More than 60 local students spent their winter break in Tech Town classrooms designing their own Christmas ornaments, producing holiday videos and working on robots.
The local nonprofit organization, Tech Town, is a technology and entrepreneurial learning center that offers year-round after-school programs, in-school partnership programs, field trips and camps during Hamilton County schools’ break periods.
The students, ages 7 to 17, are grouped based on age and interest. The Kilobytes, ages 7-10, designed a holiday ornament to be 3-D printed or produced a holiday greetings video. The Megabytes, ages 11-17, worked on robotics projects.
“The goal is to get them started early in STEM or STEAM,” said Chris Ramsey, Tech Town CEO. “And hopefully it will open up a career path.”
Throughout the year, Tech Town brings STEAM – science, technology, engineering, art and math – opportunities to students across Hamilton County and the surrounding area, but also focuses on schools with the highest need.