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Teen Tech Week Displays
Started this discussion. Last reply by Beatrice Canales Mar 4. 1 Reply 0 Likes
What kind of displays do you have planned for Teen Tech Week for your library or for your library's web site? Use this space to share ideas, photos and URLs. If you upload photos to Flickr, be sure…Continue
Incorporating STEM into Your Library and Teen Tech Week
Started this discussion. Last reply by Tara Thibault-Edmonds Mar 14. 2 Replies 0 Likes
STEM -- Science, Technology, Education, and Math -- is the latest buzzword in education. How does your library incorporate STEM into its offerings? What are some ideas for using Teen Tech Week to…Continue
Celebrating Teen Tech Week in a School Library
Started this discussion. Last reply by Karen Lemmons Oct 30, 2011. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Let's talk about how you plan to celebrate Teen Tech Week at your school library!Continue
Celebrating Teen Tech Week in a Public Library
Started this discussion. Last reply by Beatrice Canales Mar 4. 16 Replies 0 Likes
Do you work at a public library? Tell us about how you plan to celebrate TTW this year!Continue
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Tara Thibault-Edmonds replied to YALSA's discussion Incorporating STEM into Your Library and Teen Tech Week
"When I did my Technology Garden idea, the first thing I wanted to ensure was that I offered something for every discipline. So I looked for apps and sites that would offer up a real choice. I ended up with some math-related things like the TanZen…"
Barbara Holland commented on YALSA's page Showcase
" Kings Highway Branch, We'll be viewing e-books and online gaming for teens"
Tara Thibault-Edmonds commented on YALSA's page Showcase
"We're having a Technology Garden all week. We've chosen some interesting apps and websites to highlight, and using our iPads, laptops, and computers, we've created stations throughout the library that students and staff can visit to…"
Anne Hollyfield commented on YALSA's page Showcase
"Students will be giving me recommendations for e-books, audio books and music that they want to see available in the library."
Beatrice Canales replied to YALSA's discussion Celebrating Teen Tech Week in a Public Library
"I have a short display but the teens on our Weds night will be collaborating on our online libguide for comics! I didn't receive the Tech Resource Pack though. Boo!"
Beatrice Canales replied to YALSA's discussion Teen Tech Week Displays
"I never received my TTW a Tech Resource Pack. I registered by in November 2011."
Tracy Weikel commented on YALSA's blog post Registration ends Feb. 13
"Darn! Thanks for responding so quickly.
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Patricia Kendalls commented on YALSA's page Showcase
"We will be reading the book Geek Girl by Cindy C. Bennett. We will be making recycled geek jewelery, running Glogster music/video collage contest, and incorporating STEM-related activity creating a t-shirt (using Publisher). "
YALSA commented on YALSA's blog post Registration ends Feb. 13
"Hi Tracy -- unfortunately, no. They're designed to help you extend Teen Tech Week throughout the year."
Kathy Kaldenberg commented on YALSA's page Showcase
"We will be hosting a "Please Touch Tech Museum" with gadgets and equipment our teens have probably not seen before, running a Pinterest board contest and offering jewelry tools and discarded tech parts to make earrings, pins and necklaces."
Tracy Weikel commented on YALSA's blog post Registration ends Feb. 13
"Just wondering... Will we receive our Technology Resource Pack before Teen Tech Week?"
Lisa Gearman commented on YALSA's blog post Tweetup for The Hunger Games on March 8!
"We are enjoying Hunger Games mania here at our high school! We encouraged everyone in the building to read Hunger Games during February during "I Love to Read" Month. Activities included a Book-a-Day Giveaway drawing where…"
Santa Margarita Catholic High Sc commented on YALSA's page Showcase
"Students will receive emails explaining how to access our online research databases and inviting them to stop by the library. Students who come to the library and mention the email will receive a mini box of Nerds candy and will be offered…"
Santa Margarita Catholic High Sc commented on YALSA's blog post Tweetup for The Hunger Games on March 8!
"I may not be able to participate in the tweetup, but here is what our library is doing to promote Hunger Games. We are creating a display with dystopia and survival themed materials. The Hunger Games books was the heart of the display, but we…"
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Thank You for a Spectacular Teen Tech Week™
Posted on March 12, 2012 at 7:48am 0 Comments 0 Likes
We had an amazing Teen Tech Week this year; thanks to everyone who registered and helped make it a success by encouraging teens in your community to check out the tech available at the library.
What was your favorite part of Teen Tech Week 2012?
Resource for Sharing with Local Officials
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 3:27pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Share this brand new Issue Brief from YALSA with the elected officials and policy makers in your town and state: http://bit.ly/AyI06V. It focuses on the role libraries play in keeping teens safe online, which is often a hot topic in local, state and federal government. Passing this on to your officials can help ensure that they are knowledgeable about the important work that you do. Is sharing this an act of lobbying? Nope. You're just…
Continue Check out Teen Tech Week at the Denver Public LIbrary
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 11:16am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Denver Public Library is featured in this excellent news report on Denver's Channel 9. Congrats to Nikki Van Thiel & her team.
Has your library or school had any great press? Share your stories in the comments!
STEM Tweetup
Posted on March 5, 2012 at 1:37pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Join YALSA's STEM Resources Taskforce at 1pm, eastern, on March 7th for a STEM Tweetup, using #yalstem. Find and share resources and ideas on how to incorporate STEM-focused programs and services into what you're already doing for and with the teens in your community. Never participated in a Tweetup before? At its most basic, a Tweetup is a gathering of Twitter users who get together virtually to talk by way of using a specific hash tag (such as #yalstem). A Tweetup is a great…
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Registration Benefits
After you register, you'll receive an email directing you to the Geek Out @ your library logo. In addition:
- the first 98 registrants will receive complimentary registration for a webinar on Feb. 1, 2012, on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) resources. All other registrants will receive a recording of the webinar.
- one registrant will win a Skype session with author JJ Johnson in a random drawing, courtesy of TTW Partner Peachtree Publishers
- all registrants will be mailed a Technology Resource Pack, including bookmarks featuring YALSA's Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults and a Social Networking for Teens brochure. The resource packs are designed to help you extend Teen Tech Week throughout the year and will not arrive in time for Teen Tech Week.
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Incorporating STEM into Your Library and Teen Tech Week
Started by YALSA in Uncategorized. Last reply by Tara Thibault-Edmonds Mar 14. 2 Replies 0 Likes
STEM -- Science, Technology, Education, and Math -- is the latest buzzword in education. How does your library incorporate STEM into its offerings? What are some ideas for using Teen Tech Week to…Continue
Celebrating Teen Tech Week in a Public Library
Started by YALSA in Uncategorized. Last reply by Beatrice Canales Mar 4. 16 Replies 0 Likes
Do you work at a public library? Tell us about how you plan to celebrate TTW this year!Continue
Teen Tech Week Displays
Started by YALSA in Sample Title. Last reply by Beatrice Canales Mar 4. 1 Reply 0 Likes
What kind of displays do you have planned for Teen Tech Week for your library or for your library's web site? Use this space to share ideas, photos and URLs. If you upload photos to Flickr, be sure…Continue
Teen Curators?
Started by Karen Lemmons in Sample Title. Last reply by Jan Yanecek Jan 4. 1 Reply 2 Likes
I recently attended the AASL National Conference in Minneapolis. I listened to an interesting session on teens as curators of digital and print media. How can we help teens become better…Continue
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No Teen Tech Week at My Library
Confession: I have a graveyard of programs that did not work at my library. I am an enthusiastic programmer, and with no quantitative data on what teen programs worked at my library in the decade before I arrived, I have enjoyed free rein in attempting a vast variety of programs. Unfortunately, any great number of [...]The Teen Tech Week QR code scavenger hunt has begun!
Are you at Midwinter and do you want to win some fabulous prizes? Then take part in the Teen Tech Week scavenger hunt, by following the QR code clues throughout the conference and online. If you reach the end and enter your name on the secret raffle page, you’ll have a chance to win a fabulous [...]Join YALSA for a Midwinter Hack Jam!
Get a pair of x-ray goggles that really work! While these may not see through a steel plate, they can see right through the Internet! YALSA is pleased to host a demonstration of one of the Mozilla Foundation’s newest tools: the Hackasaurus web x-ray goggles. This javascript app gives teens – and anybody else – [...]Groups
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