ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Kids participating in the Frontline Innovation Studios program were in for a special treat on Saturday.
They were able to meet the Harlem Globetrotters, and while there is plenty of learning happening, Frontline Innovation studios also makes sure there’s time for fun too.
After an application and interview process, students who are selected to be in a Frontline Innovation Studios cohort will have the opportunity to learn about coding, gaming, robotics, digital media and digital storytelling.
Frontline Innovation Studios Executive Manager Gemima Canga said teaching kids about new tech is motivating for the organization.
“To hear what they have gotten from the experience (...) they’re like, ‘If not for this place Frontline, I would have never done blah, blah, blah,’ and that’s motivating for us,” Canga said.
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14-year-old Jirziah Clark is in a cohort this year and one day wants to work with planes. He said one of his favorite parts about being in the program is the feeling he gets when he finishes a project.
Clark recently completed a project that involved activating LEDs on a circuit board through a code they wrote.
“We just wrote this one code and when it worked, it amazed me because I liked the pattern and the feeling of it being finished — it was exhausting,” Clark said.
Desiree Moore was also in the program but is back this year as a student mentor. She plans to attend UCF in the fall and one day pursue a career in the medical field.
“This was like my starting point when I started walking toward my goal,” Moore said. “Before it was more like a dream or this is what I want to do, but here, I’m getting to do it.”
To learn more about Frontline Innovation Studios, click here.
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