For March, the kids focus on gravity. However, this program wasn’t a boring lesson because this time the kids would be building their own pinball “machine”, using just cardboard boxes and a hot glue gun. Once their pinball machine was constructed, they were free to decorate it in whatever way they wanted. Two kids created…
CreativX Lab with We Create Tech: Designing Shoes
For the regular attendees of the CreativX Lab, many are shoe enthusiasts. With this in mind, Shana, the founder of We Create Tech, created a lesson specifically on how to design shoes. Covering two sessions, with the first part brainstorming and the second part being hands-on. However, this lesson wouldn’t just be about appearances but…
Career & Job Readiness Day at the BBTTC – March 2026
The Best Buy Teen Tech Center hosts biweekly career and job prep workshops for teenagers from Winter through Spring. In March, the Teen Center held only one workshop, during which the Coordinator worked one-on-one with a teen to create his resume. The coordinator guided the teen through building their resume with a Microsoft Word resume…
A Recap of Read Across America Day at Central Library
Read Across America is a yearly campaign that began almost 20 years ago. This campaign celebrates reading and aims to improve national literacy rates amongst teens and children through diverse and inclusive books, events, partnerships, and reading resources. Libraries throughout the United States host programs and arrange displays in March, which is National Reading Month…
Traffic Stoplight Craft Recap
For Black History Month- Told in Black Voices - the Central Library Youth Services department hosted a Traffic Stoplight Craft program to honor Garrett Morgan, the inventor of the traffic signal. The patent for his design was granted on November 20, 1923. His design is a t-shaped, three-position standing signal. Despite it not being the…
A Recap of Dewey and Deci Week at Central Library
2026 marked the beginning of the new year and refreshing initiatives at our libraries at the Fulton County Library System. We kicked of The Year of The Book, a year-long campaign designed to foster community through shared stories, new mascots, and themed monthly events. Read more about the Year of the Book campaign here. Our…
CreativX Lab with We Create Tech: Game Controller
This week during CreativX Lab, the teens explored engineering by creating game controllers with Shana, founder and CEO of We Create Tech. To create their controllers, the teens used STEM kits provided by Shana and Arduino IDE, a free programming software provided by Arduino CC. Arduino CC is a powerful resource where professionals, students, and…
CreativX Lab with We Create Tech: Chatbot
Last week, CreativX Lab focused on Chatbots, specifically how to create them and how the teens can benefit from them. Usually, but not always, a website or an app will have a chatbot to help users with any questions they have. A chatbot is an AI agent programmed to respond to certain phrases. The workshop…
Afrofuturism in Action with SUBSUME at the BBTTC
Dedren Snead of SUBSUME visited the Best Buy Teen Tech Center last week and introduced us to Afrofuturism: an innovative field that intertwines technology and African-American history and culture. The students from the Taylor Made Foundation were instructed on AI through virtual courses. They rotated between two stations: Minecraft Course and Microsoft Copilot. Through the…
Homeschool S.T.E.A.M. Day with We Create Tech: Circuits
For February, We Create Tech worked in collaboration with Chip Kids with PBS Tennessee to learn about circuits and how to create one. A nice gateway project to encourage young people to learn more about STEM. To help prepare them, they watch a tutorial video created by Chip Kids on how to build a circuit…
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