Transcript TEEN READ WEEK

TEEN TECH WEEK™ :
Show your community how you help
teens build digital skills to succeed
in school and prep for careers
Teen Tech Week
Created by YALSA in 2007
Annual event the second week of March
Purpose: to provide a special time of year
for libraries to showcase to the community
they ways they help teens build the digital
literacy skills they need for school success
and careers
Dates for 2015: March 8 – 14
To keep the event fresh, there is a
different theme each year
The 2015 theme is customizable so that
all types and sizes of libraries can tailor
the event to their community’s needs
Key Dates
November: TTW web site goes live,
registration opens and products go on sale
December: free webinar to help libraries
plan their activities
January: TTW issue of YALSA’s journal,
YALS, mails & deadline to apply for grant
March: TTW is celebrated nationwide
Planning Timeline: November
Register to participate at
www.ala.org/teentechweek
Browse the TTW web site for ideas
Meet with your Teen Advisory Group (TAG)
to decide how best to celebrate TTW.
Use the TTW planning form to plan your
event
Based on your TAG meeting(s), write up a
proposal and budget to share with your
supervisor
Planning Timeline: December
Participate in the free webinar (registration
is required – sign up at TTW site)
Continue planning with your TAG. Think
about what area organizations might be
good to partner with.
Order supplies, invite presenters
Communicate your plans to the library staff
and get any TTW events on the library
calendar
Planning Timeline: January
Read the winter issue of Young Adult
Library Services for TTW ideas and
resources
Confirm presenters or speakers for your
TTW events
Send VIPs invitations to attend TTW events
Work with your TAG to identify ways to
market TTW events then create marketing
materials
Planning Timeline: February
Market TTW events to area teens
Invite local press/media to TTW events
Find volunteers to be photographers or
videographers for your TTW events
Work with your TAG to finalize plans
Update and prepare library staff for TTW
Work w/ TAG to create a TTW display in
the library, school, community center, etc.
Planning Timeline: March
 Contact local press and media to confirm
attendance at event(s)
Contact VIPs to remind them of the
event(s)
Work with your TAG to implement event(s)
Evaluate your efforts
Send thank yous to volunteers, press, VIPs
Send press wrap up press release, photos,
etc.
Educational Tech Programs
Have a “Build a Blog” workshop and
incorporate digital citizenship skills into the
event
Recruit teens to teach a computers or
Internet 101 workshop to senior citizens
Host a “Painless Research Papers”
workshop and teach teens tips for efficient,
effective researching
Connecting Reading & Tech
 Create a space where teens can share book
reviews online
 Set up a Twitter account, encourage teens to
subscribe & use to alert them when new
reading materials arrive or to send brief reading
recommendations
 Have teens create book trailers featuring their
favorite books and post on YouTube.
 Host an e-chat for teens w/ a favorite author
Community Service & Tech
Have teens collect used tech items, such
as cell phones, and donate them to an
appropriate charity
Recruit teens to volunteer their tech
expertise at a local charity or organization
Help teens create audio recordings of
stories and distribute on CDs to parents of
young children
Celebrating the Lighter Side of Tech
Host a film or anime festival
and show age appropriate
movies with a tech focus
Put on a gaming tournament
Have a tech crafting event
(e.g. make jewelry out of
discarded computer parts)
Sponsor a texting contest to
see which of your teen patrons
can text the fastest
Additional Resources from YALSA
 Cool Teen Programs Under $100 (book available in
ALA store)
 Future of Library Services for & with Teens report,
www.ala.org/yaforum
 Making & DIY Wiki at http://ow.ly/EupaZ
 Teen Tech Week web site at
www.ala.org/teentechweek
 TTW on Twitter, #TTW15
 YA-YAAC, a listserv for library workers to share
programming ideas, http://tinyurl.com/YAYAAC
 Young Adult Library Services (quarterly journal)
Please contact YALSA if we can be of help
YALSA
50 E. Huron St.
Chicago, IL 60611
1.800.545.2433 x4390
[email protected]
www.ala.org/yalsa (web site)
http://yalsa.ala.org/blog/ (YALSAblog)
http://wikis.ala.org/yalsa/index.php (wiki)
Who is YALSA?
 YALSA stands for the Young Adult Library
Services Association
 Parent organization is the American Library
Association (ALA)
 Has over 5,100 members who are school
librarians, public librarians, educators, grad
students and library supporters
 Mission is to expand and strengthen library
services for teens, aged 12-18. Through its
member-driven advocacy, research, and
professional development initiatives, YALSA
builds the capacity of libraries and librarians to
engage, serve and empower teens.
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