Press Play Activity Ideas

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Part of the Teen Tech Week 2009 Press Play Theme

Activity Ideas

Press Play ideas

  1. Create a display of guidebooks for mashable tools (ie Flickr, Youtube, Myspace)
  2. Create an application for Facebook
  3. Host a contest for teens to vote on the best things from 2008 (ie song, movie, video game)
  4. Use your E*vanced Solutions system to host an online program - have teens vote for their favorite CD, video game, or DVD. Award prizes based on the theme of your program - and use the lists for collection development! See http://www.readsinma.org/cmrls for a program that can be exported to you.
  5. Buy a digital picture frame and display photos of teens at your program or announcements of upcoming events.
  6. Work with teens to create a music video set in your library/community.
  7. Order new books about game development, video editiong, and music creation then display during TTW.
  8. Make and effort to send positive messages to the media about teens in your community.
  9. Start a newsletter/zine where teens write reviews of movies, games, and books.
  10. Hold an event outside the library's 4 walls. Out on the lawn by the library, in a mall, or at the movie theatre, to reach a different group of teens.
  11. Use the Flickr toys at [BigHugeLabs.com] to create scandalous magazine covers about books, funny motivational posters about library services, Teen Advisory Board trading cards, or anything else you can dream up!
  12. Morph the faces of teens and their favorite celebrities, musicians, authors, or friends with Morphthing.com.
  13. Promote a "YouTube swap" in which teens sign up and share their favorite online videos via a projector.
  14. Create a GoodReads group where your Teen Advisory Council can share book reviews and recommendations with one other.
  15. Create a library Twitter account to share upcoming programs and news with your patrons.

School Friendly Tech

View a presentation about TTW in school libraries

Internet Scavenger Hunt

Have teens complete an internet scavenger hunt, in which they use a combination of suggested resources and open searching to answer a series of reference questions. Create questions that introduce teens to recreational and educational websites and databases, and for open search questions you can gather information about their favorite ways to search online. Hand out raffle tickets for correct answers, and at the end use the scavenger hunt to impart searching strategies they could have used to find the answers more efficiently.

Literary Remix

Print first paragraphs from teen books onto printable magnet sheets and cut them into individual words. Challenge teens to create new works from the old, but without having a single word left over.

Poster Polls

Put up posterboards with open questions and let teens respond to them. Create questions that make teens think about the role of technology in their lives (e.g., "How do you listen to music?," "What is your favorite online game?," "Who is your favorite game character?," or "What are the best movie adaptions?") or give teens the opportunity to create posters asking their own tech-specifici questions. You can also add online polls to your website through Snappoll.com or Pollpub.com.

Procrastinator's Toolkit

Do you have a lot of teens waiting until the last minute to do their homework? Show off your "open 24 hours" web resources with a folder full of flyers that highlight the databases and online resources most useful for teens. Market it as the "procrastinator's toolkit" and add blank pages with a template for teens to add their own favorite resources.

Book Trailers

With your free video software of choice and Flickr's Creative Commons library, your teens can promote their book of choice (for an example, see the book trailer for Meg Cabot's Airhead). Add a cheap microphone and access to such sites as SoundSnap and the Freesound database, and all your sound needs will be met!

Image Contests

Using Photoshop or Photo Booth, teens manipulate photos they've taken. A committee of teachers, peers, or the librarian can choose the winner. Or, download the Spore Creature Creator and have students create and enter their creatures in a contest. Use categories like "scariest," "funniest," etc.

New-School Classics

Host a Gaming Event

Hold a video game tournament, meet-up, or free play session for teens. Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Guitar Hero, Rock Band, Halo, and the Madden football series are popular choices for tournaments. If portable gaming systems are popular in your area, encourage teens to play against each other on their Sony PSP or Nintendo DS handhelds. For more information on tournament play, listen to Eli Neiburger's presentation from the 2007 Gaming in Libraries Symposium, "Tournament Games for Any Occasion: Choosing the Right Games for Your Audience."

Custom MySpace Workshop

Provide an opportunity for teens to decorate their spaces using templates from various online resources, such as Create a Blog or Killer Kiwi, or--for the more advanced teens--completely from scratch thanks to tutorials from Squidoo or the book Amp Your MySpace Page, by Eric Butow and Michael Bellomo (2007). Follow up with a MySpace Fashion Show where teens show off their decorated spaces. Invite parents to attend the event and use the workshop to teach Internet safety skills.

Revamp Your Web site

Gather some teens and get their input on how to bring your library’s website up-to-date through free embeddable services. Add a Flickr badge, include RSS feeds for new books through LibraryThing, implement easy podcasting with Gcast or library videos on Youtube, Vimeo, and Blip.TV, or poll teen interests with online polls. Incorporate teens in creating the new content, and ask them for their favorite gaming sites, online comics, and more to help bolster your links.

Tech on a Budget

View a presentation about TTW on a Budget

Game Design Workshops

With the help of such free programs as 3D Adventure Studio, Game Maker, and RPG Maker XP, turn your teens into game designers without spending a dime! Let their imagination run wild or challenge them to create a game that utilizes library and information-seeking skills.

Computers Inside Out

Partner with a local custom computer or computer repair business to give teens a look inside a computer. Teens can learn the different parts that make up a computer and build one hands-on with donated materials solicited through services like Craigslist or Freecycle. You can then donate your created computers to local teen shelters and detention centers.

Tech Partners

Contact your local news and radio stations, local organizations, or even school technology clubs to bring their equipment and expertise to your library. Your local news stations may be interested in teaching teens about filming and editing. Your local radio station can teach teens how to deejay. Local clubs and tech-based organizations can have teens participate in their most recent projects. Many of these organizations will happily bring their programs to your library for in-kind promotion.

Tech in the Stacks

Put up a book display of different books with tech themes. Keep your display stocked and attractive by printing out covers of checked-out books with a note that says "This book has been snatched by another reader, ask the librarian about placing a hold on this title." You can also use our downloadable template to create bookmarks highlighting the books on display, and for further inspiration search Flickr for "Teen Tech Week display." To go the extra mile, challenge teens to create their own projects based on those of the books and highlight them as part of the display.

Learn to Use GIMP

Teach teen patrons to use GIMP, a free and open source Photoshop alternative for PCs. Teens can create promotional posters for library events, or just learn to manipulate their own photographs inexpensively. Other good quality alternatives available for download include Paint.net, Krita, and CinePaint

Open the Door to Open Source

Use Osalt.com to find Open Source alternatives for the programs your teens are asking for. This Open Source directory includes reviews and links to high quality open source alternatives to well known commercial products. Other directories include OhLoh and The Linux Alternative Project.

Techno Jewelry

Use discarded computer parts (ask around in your community--schools, businesses, etc.) to make jewelry. Cut-up circuit boards and keyboard keys work especially well. Pieces can be strung together to make bracelets, glued to pins to make brooches, or attached to earring hooks. Provide a drill, glue, jewelry wire or string, and fasteners.

Texting Contest

Teens use their own phones to compete to see who is the fastest text messager. Put teens in small groups of 3 or 4 with a referee at each group. The members of the group program the referee's number into their phone. Then, a phrase is announced to the contestants, who text the phrase to their referee. The fastest texter in each group (the phrase must be texted correctly, as well) then advances to the next round.

The Next Level

Teen Electronics Recyclery

Work with teens to recycle old electronics and other junk from the around the house into a "junkbot," through the skills found in the book JunkBots, Bugbots, and Bots on Wheels: Building Simple Robots With BEAM Technology, by David Hrynkiw and Mark Tiden. Or, though the magic of circuit bending, turn old toys into strange new instruments.

Online Game Tournaments

Take your game tournaments to the next level by playing online against other libraries. Just like with regular tournaments, games like Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Mario Kart Wii, Halo, and Madden 2009 make for great interlibrary play. Wii and Playstation 3 play online for free, while Xbox 360 charges a fee for its more robust Xbox Live service. Check out the Ann Arbor District Library's free GT System software to develop a thriving web presence centered around your interlibrary play.

"Real World" Games

Through the magic of GeoCaching, develop a real-world treasure hunt in your community. Or you can let your imagination soar with a massive, real-world urban game or alternate reality game featuring cell phone, text messages, e-mails from librarians, GPS coordinates, research skills, digital photography, and more! Through these "real world" games, you can take teens on a wild ride through many different media and lead them on adventures in their own backyard.

72 Hour Film Festival

The 72 hour film festival asks teens to incorporate a single common prop, phrase, location, and/or theme in a short video. The trick is that the that the video must be written, filmed, and edited within 72 hours. This is an ideal program for Spring Break or long weekends, as most contests start on Thursday evening and debut the films on Sunday night. Look for notable judges in your community and show off the films in style with a well-decorated exhibition.

Teen Tech Tutors

Do you have teens who need community service hours or just love to help the librarian? Consider using them as technology tutors for senior citizens or for elementary school students. Set up a dedicated time or use screen capture software to have teens create how to videos and printable tip sheets for using your catalog, accessing databases, using software, social networking, setting up an email account, or any other assistance the members of your community may need.

e-Zine

During Teen Tech Week, hold the inaugural meeting of your library's e-zine committee. One teen should be in charge of written content, another art, another the website itself. If you have enough participants, one teen could be responsible for publicizing the blog. Give the teens carte blanche to gather submissions from their peers: comics, poems, drawings, short stories, photographs, and more.

Share your Plans

Jump into the wiki and share your program ideas! We would love to hear what you have planned for Teen Tech Week 2009. To share your stories, you must create an account on the YALSA wiki. Then head back to this section, click on the "edit button", and start typing. You can also submit your plans through this form and the committee will enter your plans into the wiki.


Teen Tech Bingo

At the Johnson County Library, we will be playing Teen Tech Bingo! Teens will get a bingo card with a variety of Tech Activities such as create an online comic or create an avatar. Each activity completed marks a bingo spot. Small prizes will be awarded for a bingo. Large prizes will be awarded for a blackout! --Stephanie Iser, Assistant Manger at Oak Park Neighborhood Library of Johnson County Library

Techno-buddies--technology help provided by teens

Members of the Teen Advisory Board of the Ocean County Library's Lacey branch will provide hour-long tutoring sessions for people who need assistance in programming cell phones, surfing the internet or signing up for an email account. Last year, adults who received assistance were tremendously impressed with the knowledge, communication skills and patience of our teen volunteers. Feel free to ask me for details on this program. --Karla Ivarson, Teen Librarian, Lacey branch of the Ocean County Library (kivarson@theoceancountylibrary.org)

Hands-on Wikipedia

We're creating a page for our library on Wikipedia. Teens will learn how to edit wikis (and why teachers won't allow Wikipedia to be a research paper resource), and the library gets more coverage. We'll be adding a link to our town/county wiki pages too. -- Eleanor wood, Adult Librarian at Decatur Public Library.


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Additional Activity Resources

Voice thread Presentations

View presentations about celebrating TTW in schools, on a budget, or for the first time!
Getting Started with TTW
TTW on a Budget
TTW in School Libraries

Good Better Best Handout

At the ALA Midwinter Meeting in 2005, YALSA held a large Kick-Off celebration for the first annual Teen Tech Week. One of the resources distributed was the "Good Better Best" program handout (PDF). The handout gives examples of different Technology library programs for teens, from good to the very best.

Get Connected: Tech Programs for Teens

The book Get Connected: Tech Programs for Teens is a compilation of tech programs from YALSA and compiled by Rosemary Honnold. The book offers detailed snapshots of the most cutting-edge technology-oriented programs sure to draw teens into the library – and keep them reading and accessing library resources. Topics include recreation- and education-based programs, working with special teen populations, drawing young readers in the social networking scene, tips for working with teen advisory groups, and YALSA’s innovative ideas for celebrating Teen Tech Week! Both novice and tech-savvy young adult librarians will find this book an essential resource for connecting with their patrons. Purchase from Neal-Schuman or look up the library record on Worldcat.

25 Ways to Celebrate Teen Tech Week

Download YALSA's 25 Ways to Celebrate Teen Tech Week flyer (PDF) and post it in your library! Note: this flyer uses the 2008 Teen Tech Logo

Game on Program Manual (compiled by Texas State Library)

The Texas state library put together an extensive manual that has some great ideas and resources that could be adapted for "Press Play"
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