AATLC and ISU-TWT Collaboration Technology education for young learners often faces the challenge of combining theory with practical, inclusive experiences. Before the fall of 2025, the President of Althea Augustine Technology Learning Center, Inc. (AATLC) accepted an invitation to partner with the Toying with Technology (TwT) team at Iowa State University (ISU). This partnership aimed to redesign the TwT course in order to provide pre-service teachers a more critically groun

A 3D Printing Lab This workshop is part of the SoBA [ So ng, B ook, A rt] and STEAMSS [ S cience, T echnology, E ngineering, A rt, M ath+ S ocial S tudies] program but it is more of a technology lab. It addresses the "T" in STEM and STEAM. When? Thursday, October 23, 2025 Time? After-school Thinkercad is a free web app for 3D design, electronics, and coding. In this lab, children will: Learn to design a pumpkin using the Thinkercad app and MacBook laptops. Have a printed

A Scratch Junior Lab This workshop is part of the SoBA [ So ng, B ook, A rt] and STEAMSS [ S cience, T echnology, E ngineering, A rt, M ath+ S ocial S tudies] program, but it is more of a technology lab. We hope to have one workshop per month where students can work strictly on the technology - the "T" in STEM and STEAM. When? Thursday, October 9, 2025 Time? After-school Scratch Jr. is an app for kids that teaches them how to think like computer programmers. In this lab, k