lunch & learn - using technology to energize teens & tweens

Presenter: Diana Silveira, Novare Library Services

Lunch & Learn: Using Technology to Energize Teens & Tweens

Goals:• New programming ideas• Tips for augmenting existing programming with

technology• How to promote with technology• Tips for an overall successful event

Social Media: Facebook

Twitter• Micropoems #poetweet / #micropoem• Twitter Scavenger Hunt• Program Follow-up• Promote Programs

Camera Phones Activites• Chalkboard Speech Bubble• Photo Hunt• Guess Where?• Guess What?• Instragram

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jasonpratt/1942167919/sizes/l/in/photostream/

QR Codes

Augmenting with QR Codes• Tie-in Social Media Sites• “Preview” or “Inside Look” • Link to Registration• Just for Fun:• Link to Random Video• Use Randomizer to create different experiences• Link to video content –

• Name Tags for with QR Codes• QR Code Books with Reviews, to record reviews &

More

Gaming• Guitar Hero• Game Nights/Tournaments• Word With Friends Tournament

http://www.flickr.com/photos/universityofscrantonlibrary/4518634302/sizes/l/in/photostream/

Scavenger Hunts• QR Codes• Photos• SMS

SCVNGR

Skype or Google+• Interact with teens from other countries• Book Talks with Authors• Speakers... Bring on the Experts

http://blog.schoollibrarymedia.com/index.php/category/skype/

Utilizing SMS• SMS Alerts for

programs• SMS Trivia Night• Solicit ideas

http://www.flickr.com/photos/_lovenothing/3772984885/

Feedback• Vote by• QR Codes• SMS• Twitter

• Trivia Night• Answer via SMS

Resources: Poll Daddy, Poll Everywhere

Just for Fun• Retro Game Night• Pinterest• Teen Choice Awards • http://befuddlr.com/• How Secure Is my Password?

Tapping into their creative side

Make a Meme• http://memegenerator.net/• http://www.quickmeme.com/make/

http://therealfirstworldproblems.tumblr.com/

Event Posters

http://www.stemchallenge.org/Default.aspx

Video• On the spot book reviews by teens• “Interviews” with participants

High Tech Recycling

http://blog.makezine.com/category/wearables/page/11/http://en.espritcabane.com/recycling-crafts/diskette-pen-holder.php

Engaging Teens and Tweens• Create a soundtrack for a book or a book trailer• Podcasting – with the kids in the driver seat• Teen Tech Tutors for senior patrons

Helpful Tips• Provide Instructions on technologies• Know your audience• Don’t push technology you don’t know• No technology for technology’s sake

ALA’s Tech Week Challenge• Download an ebook or audiobook from your library• Find out if your library has a mobile app for your phone or tablet (like NYPL’s Biblion or

WorldCat mobile), download and give it a try• Visit your library's webpage.• Blog about a library book or program.• Try out a book-focused site like GoodReads, LibraryThing or Shelfari.• Create a soundtrack or book trailer for your favorite book.• Ask your librarian to recommend a nonfiction book on an area of technology that

interests you.• Add something to an article on Wikipedia.• Set up a podcast for a group or club you belong to. (Click the link to check out YALSA’s

podcasts!)• Many young adult authors welcome email from their readers many have their own

websites, blogs, and Twitter/Facebook accounts. Why not send them a message in honor of Teen Tech Week?

• Check out some video games, DVDs, or CDs from your library.• Create an avatar on Yahoo! Avatars.• Start a Teen Tech Club at your school or public library.• Read and contribute to a blog about technology.• Watch some anime or start an anime club at your library.• Create a YouTube or Animoto video about your library or a favorite book.• Download a newspaper article from the day you were born from an electronic

database.• Volunteer to help clean the computers and media at your library.• Volunteer to tutor library customers who are new to using computers.• Learn how to DJ music or record music with a computer.• Search in a biography database for an article about your favorite musician.• Learn how to use some new software.• Take a class on graphic design or digital photography.• Create a database of something you want to organize.• Start a Twitter, Tumblr, or Flickr account.

http://teentechweek.ning.com/page/25-ideas-for-teens

Other Ideas?• Movie days especially Anime Videos• Pokemon Club• Share/Talk about new gadgets – bring there

devices• CSI • Book Flip (Book scavenger hunt)• Manacom (Comic Books, Manga Artists & Vendors)• More ideas: Ya-YAAC (via ALA)• Hunger Games Jeopardy • Hunger Games Challenges (book trivia and more-

must complete to survive)

Contact Me

diana@novarelibrary.comslideshare.net/dee987

Delicious.com/dee987/teens https://www.facebook.com/NovareLibraryServices

Novare Library Services 877-816-9638

Diana Silveira