The Nuts & Bolts of Serving Teens: Technology in Libraries

TEEN VOLUNTEERS Volgistics www.volgistics.com provides a rich set of features that help people who lead volunteer programs recruit, track, and coordinate volunteers. Gmail www.gmail.com Email service that allows you to collaborate on documents, share calendars, chat in real time and more. TEEN SUMMER READING Evanced Summer Reader http://evancedsolutions.com/our-solutions/summer-reader ...key features include reading and progress logging, prize management and distribution, drawings, and mediated reviews. Summer Reader also allows staff to easily collect and manipulate statistics and produce reports with only a few clicks. Zoho Creator www.zoho.com/creator View a webinar hosted by the South Central Library System (WI) where they discuss offering an online Summer Reading program to its 52 member libraries using Zoho Creator http://tinyurl.com/3pa3a2c TEEN VIDEO GAME TOURNAMENTS National Smash Brothers http://ngd.ala.org or www.ilovelibraries.org/gaming Join the festivities on Saturday, November 12, 2011. Summer Tournaments www.madisonpubliclibrary.org/teens/tournament Madison Public Library hosts an annual city-wide summer video game tournament for teenagers. VIDEO ADVOCACY How the Library Has Helped http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzbWOnIsszA Teens that use the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library talk about how the library has helped them and what skills they have learned. Video compiled by Studio i intern, Weston. Why I Need My Library http://www.madisonpubliclibrary.org/new/why-i-need-my-library As part of her presidential initiatives, American Library Association (ALA) President Roberta Stevens launched a video contest encouraging teens ages 13 to 18 to create original videos on why they think libraries are needed now more than ever. This original video titled, The Library is Your Holme, was filmed at Central Library and submitted to the Why I Need My Library video contest by a few Madison/Fitchburg teens. JAIL OUTREACH Ucreate www.olpglobalkids.org/the_edge_project A worked example of connecting inmates using the following free services: +Bitstrips (tell your story using comic strips & cartoons) www.bitstrips.com +Skype (converse with other sites face-to-face) www.skype.com +Voicethread (conversations using different media) http://voicethread.com

Jesse Vieau | Teen Services Librarian | Madison Public Library | 608-266-6345 | jesse.vieau@gmail.com

EASY EDITING Animoto www.animoto.com A website where you upload video, pictures and music, and in return you receive a blend of the three set to a beat and ready to share. No editing needed! If you didnt like the websites first offer, just resubmit your clips and view its next creation. Audacity www.audacity.com Audacity is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds. If you do not have access to Garage Band or Acid Music Studio, download and install this free audio editing suite. iMovie Comes with most MACs & is easy to use SAM Animation www.samanimation.com SAM Animation is a free software platform that allows the user to make stop-action movies using a USB or fire-wire real-time camera (i.e. web camera or webcam) and whatever props the user desires. Windows Movie Maker Comes with most PCs & easy to use YouTube Video Editor www.youtube.com/editor The website we all know now offers a very basic editing tool to enhance your raw videos. Zamzar www.zamzar.com Free file conversion website FREE MUSIC CCMixter http://dig.ccmixter.org Free music/songs under Creative Commons licensing The Free Sound Project - www.freesound.org A collaborative database of Creative Commons licensed sounds. The Free Sound Project focuses only on sound, not songs: INSPIRATIONAL VIDEOS MOFILM: Short film examples to use for inspiration during short film introduction - Banana Running Down Street - www.mofilm.com/std/2ad1ac - Give (Please) - www.mofilm.com/std/3d0710 - Paddleball - www.mofilm.com/std/dd6968 INSPIRATIONAL BOOKS The Klutz Book of Animation: Make Your Own Stop Motion Movies, John Cassidy and Nicholas Berger. 2010 Tricky Video: The complete Guide to Making Movie Magic, John Cassidy and Nicholas Berger. 2009 DOCUMENTARY Digital Media: New Learners of the 21st Century, PBS. 2010 The film, targeted at parents, teachers, and anyone concerned about education in America, explores how exceptional educators are increasingly using digital media and interactive practices to ignite their students' curiosity and ingenuity, help them become civically engaged, allow them to collaborate with peers worldwide, and empower them to direct their own learning. http://www.pbs.org/programs/digital-media
Jesse Vieau | Teen Services Librarian | Madison Public Library | 608-266-6345 | jesse.vieau@gmail.com