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What’s new with Teens and Technology?

What’s new with Teens and Technology?. Or, why it sucks a little less to be a teen right now. Innovative Schools. Napa, CA Lack of quality workforce inspired collaboration Opened in 1996, with 220 students grades 11-12 th. http://www.newtechhigh.org/Website2007/index.html.

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What’s new with Teens and Technology?

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  1. What’s new with Teens and Technology? Or, why it sucks a little less to be a teen right now.

  2. Innovative Schools

  3. Napa, CA • Lack of quality workforce inspired collaboration • Opened in 1996, with 220 students grades 11-12th http://www.newtechhigh.org/Website2007/index.html

  4. New Tech Continued • Project Based Learning • Digital Portfolio • District Requirements • Digital Portfolio • College Credit • Senior year internship • Student Project http://www.newtechhigh.org/Website2007/featured-projects/vietnam/Vietnam_site_index.html

  5. High Tech High • Brainchild of over 40 public and corporate sponsors • Essential Spaces • Ex: Common Rooms (intellectual hub), Teaching Clusters/Shared Teacher Offices, Multi-purpose room, Studio Areas, Gallery Spaces, Specialty Labs, Outdoor Learning Spaces • Personalized Learning Plan • Each student has personal computer • Same advisor for entire time at school • Meetings 2-3 times a year with parents, teachers, workplace mentors, student • www.hightechhigh.org • Locations: • San Diego • Chula Vista • North County

  6. Innovative Libraries

  7. Minneapolis Public LibraryGame Design Workshops • Partnership with the Science Museum of Minnesota and MIT • Teens instructed in Scratch, free software from MIT http://scratch.mit.edu/ • Early Teens formed Teen Tech Squad, which then took over workshops • Scratch is available to all public libraries for free

  8. Memphis Public LibraryTeen Tech Camp • http://www.memphislibrary.org/humanities/TEENPAGE.htm • Partnership with SIM (Society for Information Management) • Held 2nd week in July, week long camp • exposes teens to new technologies, BSOs • 2007: the silly #13 , the serious #6

  9. Imaginonhttp://www.imaginon.org/index.asp • Partnership between Children’s Theater of Charlotte and Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County • Time Warner Cable Tech Central • 30 PC’s • 4 Mac’s • Computer Classroom • Multimedia Production Studio (Studio i)

  10. Studio i • blue screen technology • stop-motion animation • paper cut-out animation • claymation • shadow puppet animation • digital music production

  11. Social Networking • Myspace vs. YouTube • http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=MySpace_%26_Teens • http://www.myspace.com/quaranteen Does it have to be teen focused? What if it’s all about changing perception?

  12. St. Joseph County Library “Ray of Light” video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrtYdFV_Eak http://sjcpl.lib.in.us/ Allen County Public Library Zombie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUxp3E3YUdQ Profile http://www.youtube.com/user/askacpl Apple http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWY8OBMlroI http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/ Arlington Heights Memorial Library http://www.ahml.info/ Where does this leave library websites? YouTube For The Masses

  13. Denver Public Library • Red state reaching the masses • Myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/denver_evolver • YouTube Contest: http://teens.denverlibrary.org/media/youtube.html#entries

  14. What’s Next? • Teen Second Life http://teen.secondlife.com/

  15. For your consideration…… • Niche versions of Myspace http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/03/08/MNGCROHIP11.DTL • Hot 2008 websites http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/dec/24/facebook.socialnetworking?gusrc=rss&feed=media • Predictions http://www.socialmediamethod.com/blog/2007/12/22/social-networking-trends-for-2008-pringo-takes-a-look/

  16. Articles High Schools Borja, Rhea R. “High Tech Haven.” Education Week. 5/29/2002, vol.21, p.26 Pearlman, Bob. “Reinventing the High School Experience.” Educational Leadership. April 2002, p.72 Game Design Davis, C., Kelsey, R., Mulligan, C., “From Playing to Creating.” School Library Journal. October 2007, p.36 Tech Camp Hoffman, Thomas. “Tech For Teens.” Computerworld. 12 November 2007., p.58 ImaginOn Kenney, Brian. “Imagine This.” School Library Journal. December 2005., p.53 Social Networking “Social Video: Videoblogging & YouTube.” Library Technology Reports. September-October 2007., p.52 Second Life Czarnecki, Kelly and Gullet, Matt., “Meet the New You.” School Library Journal. January 2007., p.36

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