Summer Program 2013: Week 2

During Week 2 of the Teenz in the City Summer Program, we went on three fantastic outings. On Tuesday, the teens demonstrated flexibility due to the unfortunate rain and the group voted on a movie outing to see Despicable Me 2 instead of our planned outing to Central Park.  We learned how to use the "moviefone" app on our iphones, where we located the closest theater, viewed showtimes and then used the hosptop app to navigate our way to the movie theatre.

On Wednesday, we went to Pier 25 where we were able to play a round of mini golf. This trip was particularly significant because we worked on traveling by subway using hopstop, and also used googlemaps to figure out the walking route all the way to the west side highway! The counselors let the students take the lead and further emphasized their growing independence.  A couple teens could really sink a their golf balls!

On Thursday, Teenz in the City traveled to the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens. We continued to work on transferring subway lines and using the googlemaps app to locate the museum. While we were there, we explored the history of televisions, cameras, and even were able to create our own sound effects for movies. We also welcome two new group members this week, and we were excited to show them what Teenz in the City is all about!