profiles! LinkedIn is a social media platform for work professionals to network and showcase their career accomplishments. This program provided a great opportunity for teens to get a head start on their career. With the guidance from…
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