"For most of our activities they will have to come up with some sort of information which suggests they did the challenge. (Our bingo is a mix of low and high tech.) Ex: Play song #5 on the tape, write the first line. or Find the TTW…"
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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
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Mollie Mulligan replied to Kelly Scherer's discussion Teen Tech Week Prizes
"I LOVE the idea of messaging your favorite author! Thanks for the idea."
Kelly Scherer replied to Kelly Scherer's discussion Teen Tech Week Prizes
"We'll be initialing the bingo sheets as they complete each task so this will promote participating in this program while in the library. As an example, one of the tasks is visiting our Teen Page, so they would simply show us they are visiting…"
Lana Fain replied to Kelly Scherer's discussion Teen Tech Week Prizes
"How do you know they really did these things? Are you using an honor system or requiring any documentation? I like your idea and am trying to figure out how to do something…"
Kelly Scherer replied to Kelly Scherer's discussion Teen Tech Week Prizes
"Mollie and Donna, thanks for your suggestions. I spoke with my Head Librarian and we've decided earbud headphones would be a good prize considering how many kids ask if we have any spares.
As for some of the bingo square ideas, I wanted to get…"
Donna Block replied to Kelly Scherer's discussion Teen Tech Week Prizes
"what about colorful USB flash drives?"
Mollie Mulligan replied to Kelly Scherer's discussion Teen Tech Week Prizes
"Could you get local businesses to donate some gift cards- we have some very popular downtown novelty shops and coffee shops...
I'd love to hear some of your bingo square ideas.
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Teen Tech Week Prizes
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 incentives my first idea was to give out a coupon for an extra hour on the computers (computer use is big at our library). Some of our teens, however, won't be interested in extra computer usage as they have their own at home and I need another idea for a participation prize to get them interested. This is…See 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
Started by Kelly Scherer in Sample Title. Last reply by Mollie Mulligan Mar 6. 7 Replies 0 Likes
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
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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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