Teen Program Ideas: Teen Tech Week

Teen Tech Week is fast approaching, so I thought I'd throw out a few ideas - all from pinterest

Be sure also to check out the official page

Robot Building

Heat Activated Slime

Lego Bridge Challenge 

For the Community (for the kid's room inside the library or a place in the community). Have teens create a road way for kids to play with cars.

Roadway

Teen Tech Week

Happy Teen Tech Week!

I don't use technology often with my teens because we don't have a computer lab available. We have several teen computers, where they come in to use for school work or more likely play on Facebook. I try to have technology programs where they have to do something and then turn it it or email me the results. Sometimes it introduces them to new technologies. 

This week, I'm hosting a contest for teens at the library:

Create an outfit for your favorite book character. Use polyvore.com (a free site) to create an outfit. Share it with Jennifer via the Otis Library facebook page, the Otis Library Pinterest page, or email the link to jrummel@otis.lioninc.org. Share the outfit with Jennifer before Saturday 3/16 at 3 pm to be entered into a drawing for an iTunes gift card.
 
Check out our pinterest page for inspiration:
http://pinterest.com/otislibraryct/choose-your-character-s-outfit/

There are times when contests work really well at my library, and times when no one enters. I hope this week it's one of those times that works really well! How are you celebrating Teen Tech Week?

Tween Tuesday Review: Gossip From the Girls' Room

Sofia Becker eavesdrops on the most popular girls at school to find out information for her blog. She wants only the juiciest gossip so her blog will become the most popular blog in school. She's hoping it will raise her own popularity status. There's only one problem...her blog's anonymous.

Her blog has three features: Students in the News, Teachers in the News, and Parents in the News.

When she hears juicy gossip, she can't help but post it, even if it might damage her friendships.

Will Sofia's blog make her a super star or send her to social Siberia?

My Thoughts: A cute tale for tween girls - very much like the Diary of a Wimpy Kid with cartoons and humor. The cartoons are witty and make the diary an easy and fast read.

Cover Thoughts: Cute and clever

Source: My Library

Teen Tech Week Read: Blogging!

Similar Read: Secret Blog of Raisin Rodgriguez

Up Next: Rumors form the Boys Room - out in Spring 12

Teen Tech Week Reads: Press Play

Two great new books for Teen Tech Week:

GoldenGirl blogs on her school’s page: Bradford Web. Spencer really is a golden girl, she’s got the right connections (down to her family connection of to Grace Kelly) She dishes about her bffs, her boyfriend, chilling with her friends at A-list functions and all the wild times they have together. Things she might mention: her lingering feelings for her ex-boyfriend who just flew back to town, her doubts about her best friends, or her annoyance with her boyfriend's behavior. Things she doesn’t mention: school work, parents/siblings, or much about her past. The only thing she does mention from her past is her ex-boyfriend. Her friends don’t approve of him – he thinks outside the box and doesn’t buy into society. They think her current boyfriend fits her style, her class, and her social standing much better. Now, he’s come back home and she sees him for the first time when he crashes a party. A stranger witnesses the two of them having a moment (kissing). Spencer knows she needs to make sure that secret stays buried. She offers Regan a chance into her golden society. However, Regan's already had a nasty little run-in with Paige and Paige isn't going to make her transition easy. Can Spencer keep her indiscretion to herself or will it become public knowledge?

A great start to a new series that Gossip Girl fans will enjoy.

The Sword Thief is the 3rd book in the 39 Clues series (each written by a different author - so far). Amy and Dan have been waylaid at the airport en route to Japan. Instead of boarding the plane, they're taken to a room while Natalie and Ian Kabra take their place. Nellie, their au pair, has already boarded. Unsure of the next step, the siblings leave the airport only to find a car waiting for them. Uncle Alistair wants to work with them again, but can they trust him? Together they head to Japan using Uncle Alistair’s private jet, along with decoy incase any other Cahills are watching. When they arrive in Japan, they meet up with Nellie and the Kabras. In order to find the clues, Amy and Dan know they have to compromise and make alliances, but they do not know who to trust. Are their lives once again in danger while searching for the next clue?

I'm addicted to this series and while a different person pens each book, they each contain so much action that it's almost impossible to differentiate between the writers. This series has a fabulous online component too, that you must check out if you haven't yet.

Here's a few books on display @ my library.

Crimson Skies

Eagle Strike

Epic

Gamer Girl

Good Girls

Halo

Head Games

Heir Apparent

Hunger Games

Just Listen

Kingdom Hearts

Little Brother

Nick and Norah’s

Infinite Playlist

Notes from the

Teenage Underground

Pilot Episode

The Black Sheep

Thirteen Reasons Why

World of Warcraft

Happy Teen Tech Week!