teens n tech: where r wii?

1. teens n tech: where r wii? Laura Solomon OPLIN solomola@oplin.org www.librarygeekwoes.com

2. Serving today… • A little background • Cell phones • MySpace • WoW • Wii • Teen Second Life • What does all this mean to me, Laura?

3. Where are we now? http://flickr.com/photos/silvery/2414538926/

4. Browser birthday

6. “Not a whole lot”…? “Not a whole lot... her computer, her iPod, her cell phone, video games, that's it pretty much.”

7. Teen Laura’s technology

8. Laura’s mom’s technology

9. Wifi in the womb?

10. Pay attention

11. Gadgets galore 84% 63%

12. Why so much technology? CONNECTIONS

13. Everyone’s doing it “Social networking penetration with teens close to 100%” Ad Age 2007

14. “Let there be content!” L

15. …and share it 64% of online teens create content

16. Kiss authoritative goodbye By 2010, 70% of all digital information being created will be user generated

17. YOUTH DON’T NEED ANOTHER WEBSITE. MTV ASIA, 2008

18. The Myspace generation “They live online. They buy online. They play online. Their power is growing.” --cover story, BusinessWeek (December 12, 2005)

19. MySpace…get over it • It’s ugly • It’s controversial • It’s where your kids are

20. "Advice to parents: give your kids their (My)space" Larry D. Rosen, Ph.D Author of Me, MySpace and I: Parenting the Net Generation

21. More from Rosen “Parents have a total misconception about what their kids are doing online.”

22. More from Rosen clueless

23. More from Rosen

24. “More than half of MySpace visitors are now age 35 or older” comScore Media Metrix October 2006

25. Libraries with MySpace • Clark County PL • Worthington PL • Cleveland PL • OPLIN

26. FWIW…cell phones http://flickr.com/photos/compujeramey/168108824/

27. Bloom-Carroll High School • Rural high school • Near Lancaster • Median income is $35,509

28. No cell? Not cool • 91% own a cell phone • 83% text • Most important thing EVER

29. Cell=Swiss Army Knife?

30. What tools are vital? • Text messaging (72%) • Customize wallpaper (72%) • Take digital pictures (63%) • Play games (56%) OTX (Online Testing eXchange) Nov. 2007

31. A new “digital divide” Cell No Cell

32. World’s first “social film” coming later this year

33. New words • LOL • POS • IIRC • YMMV • WDALYIC • OMG a whole new language??

34. Why, yes it is • SMS language • Chatspeak • Txt • Txtspk • texting language • txt talk

35. Cells in libraries?

36. What can cells do in the library? • Contests • Access the catalog/website • Get SMS about holds, overdues

37. http://www.twitter.com

38. Video games…at school??

39. The Wii

40. “Let's get this out of the way first: the Wii's graphics look terrible compared with the competition. But within about a half hour of playing games on Nintendo's revolutionary Wii, you won't care. “ PC Magazine, 11/13/06

41. How long does it take to sell a Wii in the U.S.? 1 hour. Wired, 04/23/08

42. It’s all about the people

43. Wii commercial

44. Wii Fit

45. But in MY library? YES!

46. Laura’s bday present Will be available for play during the break!

48. MMORPG • Largest in the WORLD • Introduction by 12th grader

49. An incredible level of complexity Seeing is believing An incredible level of complexity

50. How can libraries support WoW?