"Will their be access to the Maker Spaces webinar for those of us who signed up after February 7?"
Check In @ your library, March 10-16, 2013
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Teen Tech Week Displays
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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
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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
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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
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Do you work at a public library? Tell us about how you plan to celebrate TTW this year!Continue
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Mark Your Calendars for 2014 Teen Tech Week!
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We'll celebrate the 2014 Teen Tech Week March 9 - 15 with the theme DIY @ your library. Check back to this page in November 2013 for a wealth of resources to help you plan your 2014 celebration!
Happy Teen Tech Week from @your library The Campaign for America's Libraries
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 10:24am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Time to Check in @ your library and check out the outstanding technology they offer like e-books, movies, music, audiobooks, databases and online homework help.
What's your favorite thing to check out when you Check in @ your library!
Submit your answer at http://atyourlibrary.org/happy-teen-tech-week for a chance to win a $25 iTunes gift card. Open to library lovers of all ages. Contest will remain open until noon…
Continue New Report from Pew on Teens & Technology
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 9:44am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Pew released a new teens & technlogy report on March 13, 2013:
http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2013/Teens-and-Tech.aspx
You can also read the YALSAblog post about it:
http://yalsa.ala.org/blog/2013/03/13/pew-report-teens-and-technology-2013/
Free Webinar about Building Partnerships to Create Interactive Teen Spaces
Posted on March 5, 2013 at 4:03pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
In recognition of Teen Tech Week, the Afterschool Alliance will moderate a free webinar focused on how libraries—in partnership with youth-serving organizations—can be key allies in providing innovative and digitally-rich programming for teens.
With support from the MacArthur Foundation and the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS), thirty libraries and museums throughout the country are working…
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Perks for TTW Site Members
By joining this site, you're eligible for these benefits & resources:
- FREE "Check In: Maker Spaces 101, Teens, and You" webinar on February 7 at 2 p.m. ET. Discover how these new community spaces are engaging teens, encouraging research, and transforming activities from humdrum to home-run. Hillary Kolos, Director of Digital Learning at DreamYard, will guide you through teen content and technology spaces. Attendees will learn how to create a maker center when you have limited space and budget, how to apply Maker Space principles to their current programming, and take away ideas for new teen spaces.
- materials from TTW Partners, such as database trials, books and more.
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TTW 2013 - What did you learn?
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You know what I learned from this year's (2013) TTW? TEENS DON'T GET RETRO! I…Continue
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Teen Tech Week Prizes
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I'm thinking of having a TTW Bingo program where our teens can participate in TTW by filling out the bingo card by doing tech-y things like checking out our teen page or getting an eBook. For…Continue
Public Library Programs
Started by Donna Block in Uncategorized. Last reply by Donna Block Feb 20. 1 Reply 0 Likes
This is a forum for the discussion of Teen Tech Week programs in public libraries.If you work with teens in a public library, what tech programs work for you?What programs haven't worked?What…Continue
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Low-Tech, No-Tech Programs
Started by Donna Block in Uncategorized. Last reply by Donna Block Feb 20. 8 Replies 2 Likes
So, how are you supposed to celebrate Teen Tech Week if you don't have access to the latest technologies?One program that my library has been running each March for the past five years is a Teen…Continue
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TTW Posts from YALSABlog
Connect, Create, Collaborate…Craft! A Teen Tech Week Post Mortem: Minecraft in the Library
I’ve wanted to host a Minecraft program at my library ever since I began working there last August. I mentioned the idea to our teens and quickly saw that there was a captive audience for it. Minecraft is the epitome of this year’s YALSA presidential theme; with this game you can connect [...]Teen Tech Week: Looking Forward
by Kip Odell As we near the end of Teen Tech Week, librarians will begin to evaluate their programs. Experiencing and learning about library programs in action during this week is always a great reminder about how important technological literacy is for teens and how beneficial hands-on experiences can be for them. This year three [...]Passive Programming for Teen Tech Week
by Donna Block My library is in the midst of a renovation project that makes planning Teen Tech Week programs difficult — mainly because we’re never sure whether we’ll have access to a room where we can hold events. Our current office space is located in what used to be a prime study area. As [...]Groups
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