Teen Tech Day Coming to New Orleans in April!

A organization I truly love and work with is NewOrleansTech.net.  NewOrleans Tech.Net is a hyperlocal news media organization that was founded to highlight the tech movement that is going on in the city.  Our purpose is to highlight groups, meet ups, events, and provide information that make our readers think about technology in different ways.  We want people to know that there is a vibrant tech community here in New Orleans with programmers, developers, and tech entrepreneurs.  It’s our culture that makes us unique and different from everyone else in the world.We have three initiatives that come out of our organization which are the website, our tech podcast, and our community outreach projects.

A project I have worked on that is truly dear to my heart is called Teen Tech Day! Teen Tech Day will be a one day event tailored toward youth in New Orleans, exposing them to technologies such as web design, programming, photography, podcasting, videography, and game development.  Our goal is to take twenty-five teenagers between the ages of 14 – 17 and get them excited about technology as a hobby, passion, or even a career.

We are doing this because we love technology and we want to pass this on to the next generation.  Many of our youth are only exposed to technology through computers and social media websites, but they can learn so much more.  Technology also has areas of math, science, and engineering that can spawn jobs and careers for young people.  Tech Teen Day will encompass interactive workshops and talks from various technologist in and around the New Orleans community.

When Will It Happen

April 9th, 2011 from 9AM to 3PM
Continental Break, Lunch, & Snacks will be provided

Where Will It Be?

3400 Tulane Avenue, Suite 1000
New Orleans, LA 70119

How Can I Get Involved?

Parents & Guardians

As stated above, we will only accept a handful of youth for Teen Tech Day.  Our hope is that we can grow the number of attendees every year so that no one gets turned down.  Parents or guardians can fill out our Tech Teen Day application orprint it out and mail it to us before 5:00 PM on March 25th, 2011.  Team members from New Orleans Tech will review each application based on the willingness to attend the conference.

Volunteer

If you wish to volunteer to help us with the event, please contact us and let us know.

Donate!

Help us by contributing just $5 to help NewOrleansTech make Teen Tech Day a success! Your donation will go towards: The conference location, Food for youth and speakers, Educational gift bags for students, Equipment, Liability Insurance, Misc. Items (Nametags, pens, signs). Donate Here