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View from the Director’s Chair: Guest post by Lynette Pitrak
Film Festivals, Guest Post, Movies, Programming, STEAM education, Uncategorized
|Downers Grove Public Library just finished a large redesign project, and two of the major changes were a brand new Teen Central area and a Digital Media Lab. While the Digital Media Lab is open to all ages, we thought that our teen patrons would be especially excited about this area’s advanced video, music, and […]
For some time now I have been putting together a variety of webinars for Florida Library Webinars (with Novare Library Services). So when they asked me months ago about some potential topics for this year, one of the items I wanted to explore was putting more music in my library programming. I must give a […]
Marketing with Apps by TeenLibrarianToolbox https://www.scribd.com/embeds/184293860/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&access_key=key-1xvdtlg0g9lqpqmp41zg&show_recommendations=true Teens Tech and Programming by TeenLibrarianToolbox https://www.scribd.com/embeds/201441563/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&access_key=key-2985p557m789s5payarx&show_recommendations=true Graphic Design for Non Graphic Designers by TeenLibrarianToolbox https://www.scribd.com/embeds/224133986/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&access_key=key-MegAVhyOMCTGgMCpozy5&show_recommendations=true Unconventional Reading Groups by TeenLibrarianToolbox https://www.scribd.com/embeds/234865862/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&access_key=key-QkxGLSMWvCjoLZQ6GOLw&show_recommendations=true Music in Our Libraries by TeenLibrarianToolbox https://www.scribd.com/embeds/244749503/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&access_key=key-1wGDDKaCytZF9iOa7tQE&show_recommendations=true STEM and STEAM Programming for Teens in Libraries (an Infopeople webinar) SVYALit Webinar with author Christa Desir (Nebraska Library Commission)
Not all teen programming has to be a come to the library at this time and place and do this activity type of an event. Sometimes, we can put together programming where teens participate in their own time. Many libraries call this “passive programming”, but thanks to the brilliance of someone at a webinar I […]
As part of her ILeadUSA experience, Heather Booth has been blogging about her experiences incorporating more tech into her library teen programming. Take a look at her posts here: A variation on Bristlebots Review: Squishy Circuits True Confessions: My STEM program failed and it was not fun (but I still learned something) Review: Racing Robot […]
Sunday Reflections: Bigger is Not Always Better
Professional Development, Programming, Rainbow Loom, Statistics, Sunday Reflections
|It’s the end of summer reading, and almost the end of our fiscal year, which means that I have been compiling statistics. Administrators, city council, board members, they love to look at numbers on a page to get a sense of what you’re doing, but the truth is numbers don’t tell the whole story. The […]
On Wednesday evening, the gloriousness known as Sharknado 2 will be airing on SyFy. And should that not be your cup of tea, Shark Week is coming up soon on Discovery Channel. Basically, it’s that time of the year where it’s not safe to go into the water. Personally, I am a huge fan of […]
TPiB: Bristlebots, take II (or what happens when you give teens space to be creative)
Bristlebots, Creativity, Lego Makerspace, Makerspace, Programming, Teens
|Since the SRC was science themed this year, Christie and I knew that we wanted to do a small robot program. We did a lot of research and came up with some various ideas, but ultimately we decided to do these small robots called Bristlebots or Brushbots. It turned out there were pre-made kits you […]
Earlier today, I presented a Webinar on Teens, Tech and Programming. Like you, I am in the process of putting together not only my Teen Tech Week programming, but in general I have been exploring how I can better incorporate technology into my programming. So I went a little crazy with the research. So here […]
This is Heather’s final blog in the 12 blogs of Christmas, and it is Blog #6: BookBlather I met Drea of BookBlather briefly at ALA this summer and she brings the same energy and perceptiveness to her blog as she did when wrangling a slew of teens into the city and up onto the dais […]
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