2010 report to the community - Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver

technology
digital arts festival
The Club Tech Program celebrates
creativity and technical ability. Club
members compete at local, regional
and national levels in the following
categories: music making, photo
illustration, movie making, clay
animation and graphic design. This
year, more than 300 entries were
completed for the Digital Arts Festival,
67 of which were entered for regional
judging. Of 16 regional winners,
seven were Boys & Girls Clubs of
Metro Denver members.
techsperts
The goal of the TechSpert program
is to increase technical skills and
leadership opportunities for youth
in the technology labs. Members
must complete requirements in 15
areas of technology programming,
including Microsoft Office, computer
programming, hardware/networking,
typing, presentation, career
exploration and more. After completing
each criteria, Club members advance
to the next level of proficiency.
battle of the bots
This robotics course allows Club
members the opportunity to develop
their engineering and programming
skills while learning how to effectively
work and strategize as part of a
team. Each group builds a robot out
of Lego NXT kits and competes in four
areas of evaluation: artistic creation,
presentation, an obstacle course and
an exciting battle between the bots!
stem programming
science, technology, engineering & math
Inquiry-based learning projects challenge
youth to build problem-solving skills,
teamwork strategies, innovation,
technical skills and express themselves
creatively. Clubs create their own
competitions and activities, including
toothpick bridges, egg drops, newspaper
structures and rocket construction.
This core program is proudly sponsored by: