Best Buy Fiscal Year 2022 ESG Report | 75 Best Buy Teen Tech Centers . Best Buy® Teen Tech Centers™ are safe, after-school learning environments located in disinvested communities, equipped with cutting-edge technology where teens can develop critical skills through hands-on activities that explore their interests in tech-reliant careers such as coding, filmmaking, music production, graphic design and more. Each location works to bridge the digital divide by giving youth access to tech education, mentors to build confidence, and a foundation of skills for school and career success. The learning model. The Teen Tech Centers share a learning model developed by the MIT Media Lab and operationalized by global nonprofit The Clubhouse Network. The learning model guides everything from the programming to the design of the physical space. The model focuses on four key tenets: • Projects: Encouraging young makers and doers to ideate, create, and iterate. • Passions: Providing opportunity for teens to work on projects that fuel their passions. • Peers: Fostering creativity through collaborative, peer-to-peer learning. • Play: Supporting risk-taking and celebrating failure as part of the process. The approach grounds itself in the fields of education, developmental and school psychology, cognitive science, and youth development. It builds on research around the role of motivation in the learning process and the value of social interactions. It also leverages new technologies to support a variety of learning experiences and aims to engage young people through the combination of technology and the arts.