Teen Tech Week planning

March 7 - 13, 2010

"Learn, Create, Share @ your library"

YALSA’s Teen Tech Week Resources

http://wikis.ala.org/yalsa/index.php/Teen_Tech_Week

Brainstorming

Podcasts

Start during Winter Break with learning and teaching teens about podcasts.  Have them put together recordings of some favorite (their creative writing, favorite out-of-copyright poems).  Make those available during Teen Tech Week and also during April (Poetry Month)

State wide Wii tournament using GT system

Never Assume

Have a Tech Night where you introduce teens to podcasts, blogs, MySpace, Facebook. Have your tech-enabled teens help plan and run the show

Teens as Technicians

Have Techy Teens teach classes for adults in your community

Facebook, Flickr, Picasa, MySpace

Create-An-Avatar

Host a workshop for teens to use your computer lab to make their online avatars

Digital Art Show

Have an in-person or online Digital Art Show

Teen Made Film Fest

How To program on Machinima

Show movies made by teens