๐ Family Tech Night In: From Screen Time to Screen Time Together + STEAM at iCode Princeton! ๐ฑ๐ฎ
Event: Tech Night In
When: Friday, March 20, 2026, 6:00 PM โ 9:00 PM
Where: Your own living room! (Presented by the Pennington Public Library & Hopewell Valley Municipal Alliance)
Event link: Pennington Library Tech Night In
Who itโs for: Families, Kids, and Teens
Why we love it ๐ Technology doesnโt have to be a wall between us, it can be a bridge! The Pennington Public Library’s “Tech Night In” is a community-wide invitation for families to step into each otherโs digital spaces to spark conversation and creativity. Instead of scrolling solo, they are providing awesome “Connection Challenges” like co-op gaming, AI art creation, and digital scavenger hunts. We absolutely love any initiative that helps families move from being โpassive usersโ to โactive creatorsโ alongside their kids. It’s the perfect way to practice digital wellness!
How this event aligns with iCode Princeton ๐โ๏ธ Moving kids from tech consumers to tech creators is our core mission! If your family has a blast trying out the library’s Tech Night In challenges, here is how we can take those exact concepts and turn them into real-world tech skills:
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๐ฎ From Co-Op Gaming to Game Dev: Did you love playing Minecraft or a co-op game together? In our Game Development Track, kids don’t just play the games, they learn the logic to code the rules, design the 3D levels, and build their very own playable worlds in engines like Roblox and Construct 3!
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๐ค Code Together: One of the library’s challenges is to try a simple coding or logic-based puzzle. If your child loves solving digital puzzles, they will thrive in our STEAM After-School Belt Program, where they progress from beginner block coding all the way to writing real syntax in Python and Java.
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๐จ AI Art & Digital Media: Did the AI Art Challenge spark some creativity? In our Content Creator & Digital Media tracks, students learn the professional software behind digital storytelling, video editing, and graphic design.
Join the fun, then keep the momentum going at iCode ๐๐ Start with an awesome family tech night at home, then bring that collaborative, creative energy to iCode Princeton where we turn healthy screen time into lifelong tech skills!
๐ Explore iCode Princeton: https://icodeschool.com/princeton-nj
๐ฃ Progression-based Belts (Kโ12): https://icodeschool.com/princeton-nj/belts/
๐ See whatโs running now: https://icodeschool.com/princeton-nj/activity-finder/
๐๏ธ Ready to become a creator? Book a Free Trial Class: https://icodeschool.com/princeton-nj/book-a-free-trial-class/
