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What Do Teens Mean When They Talk About an Aesthetic
What does it mean when teens talk about their aesthetic? Learning about the ways that teens express themselves online today.
Take 5: Karen’s TBR Pile (I’ll Show You Mine if You’ll Show Me Yours)
We have come to the point in my year when I have fallen behind in reading the books in my TBR pile. This seems to be a yearly event, maybe I should celebrate with balloons and cake. Please tell me I’m not the only one behind on my reading . . . Anyhow, I thought […]
Sunday Reflections: Time to Not Be Nice
I really like Amy Poehler. I like the things that she stands for, and I adore Smart Girls at the Party so much that I’ve used it in programming and recommended it to teachers, parents, and teens. They have DIY projects and action campaigns, they highlight women in fields like science and computers, they have blogs […]
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I’d thought he was angry, and he was, a bit, but when I looked into those eyes, I saw that what I had mistaken for anger was really terror. He was even more scared that I was. Scared that without the net, his job was gone. Scared that without the net, Mum couldn’t sign on every […]
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Creating a great Teen website: an example and some tips
If you are a school or public library, you can’t ignore the fact that teens are online. A lot. And honestly, you need to create a situation for yourself where you have a dynamic and continually updated web presence committed to teens. Fear not, I found a really great example at Girls in the Stacks. […]
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